Porter Progress – Moved To Secondary Fermenter

Coffee Porter moved to carboy

So I took a gravity reading a few days ago (Friday) and it read 1.020. I took a reading again today (Sunday) and it hasn’t changed and I don’t think it will.  So, I decided to clean my carboy and utilities, brew some coffee, and move the brew to the secondary fermenter. Pics are below (I think I’m going to stop using Wordpress Gallery as well…too many limitations with controlling image sizes…meh). What sucks about the low gravity reading is that I will end up with a lower ABV than I wanted (1.043 – 1.020) / .0075 ~= 3.07%. I was hoping for more like 4.5%

Sludge left behind

One thing I will note for next time–find a smoother coffee and do a cold brew. I ended up using Maxwell House 100% Columbian coffee (medium dark) because that is what I drink in the morning  It is smooth but I think it may be a little too bitter for this beer.  As it stands, I am drinking the sample (pic below) and it isn’t all that bad (no coffee in the sample). It has a very minor sour flavor (not sure if that is really how to describe it) but that might be because this was the first amount of beer to come out of the primary fermenter and contains the most yeast from the bottom of the bucket (yum).

[edit] Sorry Joel, I didn’t take your suggestion on the espresso because I was too lazy to leave the house today. I’ll probably try it on the next batch.

Coffee Porter sample (minus coffee)

Coffee Porter sample (minus coffee) top shot