Öchslebräu Inaugural Brew: The Princess of Darkness

I brewed yesterday for the first time in well over a year; it was my first small-scale batch since 2005. The recipe was the Princess of Darkness Porter, a 13.5°P beauty of a black beer.

Nebraska Brewing Company kindly donated the ingredients and the use of their mill.

Öchslebräu

Milling the malt

Strike water

Mashing in

Vorlauf

Running off

Boiling

Whirlpool

The "full" fermenter

Apparently, I underestimated the sparge water volume. Instead of a 13.5°P beauty of a black beer, we have a 21°P beauty of an intense black beer: The Empress of Darkness.

As soon as I can get my hands on another carboy, we'll give it another try.