To Bottle Porter
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Remove the bung from the cask a few days before bottling.
Ensure bottles are dry and corks are sound.
Bottle
Add 1 teaspoon of ground rice to each bottle.
Cork the bottles.
Condition
Let the porter sit for 2 to 3 weeks before using.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Ground rice
- Gives the remaining yeast a food source, helping the porter build natural carbonation in the bottle.
The step that matters
Letting the porter sit. The yeast needs time to consume the added ground rice and produce carbon dioxide. Opening the bottles too early leaves the porter flat and under-carbonated.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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