Mark it down: Baltic Porter Day this 12 months is January 18, at all times the third Saturday of this month. This 12 months’s would be the tenth version of a commemoration that started in 2016 in Poland, the place wealthy, hefty, cool-fermented porters reign supreme. Marcin Chmielarz has worn many hats within the business—bar supervisor, brewer, video blogger—however one in all his most notable achievements helps to attract Poland’s consideration to its personal distinctive porters.
On this episode, Chmielarz digs into the historical past of the type from the Polish perspective, whereas additionally highlighting the elements and methods behind it—that includes nice malt complexity however easy character, excessive gravities, and affected person fermentation with lager yeast. He additionally discusses fashionable iterations, together with these which are dry-hopped, barrel-aged, or flavored with elements comparable to Polish smoked plums.
Alongside the best way, the dialog additionally hits upon:
- Baltic porter as a worthy technical problem for brewers
- the origins of porter in Poland and the Baltic area
- why brewers within the area shifted to utilizing lager yeast
- the significance of each stability and richness within the malt invoice
- brewing Baltic porter with smoked malt
- the challenges of barrel-aging Baltic porter
- what occurs on Baltic Porter Day, in Poland and past
And extra.
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