Stout or Porter?

[GunNut76]

Would this recipe be concidered a stout or a porter?


Beer Style: Foreign-Style Stout?
Type: Extract w/grain
Size: 2.5 gallons
Color: 156 HCU (~48 SRM)
Bitterness: 62 IBU
OG: 1.067 FG: 1.014
Alcohol: 6.8% v/v (5.3% w/w)

Grain:
4 oz. American crystal 120L
4 oz. Belgian Special B
4 oz. American chocolate
"Pinch" of Peated Malt (maybe)

Boil: 60 minutes SG 1.056 3 gallons
3 lb. Dark dry malt extract
8 oz. Brown sugar

Hops: .5 oz. Horizon (11% AA, 60 min.)
.5 oz. Fuggles (4.75% AA, 30 min.)
.5 oz. Kent Goldings (5% AA, 15 min.)
.5 oz. Kent Goldings (aroma)

Thinking about going with Burton Yeast or English Ale. Comments are welcome.

[Beerconnoisseur]

It seems to be a "brown Belgian ale" hybrid. You'll have some very heavy caramel/chocolate notes from the grain, but the hops flavor will be more like an English ale.

Quick question: Is this recipe from somewhere, or is it an entirely original formulation?

[GunNut76]

It's original...came up with it about half an hour ago. No big deal to me...I do it all the time.

[GunNut76]

Sorry Beerconnoisseur I was tired and forgot to ask what the imprtance of the recipe being a copy or an original? Is this a good recipe or just unusual?

[Beerconnoisseur]

My inquiry was part reflective of the unique recipe I created/brewed recently. Although I loved the malt flavors, the hop taste wasn't quite what I was hoping for. So, if I had to do it again, I think I might get better results by taking an original recipe, tweaking it until I get what I want, then trying to reproduce it consistently.

Here was my recipe, if you are interested in trying it out:

Malt Extract:

6 lbs. German Pilsner

Grain:

1 lb. Crystal 15L
1 lb. Caravienne

Hops:

1 oz. 6% AA Perle (45 minutes, boiling)
1 oz. 6% AA Perle (5 minutes, flavoring)
1 oz. 11.1% AA Newport (2 minutes, aroma)

Yeast:

1 vial White Labs California Ale Yeast V

(These ingredients are available from Morebeer.com)

If I had to make modifications, I would switch to a German Lager yeast, and use a blend of 0.5 oz. Hallertauer and 0.5 oz. Tettnanger hops for bittering only. I may give this recipe a shot again in the near future; it wasn't all bad!