STORY

Overview: Breakfast Pig Porter is a bold breakfast-inspired porter brewed with American Porter Brewing Extract, Smooth LME, Golden LME, Pale LME, lactose, Crystal 60, Chocolate Malt, Honey Malt, cocoa powder, cracked coffee beans, maple syrup, bacon, and S-04 yeast. It delivers rich malt flavor, cocoa depth, roasted coffee character, maple sweetness, subtle bacon flavor, creamy body, and a 6.41% finish.

PROFILE

Tasting Notes: Expect a malty porter with roasted coffee aroma, cocoa flavor, maple sweetness, creamy lactose body, and a savory touch of bacon. The finished beer is rich, smooth, breakfast-like, and layered without losing its porter backbone.

IMPORTANT BREWING NOTE

Contains Lactose: This recipe includes lactose, a milk-derived sugar used to add sweetness, body, and a creamy mouthfeel. In a finished 2-gallon batch, that equals about 0.25 oz, or 7 g, per 16 oz pint.

Bacon Addition Note: The bacon is cooked, blotted well, torn into pieces, soaked overnight in a small amount of distilled alcohol, then added to the fermenter on day 10 in a sanitized sack with cracked coffee beans. The remaining bacon liquor and maple syrup are added at the same time.

Bacon Removal Note: If fermentation takes longer than expected, the source instructions advise removing the sack containing the bacon with sanitized tongs before extending fermentation.

WHAT YOU GET

• 1 Can American Porter Brewing Extract (HME)
• 1 Packet BrewMax LME Smooth
• 1 Packet BrewMax LME Golden
• 1 Packet BrewMax LME Pale
• 1 Packet Lactose
• 1 Packet Crystal Malt 60
• 1 Packet Chocolate Malt
• 1 Packet Honey Malt
• 2 Muslin Hop Sacks
• 1 Packet S-04 Dry Ale Yeast
• 1 Packet No-Rinse Cleanser

YOU PROVIDE

1 oz cocoa powder

1 oz medium to dark roast cracked coffee beans

6 oz maple syrup

3/4 lb raw-weight bacon, cooked, well blotted, and torn into pieces

Just enough distilled alcohol to cover the bacon pieces in a small jar or bowl, such as bourbon, whiskey, or vodka

FOR FANS OF

Funky Buddha Maple Bacon Porter

Breakfast stouts and porters

Maple coffee beers

Sweet and savory specialty beers

BREW SPECS

BREW TIME

Brew Day: About 60–90 minutes

Fermentation: 2 weeks

Bacon Prep: Day 9

Bacon, Coffee, and Maple Addition: Day 10

Carbonation and Conditioning: 3–5 weeks

Best Enjoyed: After 6–8 weeks total

Conditioning Note: This beer has a lot going on. Extra conditioning helps the maple, bacon, coffee, cocoa, lactose sweetness, and porter base come together smoothly.

WHY THIS RECIPE

Why Brew It: This recipe is for brewers who want a porter that goes beyond chocolate and coffee. Maple syrup, cocoa powder, cracked coffee beans, lactose, and real bacon create a sweet-savory breakfast beer with bold flavor and serious personality.