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correction - it is a 9.5 ABV and is still a bit much for me. This porter was a kit from Midwest Supply and is actually called a Power Pack Porter - the kit contains:

6 lb. of liquid Dark malt extract, 3.3 lb. Dry Light malt extract, 4 oz. Black Patent malt, 4 oz. Chocolate malt, 8 oz. Caramel 120L. specialty grains, 1.5 oz. Tettnang hops, 1 oz. Willamette hops.

I added an extra 3.3 lb. Dry Light malt to the boil and then 1 lb. brown sugar to the boil at about 20 min. left in a 60 min. boil. Turned out to be very sweet and almost to sweet for me. I bottled it on May 20 and it has now mellowed quite nicely. It is why I am having trouble posting this evening.

I did a steep of the following grains:

8 oz Golden Naked Oats
8 oz Carapils
8 oz Smoked Malt
8 oz Special B

I started the brew on May 2 with a 1.104 OG

I racked to a secondary on May 16 and kept it in an Ice bath and then bottled on May 30 at a FG of 1.040.

It is a high gravity beer to me and one or two is all I can handle. I am dropping down to lower gravity beers because I like the taste of a cold beer and I can have more than two!:)