Homebrew: Brown Note – American Brown Ale
Brewed up a batch of Brown Ale yesterday, as I was trying to get rid of some opened packs of malt and hops. The recipe was very heavy on late-hopping, as I was hoping to get rid of as many opened packs of hops as possible, so it will be interesting to see how (and if) the hops and malts come together in the final product. I’m a little afraid that the huge late-hop additions will contribute more bitterness than predicted in Beersmith, so hopefully I won’t end up with an overly bitter beer (the malt bill is quite light as well, so there won’t be much body to counter it). The beer is currently fermenting in my fermentation fridge at a temperature of 15C (59F), as I’m hoping for a clean yeast profile and hopefully a little lower attenuation. The original gravity was 1.055 (14.0 brix), and am hoping it will end up at around 1.014. Will probably be kegging and bottling in about 3 weeks.
Recipe: Brown Note
Style: American Brown Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 30 l
Post Boil Volume: 28 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 23 l
Bottling Volume: 21 l
Estimated OG: 1.056 SG
Estimated Color: 36.0 EBC
Estimated IBU: 53.8 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 65.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 76.3 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
5.000 kg Pale Ale (2-row) (6.0 EBC) Grain 1 76.3 %
0.500 kg Crystal Malt - 60L (Thomas Fawcett) (118 Grain 2 7.6 %
0.500 kg Oats, Flaked (2.0 EBC) Grain 3 7.6 %
0.250 kg Biscuit Malt (45.3 EBC) Grain 4 3.8 %
0.250 kg Pale Chocolate Malt (394.0 EBC) Grain 5 3.8 %
0.050 kg Carafa Special III (Weyermann) (925.9 EB Grain 6 0.8 %
10.00 g Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - First Wo Hop 7 14.4 IBUs
25.00 g Mt. Hood [6.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 8 7.0 IBUs
15.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 9 7.0 IBUs
15.00 g Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 15. Hop 10 9.7 IBUs
15.00 g Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 11 9.0 IBUs
25.00 g Mt. Hood [6.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 12 2.8 IBUs
15.00 g Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 5.0 Hop 13 3.9 IBUs
90.00 g Galaxy [14.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 14 0.0 IBUs
35.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 15 0.0 IBUs
35.00 g Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 16 0.0 IBUs
30.00 g Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 0.0 Hop 17 0.0 IBUs
30.00 g Mt. Hood [6.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 18 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) Yeast 19 -
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