UPDATE: Even after many months in the bottle, this recipe just won 1st. place in Garage Brewers Society's Champion of the Pint. Very Exciting!
It's always a pleasant surprise when you uncover a hidden six pack of a brew you thought was long gone. Lately, I have been setting back a six pack or two of my brews so they don't disappear too quickly. Tonight, I uncovered my version of the American brown that I bottled back on December 1st. The hops on the nose have dropped out slightly, but not on the tongue. It has also developed, what I perceive to be, a slight sweetness to it. This was a nice surprise as I had just recently thought of adding 1# of dark brown sugar to it.
Aroma- slight chocolate and biscuit-ness balanced with sweet maltiness tangled up with slight citrus/pine from the dry hops that have dwindled off.
Appearance/Mouthfeel- light dark brown/almost porter-ish with a medium mouthfeel. Mashed fairly low so this was to be expected and perfect match for this recipe.
Flavor-medium maltiness and bitterness. No diacetyl or fruit esters, clean with malt,chocolate,hops shining through and slight sweetness.
Overall-excellent stronger American brown ale. Does have slight alcohol prescense in taste, but none in the nose. When fresh, it had a very large and pleasurable citrus/pine/resiny nose and flavor. It is still very enjoyable to drink over 2 months later and absolutely stands up to time. I will re-brew and the only change so far planned is to add some dark brown sugar at the end of the boil.
I did hit 83% efficiency with this recipe. That would account for the higher gravity and ultimately, increased alcohol.
Starting gravity was 1.063 and final gravity was 1.010. I stuck with my usual 4 week primary fermenting schedule on this one.
The moment you've been waiting for...
Brew Type: All Grain |
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Style: American Brown Ale |
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Batch Size: 5.50 gal |
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Boil Volume: 6.50 gal |
Boil Time: 60 min |
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 % |
Equipment: Brew Pot (7.5 gal) and Igloo Cooler (10
Gal) |
Actual Efficiency: 83.58
% |
Taste Rating (50 possible points): 0.0
Ingredients
Amount |
Item |
Type |
% or IBU |
10.00 lb |
Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) |
Grain |
86.21 % |
0.60 lb |
Chocolate Malt (347.0 SRM) |
Grain |
5.17 % |
0.50 lb |
Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) |
Grain |
4.31 % |
0.25 lb |
Biscuit Malt (22.0 SRM) |
Grain |
2.16 % |
0.25 lb |
Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) |
Grain |
2.16 % |
1.00 oz |
Citra [12.00 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) |
Hops |
- |
0.50 oz |
Magnum [13.10 %] (60 min) |
Hops |
20.1 IBU |
0.50 oz |
Simcoe [14.10 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) |
Hops |
- |
0.50 oz |
Amarillo Gold [10.30 %] (15 min) |
Hops |
7.8 IBU |
0.25 oz |
Simcoe [14.10 %] (15 min) |
Hops |
5.4 IBU |
0.25 oz |
Simcoe [14.10 %] (5 min) |
Hops |
2.2 IBU |
0.50 oz |
Amarillo Gold [10.30 %] (5 min) |
Hops |
3.2 IBU |
1.00 oz |
Simcoe [14.10 %] (0 min) |
Hops |
- |
1.00 oz |
Amarillo Gold [10.30 %] (0 min) |
Hops |
- |
0.50 items |
Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 10.0 min) |
Misc |
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1 Pkgs |
Safale American (DCL Yeast #US-05) |
Yeast-Ale |
Mashed at 152
Beer Profile
Estimated Original Gravity: 1.057 SG (1.045-1.060 SG) |
Measured Original Gravity: 1.063 SG |
Estimated Final Gravity: 1.015 SG (1.010-1.016 SG) |
Measured Final Gravity: 1.010 SG |
Estimated Color: 21.5 SRM (18.0-35.0 SRM) |
Color [Color] |
Bitterness: 38.6 IBU (20.0-40.0 IBU) |
Alpha Acid Units: 15.2 AAU |
Estimated Alcohol by Volume: 5.39 % (4.30-6.20 %) |
Actual Alcohol by Volume: 6.92 % |
Actual Calories: 280
cal/pint |