Sweet Brown Ale
This is my first brown ale. I've brewed a few batches and I've found a lot of my friends are hop wimps. I made this beer for them.
Brewer: | Brian Stilson | Email: | - | |||||
Beer: | Sweet Brown Ale | Style: | American Brown | |||||
Type: | Partial mash | Size: | 5 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 20 IBU | |||||
OG: | 1.062 | FG: | 1.010 | |||||
Alcohol: | 6.7% v/v (5.3% w/w) | |||||||
Grain: | 1.03 lb. German CaraMunich 1.03 lb. British crystal 60L 1.03 lb. Belgian chocolate |
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Mash: | 80% efficiency | |||||||
Heated 2.5 gallons of tap water to 160F in my main brewing pot. After reaching that temperature, I turned off the heat and added the grains. After mashing for 1.5 hours, I placed a colander over my old plastic fermenter and poured the wort + grains over it. I then sparged with 1.25 gallons of 170F water. I combined the resulting wort with an additional 1.25 gallons of tap water back into the brew pot and heated up for boil. | ||||||||
Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.077 | 4 gallons | |||||
6.21 lb. Light malt extract | ||||||||
Brought wort up to a boil and added 1 oz Willamette pellet Hops. After 45 minutes, I added 1 oz Fuggle pellet hops. | ||||||||
Hops: | 1.02 oz. Willamette (4.5% AA, 60 min.) 1.02 oz. Fuggles (4.5% AA, 15 min.) |
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Yeast: | Used White Labs #WLP013 London Ale Yeast from a liquid vial. Prepared a diluted malt extract solution, poured into 12oz bottle, poured yeast in, plugged and airlocked. I let the yeast propagate for 24 hours. | |||||||
Log: | 2007-03-18: Prepared yeast starter 2007-03-19: Brewing day, racked into 6.5gal glass carboy, S.G. 1.062 2007-03-20: Approx 16 hours after pitching yeast, a 3in Krausen layer has formed, airlock bubbling frequently (3 per second) 2007-03-21: Krausen has retreated to 1.5in thick. Airlock still bubbling at 3 per second 2007-03-22: Krausen completely retreated. Thin layer of small bubbles remains on beer surface. Airlock bubbling slowed to 1 per minute 2007-03-23: Rack into secondary 5gal glass carboy. Will leave in secondary for 2 weeks. |
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Carbonation: | Will use 5oz Corn Sugar and bottle condition. | |||||||
Tasting: | Still waiting. |
Recipe posted 03/23/07.