Beth's Bohemian Beauty

This is a wonderful recipe for people who want to make an easy
transition from lighter beers to the "dark side" who are timid
of Heavy beers that are bitter. This is a biscuity, sweet, brown ale that is easy to drink, fairly high alcohol 5.6% abv, and gorgeous chestnut brown color. Very easy to brew.

Brewer:	Jonny Kendoll		Email:	jkfulcher@yahoo.com
Beer:	Beth's Bohemian Beauty		Style:	English Brown
Type:	Extract w/grain		Size:	5 gallons
Color:	10 HCU (~7 SRM)		Bitterness:	25 IBU
OG:	1.052		FG:	1.012
Alcohol:	5.2% v/v (4.1% w/w)
Water:	Use distilled water for your wort AND your final topping to 5 gallons.
Grain:	1 lb. Maris Otter 8 oz. Belgian biscuit 1 lb. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils) 4 oz. German Smoked Malt
Steep:	Steep the grains in 156% water for a full 45 minutes in water only. Then add your 2 lbs of Light DME to the water and return your grain bag to the water while bringing the water up to a boil, removing grains just before achieving boil temperature. Add 5 lbs of Dark DME and boil.
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.104	2.5 gallons
	5 lb. Light dry malt extract
	1 ounce of Spaltz hops at initial start of boil. 1 ounce of Spaltz hops at 30 minutes.
Hops:	1 oz. Perle (7% AA, 60 min.) .75 oz. Perle (7% AA, 45 min.) !!!dryhop oz. Fuggle Plugs (aroma)
Yeast:	I use either the WyEast British Ale Yeast II or the Wyeast 1728 Scottish Ale Yeast depending on time of the year (ambient temperature) and resting site.
Log:	If you prefer more hoppiness in final product, try dry hopping another ounce of your preferred hops in the secondary fermenter. Allow primary fermentation to reach a specific gravity of no less than 1.015 before transferring to secondary.
Carbonation:	1/2 cup of priming sugar in bottling bucket. 1/2 cup of Light DME in bottling bucket.
Tasting:	As charted, very very light hop notes, BIG biscuit aroma, light citrusy character and nice medium to high mouthfeel. The abv will sneak up on you as this is very very easy to drink, especially in the Fall and Spring months. Light head with a cream color looks nice on the brown body of the beer.

Recipe posted 08/17/07.