Byrne's Birthday Brown Ale

I brewed this beer for a friend's birthday celebration and I recieved complements from everyone who tried it. This is a session beer one could drink all night (and I did). It's quick and easy to brew -- two weeks from brewing to drinking.

Brewer:	David Conger		Email:	-
Beer:	Byrne's Birthday Brown Ale		Style:	English Brown
Type:	Extract w/grain		Size:	5 gallons
Color:	34 HCU (~17 SRM)		Bitterness:	20 IBU
OG:	1.050		FG:	1.012
Alcohol:	4.9% v/v (3.8% w/w)
Grain:	6 oz. British crystal 50-60L
Steep:	Steeped crushed crystal malt in 1/2 gal. of 160° F water for 30 mins. Strained through mini-lauter tun and rinsed with 1/2 gal. of cool water.
Boil:	70 minutes	SG 1.091	2.75 gallons
	1.5kg Munton's light liquid malt extract 1.5kg Munton's dark liquid malt extract
	Added 1 Tbsp. Irish Moss with 20 mins. remaining in boil.
Hops:	1/4 oz. Cascade (7% AA, 60 min.) 1/2 oz. Fuggles (5.1% AA, 60 min.) 1/2 oz. Fuggles (5.1% AA, 20 min.) 1/2 oz. Kent Goldings (5% AA, 20 min.) 1/4 oz. Kent Goldings (5% AA, 10 min.) 1/4 oz. Kent Goldings (aroma)
Yeast:	Edme dry yeast - rehydrated in one cup of pre-boiled, 100° F water
Log:	30-Aug-00 Brewed. Pitched yeast in 80° F wort. Placed in 68° fermenation chiller. 09-Sep-00 Racked to bottling bucket with 1.25 oz. corn sugar. Keg about half of the beer. Added .75 oz. corn sugar, bottled remaining beer. 16-Sep-00 Served kegged beer, received complements, replied "Thank you."
Carbonation:	1.8 volumes	Corn Sugar: 2.50 oz. for 5 gallons @ 70°F
	Primed with 1.25 oz. of corn sugar, siphon half of the primed beer into two 5l mini-kegs, prime the remaining beer with an additional 0.75 oz. of corn sugar, then bottle the remaining beer. If all of the beer will be bottled, simply make one addition of 2.5 oz. corn sugar.
Tasting:	Byrne's Birthday Brown Ale is a very mild-mannered, but respectable beer. Flavor from both the hops and the dark malt are clearly present, but not overpowering.

Recipe posted 09/19/00.