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Charlie's Revolutionary Nut Brown

Very loosely adapted from Northern Brewer's nut brown ale kit

Brewer: Rock Your World Brewing Email: santanas95@yahoo.com
Beer: Charlie's Revolutionary Nut Brown Style: English Brown
Type: All grain Size: 5.25 gallons
Color:
35 HCU (~17 SRM)
Bitterness: 40 IBU
OG: 1.056 FG: 1.012
Alcohol: 5.7% v/v (4.5% w/w)
Water: 1 tsp 5 Star 5.2 mash stabilizer added to strike water
Grain: 10 lb. British pale
.25 lb. Special Roast
.25 lb. Biscuit
.5 lb. Crystal 65L
.25 lb. British chocolate
Mash: 70% efficiency
Mashed at 153蚌 for 75 minutes. 1.5 quart/ lb of grain (4.22 gallons strike water). Stirred once every 15 minutes
Fly Sparged with 4.6 gallons at 170蚌 for 50 minutes. Add the 20 minute hop addition during the sparge runoff, not during the boil
Boil: 60 minutes SG 1.044 6.75 gallons
Hops: .5 oz. Nugget (10% AA, 60 min.)
1.5 oz. Willamette (5.5% AA, 20 min.)
1.5 oz. Willamette (5.5% AA, 5 min.)
Yeast: WYeast 1028 Activator smack pack used for this batch. No starter, and it still kicked off in 4 hours. Nottingham dry yeast or S-04 would make suitable substitutes.
Log: Brewed 8-30-08, bottled 9-11-08
Carbonation: 2/3 cups Dextrose
Tasting: First taste on 9/20. Nice, malty nut brown ale.

Recipe posted 09/22/08.