Momma Braun Brown Ale

This is the second time I have brewed this particular recipe. This is also the first recipe I formulated by myself. I think this is an American Brown, but I could be wrong...whatever it is the first one was good. I changed my original recipe slightly from using corn sugar to bring the OG up to where I wanted it to using light brown sugar, I also upped the Crystal to 1 pound from 1/2 pound. The recipe I wrote called for 8 oz of the sugar, but I over packed the cup and ended up with about 12 oz instead. Just remember this is for 2.5 US gallons.

Brewer:	Jeremy S		Email:	-
Beer:	Momma Braun Brown Ale		Style:	American Brown
Type:	Extract w/grain		Size:	2.5 gallons
Color:	40 HCU (~19 SRM)		Bitterness:	24 IBU
OG:	1.055		FG:	1.017
Alcohol:	4.9% v/v (3.8% w/w)
Water:	Used bottled spring water.
Grain:	1 lb. American crystal 40L
Steep:	Steeped the Crystal 40 at 155° for 30 min. Also did a sort of FWH while steeping with about 1/2 oz Cascade @ 5.9% AA. Edit:1/2 oz of hops is too bitter, drop to 1/4 oz or leave out completely
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.046	3 gallons
	2 lb. Amber dry malt extract 12 oz. Brown sugar
	Added 1/2 Whirl-floc at 15 min
Hops:	0.25 oz. Cascade (5.9% AA, 60 min.) 0.25 oz. Cascade (5.9% AA, 30 min.) 0.25 oz. Willamette (4.3% AA, 15 min.) 0.25 oz. Willamette (4.3% AA, 5 min.)
Yeast:	Rehydrated Windsor
Log:	Brew date 12/15/03; Expected secondary date 12/19/03; Expected bottle date 12/23/03...Want this for new years eve and the first batch went from brew to bottle in 10 days with an acceptable carb level by day 14, by acceptable I mean it gave a decent head that lasted quite a while.
Carbonation:	Expect to prime with 4-5 Prime-Tabs per bottle. I figure about 2 volumes of CO2...maybe slightly more.
Tasting:	Just brewed it...very bitter-sweet. Expected ABV is around 5.5%...add more sugar and you have a Daddy Braun, less and you have Baby Braun, but if you add more sugar you will need to add somthing to make up for the lost body.

Recipe posted 12/16/03.