Big Brown Dog
modeled after a favorite english nut brown ale
Brewer: | Rookie Ron | Email: | - | |||||
Beer: | Big Brown Dog | Style: | English Brown | |||||
Type: | All grain | Size: | 10 gallons | |||||
Color: |
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Bitterness: | 22 IBU | |||||
OG: | 1.067 | FG: | 1.015 | |||||
Alcohol: | 6.7% v/v (5.2% w/w) | |||||||
Water: | boiled city tap water before mashing and sparging | |||||||
Grain: | 18 lb. British pale 2 lb. Belgian biscuit 1 lb. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils) 1 lb. British crystal 50-60L 8 oz. American chocolate |
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Mash: | 80% efficiency | |||||||
infusion mash - 154F for 60 minutes. Continuous sparge to 12 gallons. | ||||||||
Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.056 | 12 gallons | |||||
irish moss last 5 mins - rehydrated | ||||||||
Hops: | 2 oz. Kent Goldings (5% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Fuggles (4.75% AA, 15 min.) |
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Yeast: | english or irish ale yeast - dry yeast I used nottingham | |||||||
Carbonation: | carbonate using co2 - low carbonation is typical | |||||||
Tasting: | pretty darn good english nut brown. |
Recipe posted 03/12/12.