Brown Trout Ale

This is a cross between a Brown and an Amber Ale.

Brewer:	CJL		Email:	-
Beer:	Brown Trout Ale		Style:	American Brown
Type:	Extract w/grain		Size:	5 gallons
Color:	51 HCU (~22 SRM)		Bitterness:	18 IBU
OG:	1.052		FG:	1.012
Alcohol:	5.1% v/v (4.0% w/w)
Water:	Well water - clean flavor and relatively hard
Grain:	8 oz. American Munich 8 oz. Belgian biscuit 8 oz. Belgian Special B 4 oz. American chocolate
Steep:	Boil 1 1/2 gal water in your brewpot. In a separate, smaller pot steep grains in 3 qts water at 150-deg for 40 minutes (not in a bag). Strain the water into the brewpot. Rinse the grains with an additional 3 qts 150-deg water into the brewpot. Then bring the brewpot (now 3 gals) to boil and add 2 cans Light Malt Extract.
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.086	3 gallons
	6 lb. 6 oz. Light malt extract
	Add irish moss at 15 min.
Hops:	1 oz. Willamette (4.5% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Fuggles (4.5% AA, 15 min.)
Yeast:	White Labs California Ale
Log:	Cooled wort by placing brewpot into sink full of cold water. Changed water a few times. Also added a small block of ice (Cool Whip container) and stirred to help cool. I didn't use a yeast starter - just pitched at about 75-80 deg. Kept in 68-deg basement.
Carbonation:	5 oz priming sugar
Tasting:	My fermentation started slowly - took almost two days. Then it took off and remained steady for 5 more days. Then racked to secondary for another 7 days. Bottle and let sit for 2-3 months for best results. AWESOME beer!

Recipe posted 06/14/07.