Ag Newcastle Brown Recipe?

[Bridges]

Alright after much searching I've decided to dust this thread off rather than start a new one. I'm keen to make a northern brown (Newcastle brown) style. I'm still pretty new to the AG thing and will be BIABing and have read a bit and after much hand wringing guessing and playing with brewmate come up with the following.

Northern Brown
20 litre batch

4.1kg Marris otter
120gram Carared
120gram Chocolate malt
120gram Crystal Medium

60 minute mash at 67-68degrees C

60 minute boil
43 grams of Fuggles at 60 minutes to 30IBU

S-O4 yeast (easy to use and for me easily obtainable.)


Questions at this point are do I need a late addition too or will it take away from the malt? Any feed back on how the recipes above turned out would be great too.

 

[Diesel80]

1 addition is fine. I would replace the fuggles with northdown. I have a good easy brown ale receipe i can post up when home later on, or send me a pm and i will provide it to you that way.


Cheers
D80

 

[Bridges]

Thanks Diesel80 would love to see your recipe if you don't mind posting it up so others like me can also reference it that would be great.

 

[Bridges]

Was just trying to tell you all about my attempt at this as I was tasting the first one, I'd had the first sip was quite enjoying it when my 16 month old bloke decided he wanted to join me at the computer, I've just spent the last 20 minutes mopping beer up from my keyboard, mouse, desk, chair, me, him.
Oh well I'll top up and try again. If the keyboard doesn't crap itself.

 

[Lodan]

Bugger!

Look forward to hearing about the full glass and please throw up a pic if you don't mind

 

[Bridges]

Sorry, didn't get my 5hit in a pile last night. Will get a pic and write up done soon.

 

[Bridges]

The C and the . keys now seem to stick down odd when they are so far apart on the key board but pouring beer all over it will do that.


The beer though is good, but not great. Looks great pours well, good carb, good head and lacing. But probably over hopped slightly for what I was aiming at, in trying to get near a newky brown I've turn out a pretty good bitter I reckon so no loss. I used fuggles, might have to try EKG or challenger in the same recipe at some stage to see what they bring. Also up the spec malt just a bit to raise the sweetness and get a little more of a caramel malt flavour.

 

[Bridges]

Bottled for 8 weeks or so now and getting better! Enjoying one now!