JB
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Gday All, I have looked at a million brown ale recipes & although I'll be moving into brewing English Ales soon, I 'mainly' have American style hops.
I have a couple of recipes below that I've narrowed my selection down & tweaked to suit my inventory & tastes.
Happy to hear of your personal experiences, recommendations, suggestions - or alternatives ... I'm a sponge.
Yeasts I have on hand are WLP001, WLP007 & Wy1028
Option 1. American Centennial Brown Ale
Recipe Specs
Batch Size (L): 25.0
Total Grain (kg): 5.800
Total Hops (g): 70.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.050 (°P): 12.4
Final Gravity (FG): 1.013 (°P): 3.3
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.91 %
Colour (SRM): 21.9 (EBC): 43.1
Bitterness (IBU): 37.7 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 70
Boil Time (Minutes): 90
Grain Bill
4 kg Golden Promise Malt (72.07%)
1 kg Vienna (18.02%)
500 g Crystal 40 (8.62%)
200 g Chocolate (3.6%)
100 g Roasted Barley (1.8%)
Hop Bill
25 g Centennial @ 60 mins (1 g/L)
15 g Centennial @ 20 mins (0.6 g/L)
15 g Centennial @ 5 mins (0.6 g/L)
15 g Centennial @ dry hop (0.6 g/L)
Misc Bill
1.0 g Whirlfloc Tablet @ 5 Minutes (Boil)
Single step Infusion at 66°C for 60 Minutes.
Fermented at 18°C with WLP001 California Ale Yeast
Option 2. James Brown American Ale
Recipe Specs
Batch Size (L): 25.0
Total Grain (kg): 6.300
Total Hops (g): 160.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.055 (°P): 13.6
Final Gravity (FG): 1.014 (°P): 3.6
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 5.40 %
Colour (SRM): 21.7 (EBC): 42.7
Bitterness (IBU): 32.4 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 70
Boil Time (Minutes): 60
Grain Bill
4 kg Maris Otter Malt (63.49%)
1 kg Vienna (15.87%)
600 g Crystal 40 (9.52%)
400 g Wheat Malt (6.35%)
300 g Chocolate (4.76%)
Hop Bill
10g Chinook @ 60 mins (0.4 g/L)
20g Amarillo @ 10 mins (0.8 g/L)
20g Citra @ 10 mins (0.8 g/L)
20g Simcoe @ 10 mins (0.8 g/L)
20g Amarillo @ 0 mins (0.8 g/L)
20g Citra @ 0 mins (0.8 g/L)
20g Simcoe @ 0 mins (0.8 g/L)
10g Amarillo @ dry hop (0.4 g/L)
10g Citra @ dry hop (0.4 g/L)
10g Simcoe @ dry hop (0.4 g/L)
Misc Bill
1g Whirlfloc Tablet @ 10 Minutes (Boil)
Single step Infusion at 66°C for 60 Minutes.
Fermented at 18°C with WLP001 California Ale Yeast
I have a couple of recipes below that I've narrowed my selection down & tweaked to suit my inventory & tastes.
Happy to hear of your personal experiences, recommendations, suggestions - or alternatives ... I'm a sponge.
Yeasts I have on hand are WLP001, WLP007 & Wy1028
Option 1. American Centennial Brown Ale
Recipe Specs
Batch Size (L): 25.0
Total Grain (kg): 5.800
Total Hops (g): 70.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.050 (°P): 12.4
Final Gravity (FG): 1.013 (°P): 3.3
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.91 %
Colour (SRM): 21.9 (EBC): 43.1
Bitterness (IBU): 37.7 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 70
Boil Time (Minutes): 90
Grain Bill
4 kg Golden Promise Malt (72.07%)
1 kg Vienna (18.02%)
500 g Crystal 40 (8.62%)
200 g Chocolate (3.6%)
100 g Roasted Barley (1.8%)
Hop Bill
25 g Centennial @ 60 mins (1 g/L)
15 g Centennial @ 20 mins (0.6 g/L)
15 g Centennial @ 5 mins (0.6 g/L)
15 g Centennial @ dry hop (0.6 g/L)
Misc Bill
1.0 g Whirlfloc Tablet @ 5 Minutes (Boil)
Single step Infusion at 66°C for 60 Minutes.
Fermented at 18°C with WLP001 California Ale Yeast
Option 2. James Brown American Ale
Recipe Specs
Batch Size (L): 25.0
Total Grain (kg): 6.300
Total Hops (g): 160.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.055 (°P): 13.6
Final Gravity (FG): 1.014 (°P): 3.6
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 5.40 %
Colour (SRM): 21.7 (EBC): 42.7
Bitterness (IBU): 32.4 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 70
Boil Time (Minutes): 60
Grain Bill
4 kg Maris Otter Malt (63.49%)
1 kg Vienna (15.87%)
600 g Crystal 40 (9.52%)
400 g Wheat Malt (6.35%)
300 g Chocolate (4.76%)
Hop Bill
10g Chinook @ 60 mins (0.4 g/L)
20g Amarillo @ 10 mins (0.8 g/L)
20g Citra @ 10 mins (0.8 g/L)
20g Simcoe @ 10 mins (0.8 g/L)
20g Amarillo @ 0 mins (0.8 g/L)
20g Citra @ 0 mins (0.8 g/L)
20g Simcoe @ 0 mins (0.8 g/L)
10g Amarillo @ dry hop (0.4 g/L)
10g Citra @ dry hop (0.4 g/L)
10g Simcoe @ dry hop (0.4 g/L)
Misc Bill
1g Whirlfloc Tablet @ 10 Minutes (Boil)
Single step Infusion at 66°C for 60 Minutes.
Fermented at 18°C with WLP001 California Ale Yeast