Brown Ale & The Union

[Pumpy]

One of the true pleasures in life is enjoying a few brown ales before the Bledisloe cup.

I encourage anyone who has not made a brown ale, how simple it is and I have kegged this one 10 days ,I dont bother filtering brown ales who cares .

There is no need for secondary if you cold steep the dark grains and add them to the last 30 mins of the mash the beer comes out reeeeeeeeal smooooooooth .

I am over the moon with this batch and am priming myself for the match at five, if we look like loosing I will soon fall asleep .


I have to prepare myself to cook the BBQ before the match



Pumpy

 

[Stuster]

Hey Pumpy. Was hoping you'd be adding your knowledge to the Style of the week last week - Brown ale. What hops do you use?

Don't really think there's any danger of you falling asleep this afternoon (sorry Doc). :super:

 

[lou]

so whats the recipe????!!!!!

lou

 

[Peter Wadey]

Pumpy,
I'm glad you're enjoying your brown ale, however you can get away without going to secondary, without cold steeping and reducing the mash time for 'dark grains' and still have a smooth beer.
Promise.

Rgds,
Pete

 

[Pumpy]

Hey Pumpy. Was hoping you'd be adding your knowledge to the Style of the week last week - Brown ale. What hops do you use?

Stuster I just use the same as my bitter but it dont come out as bitter cuz of the crystal



BeerSmith Recipe Printout - www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Pumpys Brown Ale II
Brewer:
Asst Brewer:
Style: Northern English Brown Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 23.00 L
Boil Size: 27.70 L
Estimated OG: 1.059 SG
Estimated Color: 35.2 EBC
Estimated IBU: 21.4 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.0 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
5000.00 gm JWM Traditional Ale Malt (5.9 EBC) Grain 88.0 %
250.00 gm JWM Crystal 140 (145.8 EBC) Grain 4.4 %
100.00 gm BB Wheat Malt (2.0 EBC) Grain 1.8 %
100.00 gm JWM Chocolate Malt (750.6 EBC) Grain 1.8 %
30.00 gm JWM Roast Barley (1400.7 EBC) Grain 0.5 %
25.00 gm Fuggles [4.50%] (60 min) Hops 11.3 IBU
25.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [5.00%] (20 min) Hops 7.6 IBU
25.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [5.00%] (5 min) Hops 2.5 IBU
200.00 gm Brown Sugar, Dark (98.5 EBC) Sugar 3.5 %
1 Pkgs SafAle English Ale (DCL Yeast #S-04) Yeast-Ale


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, No Mash Out
Total Grain Weight: 5480.00 gm
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Name Description Step Temp Step Time
Mash In Add 14.29 L of water at 76.2 C 67.8 C 60 min


Notes:
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Peter I will try that

Pumpy

 

[Pumpy]

Hey Pumpy. Was hoping you'd be adding your knowledge to the Style of the week last week - Brown ale. What hops do you use?

Don't really think there's any danger of you falling asleep this afternoon (sorry Doc). :super:

Stuster I posted the recipe for you .

Pumpy

 

[Stuster]

The recipe looks great Pumpy. Thanks for posting it. I'll be making a brown ale very soon.

I might up the hops a bit :wub: but that's just me. (Just the bittering hops really as the flavour/aroma look good.)

Have you used any other yeast with that? I'll probably use either Burton ale (WLP023) or London Ale (WLP013/1028)?

I am over the moon with this batch and am priming myself for the match at five, if we look like loosing I will soon fall asleep .

I take it you had a snooze yesterday afternoon then.

 

[Pumpy]

The recipe looks great Pumpy, although I might up the hops a bit. :wub:

Have you used any other yeast with that? I'll probably use either Burton ale (WLP023) or London Ale (WLP013/1028)?

I take it you had a snooze yesterday afternoon then.

You may be right about the Hops I usually make the recipe with about 4kg of pale malt but this time I used 5kg and I did not increase the hops as I thought it may be more to style .

I could not stop drinking it before the Rugby and when we were winning I slowed up a bit as it swung the other way never mind I had a great arvo & evening .

I have not used the liquid yeasts for sometime now just use the SA04

Pumpy

 

[barneyhanway]

I'm thinking the beers I had watching the rugby tasted better than yours, but being a kiwi and with the benefit of hindsight its a bit of a given.

Enough of that,
thanks very much for posting that recipe, I bottled my brown yesterday and it needs some adjusting for the next batch. I over bittered it I think, was aiming for something the malt would shine through in, it'd be OK with some aging but I tend to get stuck into em quicker than you can say "my bottles are firm".
I bittered it with some pacific sunrise I had in the freezer, mistake number one. Next batch will be solely fuggles.
I put in 250gm of chocolate, mistake number 2. Next batch I'll down that to 150gm I think. Shame I won't be able to taste this bottled one first but I'll just have to go with my gut.
Thanks again.

 

[Pumpy]

I'm thinking the beers I had watching the rugby tasted better than yours, but being a kiwi and with the benefit of hindsight its a bit of a given.

Enough of that,
thanks very much for posting that recipe, I bottled my brown yesterday and it needs some adjusting for the next batch. I over bittered it I think, was aiming for something the malt would shine through in, it'd be OK with some aging but I tend to get stuck into em quicker than you can say "my bottles are firm".
I bittered it with some pacific sunrise I had in the freezer, mistake number one. Next batch will be solely fuggles.
I put in 250gm of chocolate, mistake number 2. Next batch I'll down that to 150gm I think. Shame I won't be able to taste this bottled one first but I'll just have to go with my gut.
Thanks again.

'barneyhanway' you brown will probably be OK it may just take a little time to mellow , brown ale is nice to mix 50/50 with bitter and have a "Brown and Bitter" that is always a way out if you can mix with a less bitter ale .

Pumpy

 

[barneyhanway]

cheers for that Pumpy, might have to exercise some patience for once

 

[jimi]

I think it was a Brown Ale by Jazzafish (in Xmas case) that I had at Linz's which was pretty darn fine! As much as brewers tend to become hop heads theres a lot to be said for a big malty brown :beer:
You may have just changed my plans for my next brew

 

[Pumpy]

Go the big malty brown Jimi


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