Hows This Look Us Brown

[sav]

I only used pilsner cause I have it ,stuffed up my order Ross understands,Use ale next time.


Style: American Brown Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 40.00 L
Boil Size: 47.35 L
Estimated OG: 1.049 SG
Estimated Color: 39.4 EBC
Estimated IBU: 37.7 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
8.00 kg Pilsner (2 Row) UK (3.2 EBC) Grain 90.43 %
0.54 kg Chocolate Malt (500.0 EBC) Grain 6.09 %
0.31 kg Caraaroma (390.0 EBC) Grain 3.48 %
60.00 gm Cascade [6.30 %] (60 min) Hops 23.5 IBU
60.00 gm Cascade [6.30 %] (20 min) Hops 14.2 IBU
40.00 gm B Saaz [6.80 %] (0 min) Hops -
60.00 gm Cascade [6.30 %] (0 min) Hops -
0.53 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
2.11 tbsp PH 5.2 Stabilizer (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs us 05 Yeast-Ale

 

[chappo1970]

Looks great Sav! :super:

Or should I get the style guide out and go to town on ya? :lol:

 

[sav]

Looks great Sav! :super:

Or should I get the style guide out and go to town on ya? :lol:

Its in spec man,I checked recipe db ross has one in there,looks better than before A.

 

[warra48]

I like the look of it, Sav.

My only concern is the amount of chocolate malt you have planned. I'd personally cut that back to about 200 gr max.

You could substitute some medium crystal malt if you want some sweetness to cut the roastiness from the chocolate and caraaroma.
Alternatively, some amber malt would work well too if you want to keep it dry.

I like the hopping schedule. SaazB is one of those hops that seem to well with other hops. I used it very succesfully in an ESB, but it should work well with Cascade too in a Brown.

My $0.002 for what it's worth.

 

[Ronin]

My only concern is the amount of chocolate malt you have planned. I'd personally cut that back to about 200 gr max.

I tend to agree, 6% is a bit in brown ale. Unless you swap it for plae chocolate. That stuff's great.

As with Warra48, just my 2c

James

 

[Fourstar]

As this style is rather wide in interpretation, anything from a beer as wild as up to 20% crystal w 5% choc is fine and a beer with 5%crystal and 5% choc is also within style.

L0oks like a good beer, 40 odd IBU, a touch of crystal to give it a slight sweetness and a 5%~ ABV. its on the low end of the scale for an american brown which is leaning towards an amber ale. Personally, i'd up the crystal malts to around 10%, (yes 10%) probably 6% Carapils and 4% medium crystal or even carared 7% and dark crystal or caraaroma @ 1-2% to give it a heavy sweetness.

an example would be

82.5% Pale Malt
6% Munich
6% Carared
4% Carafa Special II
1.5% Caraaroma

20 Lov
OG 1.057


mmmmm...... tasty!

 

[Maple]

my $0.02, chuck the Saaz into something else. If this is a US Brown, use US hops - C-hops, chinook is my fav and I'm prolly a bit biased, but that's my view. btw the grain looks good if you switch the choco to pale choco, 800+ grams of dark malts is very strong.... and with the pils watch out for DMS...just sayin a longer boil might prove to be worth it.

 

[Fourstar]

my $0.02, chuck the Saaz into something else. If this is a US Brown, use US hops - C-hops, chinook is my fav and I'm prolly a bit biased, but that's my view.

Oh didnt pay attention to the hops.

definitely give chinook, amarillo, simcoe, centennial or another high alpha US hop a go. :icon_drool2:

 

[Bribie G]

my $0.02, chuck the Saaz into something else. If this is a US Brown, use US hops - .............

Common misconception, that I had as well. New Zealand BSaaz despite the name is completely unlike Euro Saaz. I've just bottled an American Amber for a comp and needed a late hop boost. I looked at a couple of recipes on the forum and noted that Kram (also a BABBs member) used BSaaz heavily in an APA and he put me onto it. I made a very strong hop tea with 20g BSaaz for ultra late hop in secondary to give it a boost and bloody hell it was like walking into the Little Creatures Brewery at Pale ale boil time :icon_drool2: :icon_drool2:

Used as a late hop BSaaz out-Amarillos Amarillo.

Agree with the anti-DMS boil, 90 mins at least.

Edit: the other brilliant thing about BSaaz is that you can get the flowers which makes it a great hopsock addition and as a late hopper makes a nice clear tea. I'm even thinking of adding the tea at bottling (insert icon for out of control radical hophead)

 

[sav]

Thanks for everyones input dont know about the pale choc ross used that much in his I should ask what it was like,I might boil for 90.


cheers

SAV