Mike's Brown Ale II
Southern English Brown • All Grain • 5.5 gal
Very popular with BMC drinkers
June 8, 2010 pm 06:56pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 5.5 gal)
- 3.5 lbs
Maris Otter Pale Ale Malt; Thomas Fawcett
Maris Otter Pale Ale Malt; Thomas Fawcett
A principal ingredient of cask ales using heritage barleys.
- 1.5 lbs
German Wheat Malt Light
German Wheat Malt Light
Typical top fermented aroma, produces superb wheat beers.
- .75 lbs
2-Row Caramel Malt 60L; Briess
2-Row Caramel Malt 60L; Briess
Sweet, Pronounced Caramel. Characteristics & Applications: • In contrast to Brewers Malt, glassiness is a distinguishing characteristic of Caramel Malt. The glassy endosperm creates the desirable non-fermentable components giving true Caramel Malt the ability to contribute body (mouthfeel), foam foam retention, and extended beer stability, while contributing color and unique caramel flavor. • 2-Row Caramel Malt 60L is a roasted caramel malt that imparts deep golden to red color. • Use 3-7% for Pilsener-style beers for balance. • Use 5-15% to provide color, sweetness and color to amber and red beers. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.
- .5 lbs
American Black Patent
American Black Patent
Provides color and sharp flavor in stouts and porters.
- 1 lbs
Belgian Cara-Pils
Belgian Cara-Pils
Significantly increases foam/head retention and body of the beer.
- .35 oz
Cascade - 5.5 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Cascade
Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.
- .5 oz
Cascade - 5.5 AA% pellets; boiled 20 min
Cascade
Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.
- .5 oz
Cascade - 5.5 AA% whole; boiled 1 min
Cascade
Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.
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Fermentis S-04 Safale S-04
Fermentis S-04 Safale S-04
A well-known, commercial English ale yeast, selected for its fast fermentation character and its ability to form a very compact sediment at the end of the fermentation, helping to improve beer clarity. This yeast is recommended for the production of a large range of ale beers and is specially well adapted to cask-conditioned ales and fermentation in cylindro-conical tanks. Sedimentation: high. Final gravity: medium. Pitching instructions: Re-hydrate the dry yeast into yeast cream in a stirred vessel prior to pitching. Sprinkle the dry yeast in 10 times its own weight of sterile water or wort at 27C ± 3C. Once the expected weight of dry yeast is reconstituted into cream by this method (this takes about 15 to 30 minutes), maintain a gentle stirring for another 30 minutes. Then pitch the resultant cream into the fermentation vessel. Alternatively, pitch dry yeast directly in the fermentation vessel providing the temperature of the wort is above 20C. Progressively sprinkle the dry yeast into the wort ensuring the yeast covers all the surface of wort available in order to avoid clumps. Leave for 30 minutes and then mix the wort e.g. using aeration.
Notes
Very popular brew will entice BMC drinkers.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 11 - English Brown Ale
Subcategory: B - Southern English Brown
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.036 | 1.033 - 1.042 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.011 | 1.011 - 1.014 | |
| Color: | 21.9 SRM | 19 - 35 | |
| Alcohol: | 3.2% ABV | 2.8% - 4.1% | |
| Bitterness: | 14.3 IBU | 12 - 20 |
Discussion
This an award winning session brew
2010-07-08 11:12am
This is a refreshing session beer designed to beat the summer doldrums. ABV is low enough to enable you to have several without getting hurt.
