Big Daddy's Bourbon Brown
American Brown Ale • All Grain • 5 gal
Give it some time and be patient. One month at least from start to consumption. Gets better with age-
January 21, 2011 pm 10:12pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 5 gal)
- 10 lbs
Maris Otter; Crisp
Maris Otter; Crisp
An English thoroughbred and a favored choice of malt for many brewers. Simpsons' Maris Otter has a rich and nutty flavor and despite its small, berry size has a strong husk. This malt delivers predictable brewhouse performance with modest, yet consistent extracts. Brewers can expect good runoffs with clear wort.
- 1 lbs
Munich TYPE II; Weyermann®
Munich TYPE II; Weyermann®
German-grown two-row spring barley (2004 harvest). Product Characteristics: Imparts strongly malty notes to finished beer. Intended mainly for dark ales and lagers. Recommended Quantities: Up to 100% of total grain bill Suitability (beer styles): Lagers: Oktoberfestbier, Märzen, Bockbier, Dunkel. Ales: Dark, Stout
- .5 lbs
American Caramel 120°L
American Caramel 120°L
Provides color, a unique flavor, body, and contribures to foam retention and beer stability. Gives a pronounced to sharp caramel flavor and a deep red color.
- .25 lbs
Pale Chocolate; Crisp
Pale Chocolate; Crisp
Roasted coffee flavor.
- .15 lbs
Roast Barley; Crisp
Roast Barley; Crisp
Sweet, grainy, coffee flavor and a red to deep brown color. For porters and stouts.
- .6 oz
Columbus - 12.5 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Columbus
Used mainly for bittering with some flavor qualities as well. Aroma is pleasant.
- .75 oz
Willamette - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min
Willamette
This hop is used for finishing and dry hopping American and British style ales. Aroma is mild and pleasant ans slightly spicy
- 1 oz
Willamette - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min
Willamette
This hop is used for finishing and dry hopping American and British style ales. Aroma is mild and pleasant ans slightly spicy
- 2 oz
Oak Wood Chips - soaked in bourbon added to keg in hop bag (omitted from calculations)
Oak Wood Chips
Adds a pungent woody flavor. Adding oak chips (which is done in the fermenter, not the mash tun) can add some interesting flavors to your homebrew as well as acting as a surface area to accelerate aging. To provide aged-in-oak flavor. Used in some IPA to simulate flavors from ocean passage to India.
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Wyeast 1272 American Ale II™
Wyeast 1272 American Ale II™
Fruitier and more flocculant than 1056, slightly nutty, soft, clean, slightly tart finish.
Notes
Mash at 154 Ferment at 66 7-10 days I crashed in primary for one week Move to keg Add 1 to 2 oz of good quality bourbon to the keg along with the oak chips- Leave the chips in the keg for at least 2 weeks
Style (BJCP)
Category: 10 - American Ale
Subcategory: C - American Brown Ale
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.061 | 1.045 - 1.060 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.015 | 1.010 - 1.016 | |
| Color: | 21.2 SRM | 18 - 35 | |
| Alcohol: | 6.1% ABV | 4.3% - 6.2% | |
| Bitterness: | 42.0 IBU | 20 - 40 |
