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Big Daddy's Bourbon Brown

Big Daddy's Bourbon Brown

American Brown Ale • All Grain • 5 gal

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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

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Ingredients (All Grain5 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.

  • 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

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