Tasty's Janets Brown
American Brown Ale • All Grain • 13 gal
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March 30, 2011 pm 10:43pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 13 gal)
- 21 lbs
2-Row Brewers Malt; Briess
2-Row Brewers Malt; Briess
Mild malty flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • Base malt for all beer styles • Smoother, less grainy flavor than 6-Row Brewers Malt. • Slightly higher yield than 6-Row Brewers Malt. • Slight lower protein than 6-Row Brewers Malt. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.
- 2 lbs
White Wheat Malt; Briess
White Wheat Malt; Briess
Sweet, malty, wheat, floury flavors. Characteristics & Applications: • Imparts malty flavor not obtainable from raw wheat. • Use with rice hulls to improve lautering and help prevent stuck mash. • White Wheat Malt contributes to foam production and foam stability.
- 2.5 lbs
2-Row Carapils® Malt; Briess
2-Row Carapils® Malt; Briess
Very low color or flavor contribution. Characteristics & Applications: • The endosperm is completely glassy and will appear to be darker than standard Brewers Malt. • Carapils® is a very unique dextrine-style malt that adds body, foam retention, and beer stability without influencing color or flavor. • Use to upgrade all types of beer, including light colored beers. • The non-fermentables in Carapils® are very advantageous in balancing body and flavor of dark colored beers. • May be used with or without other specialty malts. • Low usage of 1-5% will help achieve desired results. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.
- 2.5 lbs
2-Row Caramel Malt 40L; Briess
2-Row Caramel Malt 40L; Briess
Sweet, Caramel, Toffee. S 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 40L is a roasted caramel malt that imparts golden to light red color. • Use 3-7% for Pilsener-style beers for balance. • Use 5-15% to provide color, sweetness and color to light amber beers. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.
- 1 lbs
English Chocolate Malt
English Chocolate Malt
Dark malt that gives a rich red or brown color and nutty flavor. Use for: Brown ales, porters, some stouts Maintains some malty flavor, not as dark as roasted malt.
- 3 oz
Northern Brewer - 8.6 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Northern Brewer
Used for bittering with strong flavors and very fragrant in steam beers, dark English ales, and German lagers. Aroma is medium-strong with evergreen and mint overtones.
- 2 oz
Northern Brewer - 8.6 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min
Northern Brewer
Used for bittering with strong flavors and very fragrant in steam beers, dark English ales, and German lagers. Aroma is medium-strong with evergreen and mint overtones.
- 3 oz
Cascade - 5.4 AA% pellets; boiled 10 min
Cascade
Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.
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Wyeast 1056 American Ale™
Wyeast 1056 American Ale™
Used commercially for several classic American ales. This strain ferments dry, finishes soft, smooth and dean, and is very well balanced.
Notes
Mash at 154. Also 3 oz Cascade at 0 minutes, and 4 oz Centennial dry hop.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 10 - American Ale
Subcategory: C - American Brown Ale
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.065 | 1.045 - 1.060 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.015 | 1.010 - 1.016 | |
| Color: | 20.3 SRM | 18 - 35 | |
| Alcohol: | 6.5% ABV | 4.3% - 6.2% | |
| Bitterness: | 60.2 IBU | 20 - 40 |
Discussion
Brewed 3/31/11
2011-04-01 2:52am
O.G. 1.070. Some of the late hops boiled over (NB at 15?). Pitched at 60F, free rise to 67F over 2 days, held at 67F. Chocolate malt was Muntons, listed at 350-450 lovibond, so who knows how dark it really was. Piched appropriate cell count, in a 6 hour, 1.5 liter starter (.75 liters to each carboy) that warmed up to room temp over the 6 hours. Intermittent shaking. Dry hopped 4/10 after 9 days ferment. Kegged 4/18/11. F.G. 1.013. No finings, but kegged and chilled to 32F. Next time use less grain. This one ended up at 7.5% a.b.v. so I will definitely enter it as an Imperial Brown Ale.
Good start
2011-04-27 9:41am
Although this ended up at about 7.5% abv, the alcohol is well hidden. I attribute this to the fermentation. On this one, I pitched a counted, active starter, at 60F, and let it ramp naturally over about 3 days to 67, where the remainder of the ferment took place. I think this cold start restrained the fusels well. This was 1056, which has a temperature range down to 60F.
