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Tasty's Janets Brown

Tasty's Janets Brown

American Brown Ale • All Grain • 13 gal

dmccrackin

yup, yup, yup

March 30, 2011 pm 10:43pm

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Ingredients (All Grain13 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.

  • 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

dmccrackin

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.

dmccrackin

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.

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