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American Brown Ale • Partial Mash • 5 gal

this years attempt at a christmas ale- will give details of results at xmas

November 3, 2002 am 10:24am

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Ingredients (Partial Mash5 gal)

  • 2 lbs American 6-row Pale

    American 6-row Pale

    Tends to increase lautering efficiency due to a stiffer husk. May be used as the base malt for any beer style. The enzymes in all varieties of the current crop are sufficient to support high percentages of specialty malts and adjuncts.

  • 1/2 lbs Roasted Barley

    Roasted Barley

    Sweet, grainy, coffee flavor and a red to deep brown color. For porters and stouts.

  • 1/2 lbs Dextrine Malt

    Dextrine Malt

    In light-colored beers to give additional body. Adds richness without color.

  • 1/2 lbs English Wheat Malt

    English Wheat Malt

    Light flavor, creamy head. For wheat beers, stouts, doppelbocks and alt beers.

  • 3 lbs Dry Extra Light Extract

    Dry Extra Light Extract

    For making very pale ales and lagers.

  • 1 lbs Honey

    Honey

    Imparts sweet and dry taste. For honey and brown ales. Also: specialty ales.

  • .5 lbs Candi Sugar Clear

    Candi Sugar Clear

    Smooth taste, good head retention, sweet aroma and high gravity without being apparent. Use in Belgian and holiday ales. Use clear for tripels, amber for dubbels, and dark is used in brown beer and strong golden ales.

  • 1 oz Cascade - 6.3 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Cascade

    Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.

  • 1/2 oz East Kent Goldings - 3.5 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

    East Kent Goldings

    Mild, slightly flowery.

  • 1 tsp cinnamon - (omitted from calculations)

    cinnamon

  • Wyeast 2565 Kolsch

    Wyeast 2565 Kolsch

    A hybrid of ale and lager characteristics. This strain develops excellent maltiness with subdued fruitiness, and a crisp finish. Ferments well at moderate temperatures.

Notes

one oz of ginger and 1 cinnamon stick added 10-15 min before end of the boil

Style (BJCP)

Category: 10 - American Ale

Subcategory: C - American Brown Ale

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.053 1.045 - 1.060
Terminal Gravity: 1.013 1.010 - 1.016
Color: 17.6 SRM 18 - 35
Alcohol: 5.3% ABV 4.3% - 6.2%
Bitterness: 27.0 IBU 20 - 40

Discussion

Suthrncomfrt1884

batch results?

2008-11-19 1:35pm

How did his beer turn out? I'm looking for a good christmas beer to give as gifts.

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