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Mutter Knows Best - Brown Ale

Mutter Knows Best - Brown Ale

Northern English Brown Ale • Extract • 5.5 gal

Jimbo

My first brown ale. I'll post an update after it's in the bottle.

March 26, 2003 pm 04:29pm

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Ingredients (Extract5.5 gal)

  • 1.5 lbs Crystal Malt 60°L

    Crystal Malt 60°L

    Sweet caramel flavor, deep golden to red color. For dark amber and brown ales.

  • .125 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.

  • .125 lbs Roasted Barley

    Roasted Barley

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

  • .375 lbs Toasted Pale Malt

    Toasted Pale Malt

    Imparts nutty flavor and aroma. Use in IPAs and Scottish ales.

  • .625 lbs Maris Otter Pale

    Maris Otter Pale

    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.

  • 5 lbs Dry Extra Light; Muntons

    Dry Extra Light; Muntons

    Contains no colored malts or unmalted products; the light color of this product is achieved by using low processing temperatures and low-colored raw materials.

  • .5 lbs Dark Brown Sugar

    Dark Brown Sugar

    Imparts rich, sweet flavor. Use in Scottish ales, old ales and holiday beers.

  • 1.5 oz East Kent Goldings - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 40 min

    East Kent Goldings

    Mild, slightly flowery.

  • .5 oz East Kent Goldings - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 10 min

    East Kent Goldings

    Mild, slightly flowery.

  • White Labs WLP005 British Ale

    White Labs WLP005 British Ale

    This yeast is a little more attenuative than WLP002. Like most English strains, this yeast produces malty beers. Excellent for all English style ales including bitter, pale ale, porter, and brown ale.

Notes

* 6 oz of the Maris Otter pale malt (listed as .375 oz Toasted Pale) was toasted in the oven for 1 hour at 275 and about 8 minutes at 350. It started to take on a cereal smell when I raised the temp. I won't do that next time. ** Extract is 3lbs Muntons amber and 2lbs Muntons light. The brew store didn't any extra light and only 1 bag of light. :( ** I don't know why but I just added 1/2 lb of brown sugar. ** Forgot to take the OG - It's probably close to whatever BeerTools said it would be.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 11 - English Brown Ale

Subcategory: C - Northern English Brown Ale

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.056 1.040 - 1.052
Terminal Gravity: 1.014 1.008 - 1.013
Color: 19.8 SRM 12 - 22
Alcohol: 5.5% ABV 4.2% - 5.4%
Bitterness: 26.7 IBU 20 - 30

Discussion

Jimbo

First tasting.

2003-04-01 2:55pm

Damn. Just pulled a sample from the primary. It's been 3 days and this beer is GOOD. Gravity: 1.020/1.019.

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