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Best Brown Ale

Best Brown Ale

American Brown Ale • All Grain • 5.5 gal

Trumpin Aces

Clone of Bell's Best Brown from BYO.

May 28, 2004 pm 12:21pm

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Ingredients (All Grain5.5 gal)

  • .875 lbs American Victory

    American Victory

    Provides a deep golden to brown color. Use in nut brown ales, IPAs and Scottish ales.

  • .875 lbs Belgian Special B

    Belgian Special B

  • .875 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 American Chocolate Malt

    American Chocolate Malt

    Use in all types to adjust color and add nutty, toasted flavor. Chocolate flavor.

  • 10 lbs American 2-row

    American 2-row

    Yields a slightly higher extract than Six Rox brewers Malt. Tends to give a smoother, less grainy flavored beer. Some brewers claim they can detect a significant difference in flavor. Lower protein and will yield a lower color than Six-Row Brewers Malt

  • .75 oz Cascade - 8.3 AA% pellets; boiled 45 min

    Cascade

    Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.

  • .25 oz Nugget - 12.7 AA% pellets; boiled 45 min

    Nugget

    This is very bitter and often used in medium to dark ales and lagers. Aroma is quite heavy and herbal.

  • .25 oz Fuggle - 4.8 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

    Fuggle

    Mild. Mainly used for finishing and dry hopping especially pale ales, porters, and stouts. Aroma is mild and pleasant, spicy, and soft.

  • .5 oz Fuggle @ 2 min - (omitted from calculations)

    Fuggle @ 2 min

  • White Labs WLP013 London Ale

    White Labs WLP013 London Ale

    Dry, malty ale yeast. Provides a complex, oakey ester character to your beer. Hop bitterness comes through well. This yeast is well suited for classic British pale ales, bitters, and stouts. Does not flocculate as much as WLP002 and WLP005.

Notes

Clone of Bell's Best Brown from BYO.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 10 - American Ale

Subcategory: C - American Brown Ale

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.058 1.045 - 1.060
Terminal Gravity: 1.016 1.010 - 1.016
Color: 22.4 SRM 18 - 35
Alcohol: 5.5% ABV 4.3% - 6.2%
Bitterness: 36.2 IBU 20 - 40

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