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Northman's English Brown Ale

Northman's English Brown Ale

Northern English Brown Ale • Extract • 5 gal

Crueli07

This is a chocolately English Brown Ale. Great flavor, let it sit in the secondary for at least two weeks.

June 5, 2006 am 02:30am

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Ingredients (Extract5 gal)

  • .25 lbs English Black Roast

    English Black Roast

    Adds a heavy roast flavor and dark color.

  • .30 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.

  • .15 lbs British Dark Crystal

    British Dark Crystal

    Sweet caramel flavor, mouthfeel. For porters, stouts, old ales and any dark ale.

  • 6.0 lbs Liquid Dark Extract

    Liquid Dark Extract

    Used predominantly in the production of dark beers such as milds, browns, porters, and stouts.

  • 1.0 oz Fuggle - 4.8 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Fuggle

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

  • .50 oz Saaz - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 20 min

    Saaz

    Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.

  • 6.0 oz Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips - (omitted from calculations)

    Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

  • White Labs WLP002 English Ale

    White Labs WLP002 English Ale

    A classic ESB strain from one of England's largest independent breweries. This yeast is best suited for English style ales including milds, bitters, porters, and English style stouts. This yeast will leave a beer very clear, and will leave some residual s

Style (BJCP)

Category: 11 - English Brown Ale

Subcategory: C - Northern English Brown Ale

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.045 1.040 - 1.052
Terminal Gravity: 1.010 1.008 - 1.013
Color: 27.2 SRM 12 - 22
Alcohol: 4.6% ABV 4.2% - 5.4%
Bitterness: 28.4 IBU 20 - 30

Discussion

akueck

chocolate question

2006-06-07 2:51pm

The chocolate chips go in the secondary, right? Do you crush them first or throw them in whole?

Crueli07

Choclate chips

2006-06-07 3:13pm

you do indeed put them in the secondary. I smash them a bit, it is whatever you think will be better. I have gotten great results by just smashing a bit. Thank you.

chooks

Chocolate chips and sanitation

2007-01-05 8:42am

Not to sound like a complete newbie but...do you need to worry about sanitization of said chocolate chips before putting them in the secondary? Or do you just dump from package to secondary?

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