Bush Monkey Ale
American Brown Ale • Partial Mash • 5.5 gal
A "Bush Monkey" is a guy that cleans up and burns the brush after a logging road is dozed. Brewing this one today.
January 21, 2008 am 10:48am
Ingredients (Partial Mash, 5.5 gal)
- 1 lbs
Crystal Malt 60°L
Crystal Malt 60°L
Sweet caramel flavor, deep golden to red color. For dark amber and brown ales.
- 1 lbs
Peat Smoked Malt
Peat Smoked Malt
Imparts a robust smokey flavor and aroma. Use in Scottish ales and Wee Heavies.
- 1 lbs
Roasted Barley
Roasted Barley
Sweet, grainy, coffee flavor and a red to deep brown color. For porters and stouts.
- 2 lbs
Dry Light Extract
Dry Light Extract
White color, mild flavor. Will produce lagers and Pilseners and can also be used to produce darker beers when used in conjunction with colored malts. Made of pale malt.
- 1 lbs
Dry Amber Extract
Dry Amber Extract
Cream-colored and full-flavored; will produce amber colored beers such as pale ales, IPAs, and bitters. Made of pale and crystal malts.
- 2.75 lbs
Honey
Honey
Imparts sweet and dry taste. For honey and brown ales. Also: specialty ales.
- 1 oz
East Kent Goldings - 6.9 AA% whole; boiled 60 min
East Kent Goldings
Mild, slightly flowery.
- .75 oz
Mt. Hood - 3.5 AA% pellets; boiled 30 min
Mt. Hood
Used mainly for aroma and flavor in American and German style ales and lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant, light, and clean.
- .25 oz
Mt. Hood - 3.5 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min
Mt. Hood
Used mainly for aroma and flavor in American and German style ales and lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant, light, and clean.
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White Labs WLP051 California Ale V
White Labs WLP051 California Ale V
From Northern California. This strain is more fruity than WLP001, and slightly more flocculant. Attenuation is lower, resulting in a fuller bodied beer than with WLP001.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 10 - American Ale
Subcategory: C - American Brown Ale
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.052 | 1.045 - 1.060 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.012 | 1.010 - 1.016 | |
| Color: | 24.1 SRM | 18 - 35 | |
| Alcohol: | 5.2% ABV | 4.3% - 6.2% | |
| Bitterness: | 28.5 IBU | 20 - 40 |
Discussion
One of my best ever
2008-04-23 8:56am
Semi-Step mashed the grains, grains into 130F water, 30min @ 150F, 15min @ 158F, mash out 170F. Full 60min boil on the honey. Dark, Smokey, not heavy
