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Comet's Tail Brown Ale

Comet's Tail Brown Ale

American Brown Ale • Extract • 5 gal

Hawkeye

Brewing on the night of the Perseids meteor shower - a classic brown ale will be ready for autumn

August 11, 2009 pm 12:48pm

3.0/5.0 1 rating

Ingredients (Extract, 5 gal)

  • .5 lbs Belgian Aromatic

    Belgian Aromatic

    Imparts a big malt aroma. Use in brown ales, Belgian dubbels and tripels.

  • .5 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.

  • .5 lbs Crystal Malt 60°L

    Crystal Malt 60°L

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

  • .5 lbs Special Roast Malt; Briess

    Special Roast Malt; Briess

    Toasty, biscuity, sour, tangy flavors. Characteristics & Applications: • Excellent for Nut Brown Ales, Porter and other dark beer styles. • Special processing develops unique Toasty, Biscuity, Sour, Tangy flavors distinctive to Special Roast Malt . • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 6-Row Malting Barley varieties.

  • .3 lbs Roasted Barley

    Roasted Barley

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

  • 3.3 lbs Munich Liquid; Alexanders

    Munich Liquid; Alexanders

    Often used in belgian specialty ales, Dusseldorf Altbier, and Northern German Altbier.

  • 2 lbs Dry Dark; Muntons

    Dry Dark; Muntons

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

  • 1 oz Challenger - 7.3 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Challenger

    Popular bittering hop used primarily in British ales and lagers. Mild to moderate aroma, but quite spicy.

  • 0.5 oz Phoenix - 10.0 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min

    Phoenix

    Attractive English aroma with high alpha-acid. excellent.

  • 1.0 oz Glacier - 6.0 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min

    Glacier

    An excellent new variety with balanced bittering properties combined with a good aroma profile.

  • 1 tbsp Irish OR 1 WHIRLFLOC Tablet (preferred) @ -15 min - (omitted from calculations)

    Irish OR 1 WHIRLFLOC Tablet (preferred) @ -15 min

  • 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.

Notes

Start with a grain steep @ ~152F for 45 minutes and strain. Add dark spraymalt and boil. I am using a 3.3 lb canof Breiss Liquid Munich (The menu tab says "Alexanders"). Add this liquid late (-45 minutes). For a great finishing, I mix the Phoenix and Glacier hops...Love the aroma!

Style (BJCP)

Category: 10 - American Ale

Subcategory: C - American Brown Ale

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.050 1.045 - 1.060
Terminal Gravity: 1.013 1.010 - 1.016
Color: 27.2 SRM 18 - 35
Alcohol: 4.8% ABV 4.3% - 6.2%
Bitterness: 31.5 IBU 20 - 40

Discussion

Hawkeye

Whoa! Fabulous!

2009-09-25 10:45am

This beauty has only been in the bottle for 2 weeks, but on First Opening last night I was greeted with a terrific, flavorful, balanced, silky American classic! Super smooth, creamy mouthfeel. Great caramel and muted chocolate malt flavor that is kept in check nicely by a moderate, earthy hops dose. This will probably be the BEST Brown I have ever brewed. In another couple weeks I'll try again, as it is not yet fully carbonated. Wow!

Hawkeye

Didn't mature well - Out of balance

2009-12-14 12:48pm

Too much Hops in the late boil has led this one to come unbalanced as it aged. Not a bad brown, but it did not live up to the promise when bottled. Next time, back off on the flavoring hops. I may also want to second guess the experiment of using the Cal V Whitelabs -- not the right yeast here.

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