Brulosopher's Best Brown Ale - Recipe

Brulosopher's Best Brown Ale (6 ratings)

All Grain Recipe

Submitted By: Brulosopher (Shared)
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Brewer: Brulosopher
Batch Size: 5.50 gal	Style: American Brown Ale (10C)
Boil Size: 7.64 gal	Style Guide: BJCP 2008
Color: 22.1 SRM	Equipment: Brulosopher's Setup (5.5 Gal)
Bitterness: 27.7 IBUs	Boil Time: 60 min
Est OG: 1.051 (12.6° P)	Mash Profile: Brulosopher's Medium/Full Body Profile (154F)
Est FG: 1.012 SG (3.0° P)	Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage
ABV: 5.1%	Taste Rating: 30.0

Ingredients
Amount	Name	Type	#
5 lbs 12.00 oz	Pale Malt (2 Row), NW Pale (2.0 SRM)	Grain	1
2 lbs	Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM)	Grain	2
1 lbs	White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM)	Grain	3
12.00 oz	Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM)	Grain	4
10.00 oz	Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM)	Grain	5
8.00 oz	Chocolate Malt (450.0 SRM)	Grain	6
7.48 oz	Caramel/Crystal Malt - 15L (15.0 SRM)	Grain	7
0.39 oz	Magnum [11.6%] - Boil 60 min	Hops	8
0.63 oz	Willamette [5.5%] - Boil 25 min	Hops	9
0.78 oz	Cascade [6.4%] - Boil 5 min	Hops	10
1.0 pkgs	California Ale (White Labs #WLP001)	Yeast	11

Taste Notes

This is a great beer. At a recent club meeting, a few guys suggested this is closer to a Porter than a Brown, mainly because it is pretty dark. However, it tastes more like a Brown. While I will likely brew this exact recipe many times, here are two changes I plan on trying just for fun: - Use WLP090 San Diego Super Yeast in place of WLP001 - Replace half of the English Chocolate malt (450L) with Pale Chocolate to lighten up the color and add more of a toasted nut character Either way, this beer will go quickly, it's that good. Cheers!

Ratings

Best Brown

by Brulosopher

So doggone tasty! Double the recipe if you can, it goes rather quick...

04.2013: I recently split 10 gallons of this wort and pitched 2 different yeasts- Danstar BRY-97 and WLP002. The general preference among most of my brew club is for the BRY-97, which is quite similar to WLP001; however, I find myself pulling from the WLP002 tap more often, as I find it slightly richer with a more pronounced chocolate character. Either way, both are delicious! At this point, I'll likely stick to either WLP002 or WLP090 with this beer.