Well, it's been a while since I've brewed any kind of kit or kit adaptation, and as I haven't managed to find time for an AG brew, I thought that I should use up 1 can that I had left from a Woodfordes Sundew kit, as it makes a good base for most kit adaptations.
I have always fancied having a go at an American Brown Ale brew, so did some basic research on the style and came up with this -
American Brown Ale - 13.5L
1.052 OG
1.5kg can of Woodfordes Sundew
500g of Dark DME
200g of Crystal Malt - 120 EBC
100g of Special B - 300 EBC
75g of Amber Malt - 100 EBC
50g of Pale Chocolate Malt - 525 EBC
(all steeped for 60mins from 80C in 3L of treated tap water)
50g of El Dorado Hop Pellets - Steeped for 30mins
50g of El Dorado Hop Pellets - Dry Hop (day 10)
1 x Campden Tablet (crushed)
Colour - Reddish Brown
Rehydrated Mangrove Jacks M44 West Coast Yeast @ 19C
I'm not too sure what kind of FG to expect, but I'm hoping that the more complex sugars from the grains will cause the M44 to attenuate a bit less, and leave a decent amount of residual sweetness. The bitterness for this style is also very low for an American beer and only ranges from 20-30 IBUs for an OG range of 1.045-1.060.
I have roughly gestimated that my brew will have approximately 22 IBUs, based on the Sundew kit being about 28 IBUs as standard.
I will upload some brew evening images when I can work out what is going on with my Photo Bucket account. **Edit** - seems like Photo Bucket want $399.99 to host my pics now, I don't think so...........
Cheers for now
MB
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FV:
Conditioning:
AG#41 - Vienna Lager - 5.6%
AG#42 - Heritage Double Ale - 10.5%
On Tap:
AG#44 - Harvest ESB - 5.4%
AG#45 - Amarillo Gold APA - 5.2%
Conditioning:
AG#41 - Vienna Lager - 5.6%
AG#42 - Heritage Double Ale - 10.5%
On Tap:
AG#44 - Harvest ESB - 5.4%
AG#45 - Amarillo Gold APA - 5.2%
Re: American Brown Ale Thang.....
American Brown Ale is a style I really like, hope this turns out well for you. I'm sure it will. A good style for kit modding I think, the grains and the hops will transform it in to a quality brew I reckon.
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Re: American Brown Ale Thang.....
I checked the gravity yesterday on day 8, and it's down to 1.013 (5.2%).
The flavours from the different malts tasted very promising, but I wasn't getting much in the way of hoppage. Now what would my friend Mr Wales do..........add more hops is the answer!
I checked what other pellets that I had in the freezer and Simcoe caught my eye and before I knew what had happened, 50g had found their way into the FV.
I am going to give them 3-4 days before I will rack the brew into a clean FV and onto the planned 50g of El Dorado pellets for stage 2 of the dry hopping.
A total dry hop of 7.4g per litre should do the trick
Cheers
MB
FV:
Conditioning:
AG#41 - Vienna Lager - 5.6%
AG#42 - Heritage Double Ale - 10.5%
On Tap:
AG#44 - Harvest ESB - 5.4%
AG#45 - Amarillo Gold APA - 5.2%
Conditioning:
AG#41 - Vienna Lager - 5.6%
AG#42 - Heritage Double Ale - 10.5%
On Tap:
AG#44 - Harvest ESB - 5.4%
AG#45 - Amarillo Gold APA - 5.2%
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Re: American Brown Ale Thang.....
Monkey,Monkeybrew wrote: ↑Sun Aug 27, 2017 3:56 pmI wasn't getting much in the way of hoppage. Now what would my friend Mr Wales do..........add more hops is the answer!
Simcoe caught my eye
MB
Too late now, but I would have bunged in 50gr Amarillo.
Simcoe will be good anyway!
WA
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Re: American Brown Ale Thang.....
I like to use pellet hops for dry hopping these days, so I was a bit limited on choice.WalesAles wrote: ↑Sun Aug 27, 2017 9:08 pmMonkey,Monkeybrew wrote: ↑Sun Aug 27, 2017 3:56 pmI wasn't getting much in the way of hoppage. Now what would my friend Mr Wales do..........add more hops is the answer!
Simcoe caught my eye
MB
Too late now, but I would have bunged in 50gr Amarillo.
Simcoe will be good anyway!
WA
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Sure it will be fine.
Cheers
MB
FV:
Conditioning:
AG#41 - Vienna Lager - 5.6%
AG#42 - Heritage Double Ale - 10.5%
On Tap:
AG#44 - Harvest ESB - 5.4%
AG#45 - Amarillo Gold APA - 5.2%
Conditioning:
AG#41 - Vienna Lager - 5.6%
AG#42 - Heritage Double Ale - 10.5%
On Tap:
AG#44 - Harvest ESB - 5.4%
AG#45 - Amarillo Gold APA - 5.2%
Re: American Brown Ale Thang.....
Simcoe is a good hop choice in my opinion. Some Amarillo on top would be the icing.