What is your favourite Brown Ale recipe?

[seymour]

My question is that simple:

What is your favourite Brown Ale recipe? Tips, tricks, things to avoid? Is there a best way to dispense it?

Cheers!
-Seymour

[Coffeeuk]

I love Cumbrian double brown. Only change I make is to add dark candi sugar instead of corn sugar.

[seymour]

One vote for:

Northern Brewer Cumbrian Double Brown Ale
OG: 1060
ABV: 6.6%
Grainbill: 69.5% Maris Otter, 11.5% Amber Malt, 3% Crystal Malt, 3% Dark Crystal Malt, 3% Pale Chocolate Malt, 10% Dark Candi Sugar
Hops: Fuggles or Willamette (60 min)
IBU: 18
Colour: brown
Yeast: Wyeast 1026 "British Cask Ale", probably a Whitbread-B (dry) equivalent from Thwaites/Shepherd Neame, possibly related to Brewlab Kent, S-04, WLP007, Wyeast 1098, BSI A-98 & BSI-7

[legion]

Good timing Seymour I am planning to brew an american brown next week and a maple and pecan brown.

Planning to use jamil american brown recipe as the base for both, but hopefully will get some inspiration from this thread.

[seymour]

And one vote for:

Jamil Zainasheff American Brown Ale
OG: 1052
ABV: 5.1%
Grainbill: 77% Maris Otter, 6% Crystal 40L Malt, 6% CaraPils/Dextrine Malt, 4% Chocolate Malt, 2% Victory Malt, 2% Crystal 60L Malt
Hops: Columbus or Horizon (60 min), Amarillo (15 min & flame-out)
IBU: 44
Colour: brown
Yeast: "Chico" American Ale (US05/Wyeast 1056/WLP001)

Keep 'em coming!

[legion]

When I brewed it last time, I did two thirds american brown and the remaining third the base without the american hops. The american brown sadly got infected but the third without the aroma hops is yummy!

Planning to stop brewing milds and do browns instead as they have a bit more malty goodness going on.

[ArmChair]

Name: Against The Odds Brown Ale
Brewed to 23 litres

Grain Bill:
3500g Maris Otter 74%
500g, Crystal Malt 10.5%
500g, Amber Malt 10.5%
150g, Oats 3.5%
80g, Chocolate Malt 1.5%

Hops:
40g Fuggles 4.35% 60min
30g WGV Goldings 5.52% 15min
Dry hopped EKG Hop Teabag
1tsp irish moss 15min

Mash at 67°C for 120 minutes

Boil for 60 min. Add a pinch of gypsum at the beginning..

Yeast: Gervin Ale Yeast
SG: 1050
FG: 1012
Bottled ABV: 5.1%
IBU:26

[gibbiem]

I think Newcy Brown has to be the best doesn't it?

[seymour]

I think Newcy Brown has to be the best doesn't it?

I said Brown Ale, not Amber Ale.

[gibbiem]

I think Newcy Brown has to be the best doesn't it?

I said Brown Ale, not Amber Ale.

Yeah I was just kidding haha

[Deebee]

Seymour.
This is one of my absolute favs.
The recipe shown is for 13 l but the percentages are there. I aim to brew this early in the new year so its ready in around april may time.


ibu around 30.
og around 1047 sg 1011 ish.
24 srm.

you really have to try this one

[seymour]

Looks delish, Deebee!

[Deebee]

Looks delish, Deebee!

One of my house beers... need a new batch after christmas

[Clibit]

This brew I did a year ago was based on Dark Island's grain bill with extra crystal and was fabulous. I tried to decide what styleit was and ssettled on brown ale, rightly or wrongly..

Batch Size (L): 12.0
Original Gravity (OG): 1.047
Final Gravity (FG): 1.011
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.76 %
Colour (SRM): 19.5 (EBC): 38.4
Bitterness (IBU): 30.8 (Average)

1.839 kg Maris Otter Malt (78.99%)
0.140 kg Brown Sugar, Liguht (6.01%)
0.140 kg Crystal 40 (6.01%)
0.116 kg Wheat Malt (4.98%)
0.093 kg Chocolate (3.99%)

7.0 g Aurora Leaf (9.3% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (0.6 g/L)
7.0 g Aurora Leaf (9.3% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (0.6 g/L)
7.0 g Centennial Leaf (13.5% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (0.6 g/L)
7.0 g Centennial Leaf (13.5% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil) (0.6 g/L)
5.0 g Centennial Leaf (13.5% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Aroma) (0.4 g/L)

Gervin Ale yeast

[Crankwood]

This turned out really nice, although left some family members very drunk as you can't tell it's fairly strong. Janet's Brown Ale