Brains Dark Recipes ANYONE!

[bazbaby3]

I'm thinking of doining a Dark Mild (AG) brew soon and was hoping to do a Brains Dark clone or similar, Trouble is finding one has proved more difficult than i expected. If anyone has a good recipe please share!!!!

[Garth]

Here's one from my recipe database, I think it's one Steve Flack created and posted

23 litres
OG 1032
IBU 18.7
EBC 40.5

Pale 2.5kg
Crystal (light) 430g
Crystal (dark) 260g
Chocolate (900EBC) 200g

Mash at 67C for 90 mins

Northdown 8%AA 18g 90mins

I made it a couple of years agao, turned out quite good.

I also have a recipe for Darleys Mild as well as the ones in Graham's Book

[Jez]

Many thanks for this recipe! This looks like jumping the queue to be my next brew.

Does anyone have any other Brains recipes? I am an avid Brains beer fan and would like to brew some at home but I can't seem to find any recipes on the web. Which, in all honesty, may be due to my lack of searching skills - but I have tried!

Thanks in advance for any help!

[bazbaby3]

cheers garth, i'll give it a try and post the brewday

[Garth]

just to clarify, this isn't specifically a recipe for Brains, it was just a good dark mild recipe which I enjoyed drinking

[bazbaby3]

Beer is Beer and im running low!

[Yettiman]

Hi,
Just made this up, as a 2 gallon batch, I used the above recipe (2/5) but although I mashed for 90 mins, I only got a OG of 1022, not the 1032 indicated by the recipe. Going into the FV it tastes ok (still new so not really sure what it should taste like) tastes clean with a burnt coffee over tone.

Any thoughts as to why the OG is so low?

Thanks everyone

[Yettiman]

Doh, forgot to adjust for temperature

[Beer O'Clock]

Found this...

SA GOLD!

Fermentable Colour lb: oz Grams Ratio

Pale Malt 5 EBC 10 lbs. 2.2 oz 4600 grams 84.7%
Crystal Malt 130 EBC 1 lbs. 4.3 oz 575 grams 10.6%
Torrefied Wheat 4 EBC 0 lbs. 8.9 oz 250 grams 4.7%


Hop Variety Type Alpha Time lb: oz grams Ratio
Cascade Whole 5.7 % 90 mins 0 lbs. 0.8 oz 23 grams 28.6%
Cascade Whole 5.7 % 60 mins 0 lbs. 0.8 oz 23 grams 28.6%
Cascade Whole 5.7 % 45 mins 0 lbs. 0.5 oz 14 grams 17.1%
Styrian Goldings Whole 4.5 % 30 mins 0 lbs. 0.5 oz 14 grams 17.1%
Styrian Goldings Whole 4.5 % 15 mins 0 lbs. 0.2 oz 7 grams 8.6%


Final Volume: 23 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.052
Final Gravity: 1.013
Alcohol Content: 5.1% ABV
Total Liquor: 33.7 Litres
Mash Liquor: 13.6 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 40.0392813917859 EBU
Colour: 32 EBC

[seymour]

some incomplete recipe info from S. A. Brain & Co/Crown Buckley - Cardiff, Glamgoran, Wales:

Brains Bitter/Light
OG: 1035
ABV: 3.7%
IBU: ≈25
Colour: golden amber
Grainbill: Pale, Crystal Malt, Invert Syrup
Hops: Fuggles, Goldings
Yeast: proprietary English ale strain

Brains Dark/Red Dragon Dark
OG: 1035
ABV: 3.5%
IBU: 22
Colour: 56/110, opaque black
Grainbill: Pale, Crystal Malt, Chocolate Malt, Dark Invert Syrup
Bittering hops: Challenger, Fuggles
Aroma hops: Goldings
Yeast: proprietary English ale strain

Brains MA/XXX (Mild Ale)
OG: 1035
ABV: 3.5%
IBU: ≈25
Colour: black
Grainbill: Pale, Chocolate Malt, Crystal Malt, Invert Syrup
Hops: Goldings
Yeast: proprietary English ale strain

Brains Original Stout
OG: 1041
ABV: 4.1%
IBU: ≈25
Colour: very dark brown
Grainbill: Pale, Crystal Malt, Chocolate Malt
Hops: Challenger, Fuggles
Yeast: proprietary English ale strain

Brains SA Gold
OG: 1046
ABV: 4.7%
IBU: 40
Colour: clear golden
Grainbill: Pale, Invert Syrup
Bittering hops: Target (90 min), Cascade (30 min)
Aroma hops: Styrian Goldings
Yeast: proprietary English ale strain

Brains SA/Best Bitter
OG: 1042
ABV: 4.2%
IBU: ≈25
Colour: amber
Grainbill: 85% Pale, 11% Crystal Malt, 4% Torrified Wheat, +Invert Syrup
Hops: Fuggles, Goldings
Yeast: proprietary English ale strain

Brains The Young Rev. (Bitter)
OG: 1036
ABV: 3.7%
IBU: ≈20
Colour: clear amber
Grainbill: Pale, Crystal Malt, Wheat, Invert Syrup
Hops: Challenger, Fuggles, Goldings
Yeast: proprietary English ale strain

Brains/Buckleys The Rev. James Original Bitter
OG: 1045
ABV: 4.5%
IBU: ≈25-30
Colour: amber
Grainbill: Maris Otter, Torrified Wheat and/or Flaked Maize, Invert Syrup, Treacle
Bittering hops: Challenger, Bramling Cross, Whitbread Goldings Variety
Aroma hops: Fuggles, Goldings

Brains Weiss Weiss Baby (German-style Weissbier)
ABV: 5.9%
IBU: ≈12-15
Colour: hazy golden
Grainbill: Pale, Wheat Malt
Hops: Hallertau Tradition
Yeast: German weissbier strain

[louiscowdroy]

Hey nice to meet you:

I have a lovely recipe for you:

Ye Old Ale

Fermentable Colour lb: oz Grams Ratio

Pale Malt 5 EBC 4 lbs. 6.5 oz 2000 grams 44.4%
Abbey Malt 50 EBC 2 lbs. 3.3 oz 1000 grams 22.2%
Flaked Barley 0 EBC 1 lbs. 1.6 oz 500 grams 11.1%
Torrefied Wheat 4 EBC 1 lbs. 1.6 oz 500 grams 11.1%
Crystal Malt 120 EBC 1 lbs. 1.6 oz 500 grams 11.1%


Hop Variety Type Alpha Time lb: oz grams Ratio

Northern Brewer Whole 10.6 % 75 mins 0 lbs. 0.7 oz 20 grams 20%
Northern Brewer Whole 8.2 % 5 mins 0 lbs. 0.7 oz 20 grams 20%
First Gold Whole 8.3 % 5 mins 0 lbs. 2.1 oz 60 grams 60%

Final Volume: 15 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.066
Final Gravity: 1.016
Alcohol Content: 6.5% ABV
Total Liquor: 24 Litres
Mash Liquor: 11.3 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 78 %
Bitterness: 47.4009125232989 EBU
Colour: 63 EBC

And using Edinburgh Ale Yeast, it turned out very Moorish indeed, if you like dark, tarty beer, and just tasted lovely, 30 pints lasted ...Hmmm, lets see 4 weeks lol