Dave258

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I do have beersmith, but my computer **** the bed. I can not download it on my work computer.

This is a very good brown ale from The Complete Joy of Homebrewing. I would like to turn it into an all grain recipe.

3 gallon boil, add water to fermenter to top to 5.25 gal
7.5 lbs. Amber LME (or 6 lbs Amber DME)
0.5 lb. Roasted Barley
0.25 lb. Black Patent
1.5 oz Northern Brewer (60)
.25 Cascade (5)
S-04
og 1.052-1.056
fg 1.014-1.018
ibu 40

I am assuming the roasted barley and black patent stays the same. Can the amber lme/dme be substituted with 2 row or marris otter, or i think there is an amber malt. How should I change the bittering hops to do a full boil?
I am assuming the regular 60 min mash @152*?
Thanks for any help!

Pappers_

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Well, I don't have any experience brewing a Brown or a Mild, but popped things into Brewsmith for you and here's what came out:


Type: All Grain
Date: 4/7/2010
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 6.50 gal Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min
Equipment: Brew Pot (6+gal) and Igloo/Gott Cooler (5 Gal)
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00


Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
9.75 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 92.86 %
0.50 lb Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 4.76 %
0.25 lb Black (Patent) Malt (500.0 SRM) Grain 2.38 %
1.25 oz Northern Brewer [8.50 %] (60 min) Hops 38.0 IBU
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (5 min) Hops 1.0 IBU
1 Pkgs SafAle English Ale (DCL Yeast #S-04) Yeast-Ale



Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.052 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.014 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.04 %
Bitterness: 39.0 IBU
Est Color: 24.4 SRM Color: Color


Mash Profile

Mash Name: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 10.50 lb
Sparge Water: 4.23 gal Grain Temperature: 72.0 F
Sparge Temperature: 168.0 F TunTemperature: 72.0 F


60 min Mash In Add 13.13 qt of water at 165.9 F (154.0 F Mash temperature)

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Dave258

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Thank you!

ajf

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I have a slightly different answer.
I agree with you that you shouldn't need to change the grains, but you need to replace the LME/DME with grains that give a similar profile to the amber extract.
Amber extract is usually made by a mixture of pale and crystal malt.
The recipe calls for 7.5 lbs amber LME.
7.5 lbs amber LME in a 5.25g batch would yield an OG of 1.053 and a color of 11.9 SRM
Assuming 70% efficiency, you could replace that with 9.5 lbs Pale malt and 1.5 lbs crystal 60
That would yield an OG of 1.052 and 11.8 SRM, which should be very close to the original for both color and flavor.

P.S. That looks like a lot of crystal to me, but I don't like excess crystal or brown ales, so I could be wrong. You may want to change it to 10 lbs pale malt and 1 lb crystal 80 which should give the same OG and SRM, but would reduce the crystal % to a more reasonable level.

-a.

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