Northern English Brown Recipe

WBC · 08-21-2007, 10:10 PM

I got to try a few of Firestones beers recently and one of them I would like to try as one of my homebrew house beers. I really like the "Double Barrel Ale" profile. Does anyone have a recipe for a close facimile of this beer. The aftertaste has an orange note and is nutty, chocolate and they use oak barrels to ferment.

Beerrific · 08-21-2007, 10:32 PM

Here is Jamil's Northern English Brown:

8.00 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row)
0.75 lbs. Crystal 40L
0.50 lbs. Crystal 25L
0.50 lbs. Victory Malt
0.25 lbs. Chocolate Malt - Light
0.75 lbs. Special Roast Malt

6 AA Goldings - E.K. Pellet 60 min.

WLP002

I am probably going to do this one. I haven't seen any other recipes for this style and I am sure this one is good.

If you want an oak taste you can add some chips in the secondary.

WBC · 08-21-2007, 11:16 PM

Beerific, That does sound good. I am going to give it a try. I'll let you know how it does. I will use a carboy on this one as I will have a 20 gallon batch of blonde german lager in the Blickmann.

Beerrific · 08-21-2007, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by WBC

Beerific, That does sound good. I am going to give it a try. I'll let you know how it does. I will use a carboy on this one as I will have a 20 gallon batch of blonde german lager in the Blickmann.

Yeah, great let me know how it turns out. I am probably going to be on it in 5-6 weeks.

**Biermann** · 08-21-2007, 11:47 PM

Here's my recipe for a heftier N. English Brown. . .Like already mentioned, you can just add some oak cubes if you desire. . .

This is for 10 gallons. . .if you want it a bit lighter, you can play with the malts a little. I threw the Hallertau in there only because I was running low on EKG's, and had Hallertau available.

IRV Ridgerunner Brown Ale

A ProMash Recipe Report

BJCP Style and Style Guidelines
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11-C English Brown Ale, Northern Brown

Min OG: 1.040 Max OG: 1.052
Min IBU: 20 Max IBU: 30
Min Clr: 12 Max Clr: 22 Color in SRM, Lovibond

Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (Gal): 10.00 Wort Size (Gal): 10.00
Total Grain (Lbs): 20.75
Anticipated OG: 1.052 Plato: 12.76
Anticipated SRM: 19.6
Anticipated IBU: 26.7
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Pre-Boil Amounts
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Evaporation Rate: 10.00 Percent Per Hour
Pre-Boil Wort Size: 11.11 Gal
Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.046 SG 11.53 Plato

Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
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9.6 2.00 lbs. Munich Malt(2-row) America 1.035 6
77.1 16.00 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) America 1.036 2
2.4 0.50 lbs. Chocolate Malt America 1.029 350
1.2 0.25 lbs. Black Patent Malt America 1.028 525
4.8 1.00 lbs. Crystal 20L America 1.035 20
4.8 1.00 lbs. Crystal 60L America 1.034 60

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.

Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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1.00 oz. Hallertauer Pellet 4.20 10.3 60 min.
1.00 oz. Fuggle Pellet 4.50 11.0 60 min.
2.00 oz. Goldings - E.K. Pellet 4.20 5.5 15 min.

Yeast
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S-O4 Safale

Mash Schedule
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Mash Type: Single Step

Grain Lbs: 20.75

Saccharification Rest Temp : 152 Time: 60
Mash-out Rest Temp : 0 Time: 0
Sparge Temp : 170 Time: 75

Total Mash Volume Gal: 0.00 - Dough-In Infusion Only

All temperature measurements are degrees Fahrenheit.

WBC · 08-22-2007, 05:33 AM

Thanks Biermann, I will try this next. It too looks great.

Have you ever used oak?

**Biermann** · 08-24-2007, 01:23 AM

I personally have never used oak, but its on the slate for things to try.

Good luck!

I currently have that Brown on tap, and everyone that has had it loves it. .

ethangray19 · 08-24-2007, 01:38 AM

isnt double barrel ale an amber??

I just made a clone of it and it waiting for it to bottle condition, tasted it though and it is a little woody, and not ythe same as the real deal, I will give it time though