I was playing with my staple recipe tonight, and I thought I would tap into the collective creativity and genius of HBT. This is a morph of the very first recipe I ever brewed (an IPA at the time). I played around with it here and there until I came up with the beer I always wanted but couldn't find anywhere else. I call it a Brown only because of the color, but it's really somewhere between a brown and an AIPA. I'm starting to play around with it again, and I didn't know if any of you folks had some fun ideas. Here it is:
Indian Summer Brown Ale
Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (Gal): 5.50 Wort Size (Gal): 5.50
Total Grain (Lbs): 12.50
Anticipated OG: 1.062 Plato: 15.12
Anticipated SRM: 23.4
Anticipated IBU: 71.2
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 75 Minutes
Pre-Boil Amounts
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Evaporation Rate: 1.50 Gallons Per Hour
Pre-Boil Wort Size: 7.38 Gal
Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.046 SG 11.43 Plato
Hop IBU Formula Used: Tinseth
Tinseth Concentration Factor: 1.30
Grain/Extract/Sugar
% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
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26.0 3.25 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) Great Britain 1.038 3
24.0 3.00 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) America 1.036 2
24.0 3.00 lbs. Munich Malt Germany 1.037 8
24.0 3.00 lbs. Crystal 55L Great Britian 1.034 55
2.0 0.25 lbs. Carafa Germany 1.030 400
Hops
Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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2.00 oz. Perle Pellet 7.60 53.8 60 min.
1.00 oz. Cascade Pellet 6.00 10.5 15 min.
1.00 oz. Cascade Pellet 6.00 4.2 5 min.
1.00 oz. Cascade Pellet 6.00 2.6 3 min.
1.00 oz. Cascade Pellet 6.00 0.0 0 min.
1.00 oz. Perle Pellet 8.25 0.0 Dry Hop
1.00 oz. Cascade Pellet 6.00 0.0 Dry Hop
Yeast
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White Labs WLP051 California Ale V
Water Profile
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Profile: Burton On Trent
Profile known for: Strong Pale Ales
Single infustion mash at 152F.
I have a half pound of Ahtanum hops, so I was thinking about subbing some or all of the Cascade with that. I was also thinking about replacing the U.S. 2-row with more Marris Otter, or maybe throwing some Victory malt in there. Does anyone have any better ideas than that? The sky's the limit.
TL
Indian Summer Brown Ale
Recipe Specifics
----------------
Batch Size (Gal): 5.50 Wort Size (Gal): 5.50
Total Grain (Lbs): 12.50
Anticipated OG: 1.062 Plato: 15.12
Anticipated SRM: 23.4
Anticipated IBU: 71.2
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 75 Minutes
Pre-Boil Amounts
----------------
Evaporation Rate: 1.50 Gallons Per Hour
Pre-Boil Wort Size: 7.38 Gal
Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.046 SG 11.43 Plato
Hop IBU Formula Used: Tinseth
Tinseth Concentration Factor: 1.30
Grain/Extract/Sugar
% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
26.0 3.25 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) Great Britain 1.038 3
24.0 3.00 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) America 1.036 2
24.0 3.00 lbs. Munich Malt Germany 1.037 8
24.0 3.00 lbs. Crystal 55L Great Britian 1.034 55
2.0 0.25 lbs. Carafa Germany 1.030 400
Hops
Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2.00 oz. Perle Pellet 7.60 53.8 60 min.
1.00 oz. Cascade Pellet 6.00 10.5 15 min.
1.00 oz. Cascade Pellet 6.00 4.2 5 min.
1.00 oz. Cascade Pellet 6.00 2.6 3 min.
1.00 oz. Cascade Pellet 6.00 0.0 0 min.
1.00 oz. Perle Pellet 8.25 0.0 Dry Hop
1.00 oz. Cascade Pellet 6.00 0.0 Dry Hop
Yeast
-----
White Labs WLP051 California Ale V
Water Profile
-------------
Profile: Burton On Trent
Profile known for: Strong Pale Ales
Single infustion mash at 152F.
I have a half pound of Ahtanum hops, so I was thinking about subbing some or all of the Cascade with that. I was also thinking about replacing the U.S. 2-row with more Marris Otter, or maybe throwing some Victory malt in there. Does anyone have any better ideas than that? The sky's the limit.
TL