Beefed up Brown Ale Kit.

Morning everyone.

I got a True Brew "brown ale" kit for christmas, and Im looking at altering it a bit to more of an American Brown Ale...

Here is whats in the kit:

1 can Dark LME
2 lbs Dark DME
Malto-Dextrin 8 oz
UK First Gold Hop Pellets. 1 oz (60 minute)

Im thinking of Adding

1 lbs. Pale Chocolate Malt
2 oz Crystal Malt


boil 15 mins 0.5 East Kent Goldings leaf
boil 1 min 0.5 Willamette leaf


This is what im getting on a recipe creator:

Original Gravity
1.050 / 12.4° Plato
(1.045 to 1.052)

Final Gravity
1.013 / 3.3° Plato
(1.011 to 1.013)

Color
28° SRM / 56° EBC
(Dark Brown to Black)

Bitterness
24.3 IBU / 7 HBU




thoughts?

 

Sounds okay. Good choice in sticking with "English" hops.

 

Think the 1 lbs of Pale Chocolate Malt is going to be too much? Thats the only thing im toying with right now.

 

I've expanded the whole recipe based on a Brown ale recipe i found online:

malt & fermentables



% LB OZ MALT OR FERMENTABLE PPG °L

40% 3 5 Munton's Dark LME 34 22

24% 2 0 Muntons Plain Dark DME 44 60

14% 1 2 Briess Crystal 80L 33 80

12% 1 0 Pale Chocolate Malt 34 165

6% 0 8 Malto-Dextrin 43 6

3% 0 4 Light Dry Malt Extract 45 8

Batch size: 5.0 gallons edit
Original Gravity
1.057 / 14.0° Plato
(1.051 to 1.060)
Final Gravity
1.016 / 4.1° Plato
(1.013 to 1.017)
Color
33° SRM / 65° EBC
(Black)
Mash Efficiency ?
75% edit
Late Boil Additions
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hops
USE TIME OZ VARIETY FORM AA

boil 60 mins 1.0 First Gold pellet 7.3

boil 30 mins 0.75 East Kent Goldings leaf 6.3

boil 15 mins 0.75 Willamette leaf 5.7

boil 5 mins 0.25 East Kent Goldings leaf 6.3

boil 5 mins 0.25 Willamette leaf 5.7

Boil: 3.0 avg gallons for 60 minutes edit
Bitterness
33.1 IBU / 7 HBU
ƒ: Tinseth edit
BU:GU
0.58
yeast

Munton's Dry Yeast
ale yeast in dry form with high flocculation and 73% attenuation edit

Alcohol
5.5% ABV / 4% ABW
Calories
189 per 12 oz.
misc
USE TIME AMOUNT INGREDIENT

boil 15 min 1 tsp Irish Moss

primary 7 days 2 ounces Cacao Nibs

 

Smelled amazing while brewing! Very Roasty/Malty with a nice Hop Spice from the initial taste. Fermenting away right now.