Thanks guys!
i brewed it last night...I used 1 pound of pale chocolate and one pound of crystal malt.
it is definitely VERY roasty/chocolatey/molassesy/coffee-ish on the initial taste before putting it in the fermenter.. Its backed by the spicyness of the hops.
My wife tried it and said...
Welcome, and yes-there is something so satisfying about drinking your own brew.
I have 1 drinkable, another bottled, and another fermenting.
Good Times!
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...