A healthy dose of brew night panic: Hops

[wwright]

I purchased a one gallon recipe tonight to make an English brown ale. It's composed of light malt extract, Crystal and Chocolate malt (more of the former than the latter), 1 ounce of Kent Goldings pellet hops (which I was told to use a third of), and Windsor British style beer yeast. The store put it together for me. This whole "British Ale" thing is so foreign to me. I feel like a dirty filthy redcoat.

My LHBS has closed and they provided me no instruction. I didn't ask. It felt too much like asking for directions. I'm guessing I'll do a 60 minute boil after I steep. I know English Brown Ales tend to be malty and not hoppy, with that being said, when do I add hops? Last five minutes like aromatics? Or the beginning of the boil? Or the middle?
Wish me bloody good luck!
Thanks,
William

 

[thadass]

If there is only one hop addition and no explicit instructions, I would assume a 60 min boil with hops at the beginning.

 

[CUrchin]

Go to Brewer's Friend website and put it in their recipe calculator. My favorite brown uses 3/4 of the hops at 60min,and the remaining at 0, but you need to get the IBU's right or it may be too sweet or too bitter.

 

[beinert]

i'd use 1/2 to 3/4 oz of the hops for the full 60 minute boil, KG's are typically only about 5% AA, so it won't be overly bitter. Add what's left at 0-5 minutes left in the boil.