Big brown

[jaxhomebrew]

I made this over the weekend. Let me know what you guys think. Is there anything you would change or add. Its a 2.5 gal boil and a 5 gal batch.

42.9 % 6.00 Amber Malt Extract Syrup 43.2 10.8
10.7 % 1.50 Light Malt Extract Syrup 10.2 0.6
10.7 % 1.50 Honey 10.5 0.5
14.3 % 2.00 Brown Sugar 13.5 0.8
1.8 % 0.25 British Pale Chocolate 1.3 10.0
1.8 % 0.25 Belgian Special B 1.1 11.1
1.8 % 0.25 Belgian Biscuit 1.1 1.2
1.8 % 0.25 American Special Roast 1.2 2.0
3.6 % 0.50 Rolled Oats 1.9 0.2
7.1 % 1.00 American Two-row Pale 5.6 0.4
3.6 % 0.50 Rye 2.3 0.4
14.00 91.8
Hops
% Wt Weight (oz) Hop Form AA% AAU Boil Time Utilization IBU
100.0 % 1.00 Fuggles Pellet 5.1 5.1 60.

AVB 8.9.
Steep grains of 20 minutes at 165f then add extract and boil for 60 minutes.

 

[sptaylor70]

I might replace the honey with light LME, bump up the maltiness. And special roast and biscuit are similar - you could roll it all into one or the other.

A variation would be to try American hops - Mount Hood, US Goldings, Liberty, Willamette, maybe Northern Brewer.

You could turn it into a Baltic Porter with a lager yeast (like Wyeast 2112 Anchor Steam) or a pseudo-lager (like Wyeast 1007 Altbier).

 

[jaxhomebrew]

I'm bottling Saturday