Brown Ale, kinda dogfishy

[Hoppy_Sanchez]

Hello fellow Brewers!

I'm designing a brown ale on the similar side to DogFish Heads Indian Brown Ale. Going lighter on the hops and abv. I want to add some flaked oats to get a smoother mouth feel. I won't be using any Crystal 60 that recipe calls for. Going for a more maltier brown so I added in more Marris Otter to the base mix.

Grains
5 lbs Marris Otter
4 lbs 2 row Rahr
12 oz Amber Malt
9.6 oz Chocolate Malt
2.4 oz Roasted Barley
1 lb Flaked Oats

Wyeast 1137 Ringwood

Hops
1/2oz Nugget 60min
1/2 Chinook 10min
1/2 Chinook Dry Hop 5 days

I'm Contemplating on adding in the 1/2 lb of dark brown sugar to the last 10 mins.

I'll be brewing this beer to have ready to drink by thanksgiving. So I have time to figure out this recipe.

Just looking for opinions on this recipe. I'm all ears. Thanks.

 

[NewkyBrown]

All eyes... [emoji12]

 

[Brew_G]

If you're going for an Indian Brown Ale-type beer, then I'd definitely look to increase the hop bill. I recently made a brown ale that has about 6 oz of hops in it, almost all at 10 minutes and less (though no dry hops). The hops are there, but not overly prominent, as the roastiness of the malt really balanced it out.

 

[Hoppy_Sanchez]

If you're going for an Indian Brown Ale-type beer, then I'd definitely look to increase the hop bill. I recently made a brown ale that has about 6 oz of hops in it, almost all at 10 minutes and less (though no dry hops). The hops are there, but not overly prominent, as the roastiness of the malt really balanced it out.

Since I'm making this brown at 1.062 i want to keep the ibus down a little. Not trying to re-create dogfish heads iba. Just something similar and sessionable. I will be adding the dark brown sugar at 10 mins. I'm just going to use 1oz of chinook at 10 mins and 1oz at flame out.