Help with Brown Ale.

[blkandrust]

Decided to play hooky tomorrow and take a crack at my first brown. I have MO as my base,as well as some wheat,victory,munich,chocolate,biscuit and various crystal malts. Have WLP002 on a stir plate as I type. What percent of which would you use? Also,I am not deadset on using every afforementioned grain. Cheers!!

 

[Moose_MI]

The Nut Brown AG recipe in this forum is great. It was my first brown and I kegged it about 10 days ago....it's fantastic

 

[blkandrust]

Thanks for the reply,i will check it out.

 

[Yooper]

What kind of brown ale are you looking for? A nut brown (Northern English), or a Southern English brown which is sweeter? Or an American brown?

 

[blkandrust]

I'm thinking a nut brown.

 

[Yooper]

I'm thinking a nut brown.

Something like this would work: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=108705 The last time, I used maris otter (and no pilsner) and it worked out really well.

What kind of hops do you have available?

 

[blkandrust]

I have Cascade,target,summit,chinook,Amarillo, Simcoe,Magnum and an ounce.of Palisade. I brew a lot of IPA,lol

 

[blkandrust]

Starting to look like it's going to be a hybrid,as I have mostly US hops.

 

[blkandrust]

I have some warrior as well.

 

[Yooper]

I have Cascade,target,summit,chinook,Amarillo, Simcoe,Magnum and an ounce.of Palisade. I brew a lot of IPA,lol

Hmmm, you could bitter with magnum or target for sure, and then use palisade for flavor/aroma?

 

[blkandrust]

Thanks Yooper!!