Holy **** I just made my best beer ever

[tkone]

Well technically I made it back in September, but I'm just getting to drinking it now. An american brown ale for the season.

10 lbs 2-row
2 lbs victory
8 oz c-80
8 oz chocolate

mash in at 155 for 60

.75 oz magnum @ 60 (13.something %)
1 oz willamette @ 15 (5.something %)
.5 oz cascade @ 5 (7.2%)
1 oz cascade 7.2 dry hop
us-05

o.g. 1.052
f.g. 1.011


it's so malty, yet not overly sweet.

to quote beerfest "I want to freeze it, skate on it all winter, thaw it out and drink it."

cheers!

 

[jeremyx]

what does "us-05" mean?

 

[bkov]

its a dry ale yeast

 

[dfohio]

I'm glad you like it. Looks pretty close to a brown porter with cascades.

 

[tkone]

safeale us-05. used to be us-56. apparently it's the same as wyeast 1056 and white labs 001. also supposed to be the sierra nevada yeast.

but you can't believe everything you read online now.

 

[tkone]

the color is pretty much spot on for a brown ale. whatever it is, i gotta stop drinking it or i'm never going to work tomorrow!