I brewed a favorite recipe today. I again brewed my brown ale that is intended to be like Civil Life American Brown Ale, a wonderful local (St. Louis) brew.
5 1/2 gal. water
6 lbs. Briess Pale Ale DME
1/2 lb. Thomas Fawcett brown malt
1/4 lb. Weyemann Carafa II Special chocolate malt
11/2 oz. Cascade alpha 6.2 (BOIL) 10.2 HBU adjusted
1/2 oz. Cascade (FLAVOR)
1/2 oz. Cascade (AROMA)
1 US05 ale yeast
Dissolve 3 lbs. DME in 1/2 gal. water fo4 late addition
Dissolve 3 lbs. DME in 1 gal. water for boil, begin heating
Steep grains in 1/2 gal. water for 30 min. at 150-160
Strain into boil kettle, bring to boil, add boil hops
30 min boil
10 min. flavor hops
0 min. add late addition and aroma hops
Cool in sink bath before pouring into fermenter
Top to 5 gal. pitch at 70
HBUs adjusted: -10% for the 30 minute boil and +20% for the late addition
This brew will celebrate a home leave.
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