Too much hops?

[HOOTER]

I just brewed a brown ale a few days ago and with the amount of hop pellets I used I'm thinking it will end up alot more hoppy than your average brown ale. Here's the ingredients I used:

6.6 lbs Amber LME
1 lb DME
1 lb crystal 45
1/2 lb chocolate malt
1 oz. Northern brewer (60 min)
1 oz. Willamette (20 min)
1 oz. Willamette (5 min)
Safale US-05

Did I go a bit overboard with my hops?

 

[DeathBrewer]

I think you're right, but we'd have to know the Alpha Acid % to be sure

 

[EricK The Red]

I just sampled my American Nut Brown and it was well balanced using the following:

6.6 lbs. Plain Amber Malt Extract
2 lbs. Plain Amber Dry Malt Extract
4 oz. Crushed Crystal Malt 60L
4 oz. Crushed Chocolate
1oz. Crushed Black Patent
1 oz. Willamette Hops (Bittering)
1 oz. Willamette Hops (Finishing).
1 oz. Columbus (Aroma)
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[Tommish]

This is really close to what I brewed 10 days ago:

6.0 lbs Light LME
1 lb DME
1/2 lb crystal 60
1/2 lb chocolate malt
1 oz. Northern brewer (60 min)
1 oz. Willamette (2 min)
White Labs British Ale Yeast.

Okay so there are several changes... :cross: but I used the same varieties of hops minus the 1 oz. Williamette @ 20 min. Anyway, I took a hydrometer reading 2 days ago and it is quite a bit more bitter than I had hoped (SWMBO prefers less bitter brews). I am hoping the speciality malts will assert themselves more as this ages.

What volume was your boil? Mine was 2 gallon.

 

[cubbies]

You will be fine. I doubt that will be very bitter.

 

[david_42]

You have about twice the IBU used in a Northern or Southern Brown. This puts it into the American Brown style. Not a bad thing, but if you were shooting for New Castle, it's way off.

 

[Greenspey]

Check out tastybrew.com for a beer recipe calculator.

It seems that yours is a little stiffer than an American Brown, but the IBU's are right in the middle of what they should be.

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[HOOTER]

Check out tastybrew.com for a beer recipe calculator.

It seems that yours is a little stiffer than an American Brown, but the IBU's are right in the middle of what they should be.

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Looks like I'm at about 40 IBU. If all goes well this should be a fantastic brew. Thanks for the info.