American Brown Ale

[mhorner]

It's a brew day again! Finally after a 4 month hiatus. Decided to brew up a favorite from last year that really turned out well and disappeared fast.

My recipe is posted here with other notes regarding the beer http://mhorner.blogspot.com/2011/11/texas-tornado-brown-ale.html.

A gloomy day out, probably best for brewing with temps in the 50's F (10 C).

Here is a quick look at my mash. You can see the nice brown color to it already.

A little look at the first runnings. Looks a bit like used motor oil.

Second runnings are tad lighter.

Discovered a small leak in my mash tun during the second runnings. Looks like I have a little tightening to do.

In all, turned out about 8.5 ~ 9 gallons in yanks measurement.

Here are my hop selections.

Siphoning to the FV looks fantastic. Nice dark brown.

Last but not least, here's the yeast (American Ale Wyeast 1056) pitched on this one.

Ended with a OG of 1.052. Unfortunately I am still off on my sparge volumes. I also ran into an issue with my IC. Blew the drain line off the hose end and shot hot water everywhere. Other than all the issues with hoses, the brew went smoothly.

 

[craigite]

Great post and great pics, thanks.

Let us know how this one turns out, looks interesting. :thumb:

 

[RobWalker]

Lovely colour mate. Good luck :-)

 

[mhorner]

Thanks gents. I hope it turns out well at least better than the brew went.

 

[mhorner]

Finally got to sample this one last week. I turned out very well. Nice dark roasty taste. The hops really give it a light aroma and good upfront flavor.

 

[evanvine]

Well done Matt, I'm sure Barry will be envious!

 

[mhorner]

I hope to have him over this weekend for a tasting. We've got another round of Packers playoffs to drink to. :drink:

 

[evanvine]

Lucky Baz, football and a pint!

Notice you syphon into the FV from the boiler as well, is this normal practise over there?

 

[phettebs]

Sorry I missed this thread Matt! Looks like you had a great brewday. I look forward to sampling the beer.

Jim, I think it depends on the brewer's equipment. Most standard brew kettles don't come with a valve on them so you either have to drill one in or siphon into the FV. I do it the same way Matt does but I know other brewers who use a valve.

Baz

 

[evanvine]

Yes, we have to fit valves/taps(faucets) here.

 

[leedsbrew]

Lovely looking brew! great recipe and love the name' can you describe special roast malt? Don't think I've seen that over here! Anyone know of a UK sub?

 

[BrewDan]

Seeing all this is making me want to buy more kit and try AG! Thanks for all the photos , hope you're enjoying your ale