British Brown Ale recipe help

[Andrew Booth]

Hi all,

Anyone got a good 23l all grain recipe for a British Brown Ale please?

 

[YeastFace]

Mark Sanderson's award winning London Brown Ale recipe is here.

 

[Steven Thompson]

Hi all,

Anyone got a good 23l all grain recipe for a British Brown Ale please?

Hi - Did you brew the Mark Sanderson recipe or find one you where happy with?

 

[The Baron]

I think it is Sadfield ? that is a oficionado of that style. He should have some good pointers Andrew

 

[Sadfield]

I'm more a champion of American Brown Ales.

I'd say Mild Ale malt or Maris Otter, Crystal Malt, Chocolate Malt for colour. Or, if you want a more historical version, dark brewers caramel. English hops for moderate bitterness, using equal 60 and 30 minute addition. Windsor yeast. Then there's the North/South divide, maybe add some sugar to a Northern one, making it stronger and less sweet.

Here's a commercial recipe from Crisp that can be scaled down.

https://crispmalt.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Brown-Ale-Recipe.pdf

Or used to get a rough idea of percentages of Pale, Crystal and Roasted malts.

 

[The Baron]

I have made the southern one out of the bible and that was very good I also do a lot of Mild/Brown crossovers that do not really fall into BJCP categories and always good as I add to what suits my taste

 

[MashBag]

I have an award winning "old Bernard" I can look out. Very nice drinking and keeps well.

 

[Andrew Booth]

Well I am brewing on a G70 at the moment doing 55 litre batches.
The Recipe I cobbled together from a few sources


This is a 23l version
All Thomas Fawcett Malts

4Kg Maris Otter
475g Crystal
250g Brown Malt
150g Pale Chocolate

on the hops side

30g fuggles for bittering, 50g East Kent Goldings for Aroma 10 Minutes

2 packets of Nottingham