brown ale

[toasted]

just finished my second ag brew thought id try a brown ale recipe made using beertools
hopefully itl turn out nice :drink:
it didnt go too bad although i think the filter on the mashtun came loose but luckily i decided to use a secondry filter anyway so it didnt cause any problems
i was aiming for 20ltr @ 72% efficiency 1046sg but ended up with 22 ltr @ 1044 think that works out at 76% same as my first brew so not too bad and a couple of litres extra

Category English Brown Ale
Subcategory Northern English Brown Ale
Batch Size 20 liters
Mash Efficiency 72 %
Total Grain/Extract 4.23 kg.
Total Hops 65.0 g.

3.700 kg. Maris Otter Pale 296
0.18 kg. Crystal Malt 120°L 268
0.04 kg. English Chocolate Malt 268
0.04 kg. Roasted Barley 270
0.11 kg. Wheat Raw
0.16 kg. Lyle's Golden Syrup

30 g. Challenger (Whole, 5.6 %AA) boiled 60 min.
20 g. Fuggle (Whole, 4.75 %AA) boiled 15 min.
15 g. Fuggle (Whole, 4.75 %AA) boiled 1 min.
5 g irish moss 15 mins end of boil
DCL Yeast Safale S-04

Original Gravity 1.046
Terminal Gravity 1.010
Color 18.10 °SRM
Bitterness 26.2 IBU
Alcohol (%volume)4.7 %

 

[Wez]

Nicely done, I can tell by pic no 2 that you batch sparged

 

[toasted]

yea gets a bit cramped in there lol was a bit worried about how much water it would hold but 3 batches seems to do the job
i think il change the filter for another flexihose to free up a bit more space in there spesh as my local b&q have them in there bargain box for 2 quid each and they fit the youngs taps spot on

 

[Wez]

LOL - I actually meant the grey floury layer at the top - I only ever get that with a batch sparge. :thumb:

 

[toasted]

ahh right lol thought you ment it was a bit full :thumb:

 

[arturobandini]

That grain filter is insane! I love it.

 

[Bribie]

Colour looks spot on. I'm going to do a Tyneside Brown attempt to put in a competition next Month and will be doing something similar with the syrup as well. According to Roger Protz in his Ultimate Encyclopedia of Beer, the hops of Newcastle Brown are Northdown, Northern Brewer, Challenger and Hallertauer if you can believe that. Has anyone else heard of this hop combination? Sounds a bit weird to me.

 

[llannige]

Nice one T

Keep up the good work :thumb:

 

[toasted]

cheers everyone
i havnt got a clue what hops they use Bribie, but the recipes ive seen online seem to all be target and east kent goldings
ive read they make 2 brews and combine them aswell
i boiled off some of the wort in a pan as ive read it caramelises a bit so thought it would add a bit of extra flavour, plus i had too much to put straight in my boiler lol
this was just made with what ingredients i had but il be giving it a go again with the target and ekg and possibly with what you mentioned see whats closest
good luck with the comp :thumb:

 

[jamesb]

I suspect they just use hop extract anyway.

 

[Wez]

Colour looks spot on. I'm going to do a Tyneside Brown attempt to put in a competition next Month and will be doing something similar with the syrup as well. According to Roger Protz in his Ultimate Encyclopedia of Beer, the hops of Newcastle Brown are Northdown, Northern Brewer, Challenger and Hallertauer if you can believe that. Has anyone else heard of this hop combination? Sounds a bit weird to me.

That doesn't sound right :wha:

 

[Vossy1]

According to Roger Protz in his Ultimate Encyclopedia of Beer, the hops of Newcastle Brown are Northdown, Northern Brewer, Challenger and Hallertauer if you can believe that.

Northdown is a replacement hop for NB
Perhaps that should read Northdown/Northern Brewer.