Hoppy Brown Ale?

[TimG]

So thinking of brewing this soon;



Looking for a light / lowish' malt Brown with some hop aroma. Is this enough late hops you think? Not looking for a bomb, but want to be able to taste/smell them.

Also, hoping to get a slight/sweet honey taste from the honey malt.

Thoughts?

[TimG]

Going to brew this tonight.. it's a bit of an unknown, but should be beer anyway.

[mr x]

Yeah, don't know what to tell you. Brew it and tell me.

[TimG]

Ha, well I guess that means there isn't anything wacky going on.. we'll see.

Tim

[Graham.C]

I do a hoppy brown with Chinook at 60, Centeniial at 30 and 0. I aim for 50IBU's but have done everything from 30 to 80 (calculated). Then I dry hop it with a mix of centennial and citra (120g each). It comes out so-so but ages really nicely. Becomes really good around 2-3 months. It's still a work in progress but I would like to share notes.

[sleepyjamie]

im gonna do an american hoppy brown this weekend i think. not sure what im going to use yet. probably Magnum for bittering and Amarillo at 20 and 0

[Jimmy]

I plan on re-brewing the last one I did, but with pale chocolate this time and maybe a bit of brown malt.

[TimG]

Updated recipe above with some hops I had on hand. Mashing now. Nice warm evening for a brew.

[BrooklandBrewer]

This is our recipe that won Gold at this year's CABA Competition.

BoulderBrook Brown Ale
American Brown Ale
Type: All Grain Date: 6/2/2012
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal Brewer: Andrew Morrow, Bryan MacDonald
Boil Size: 6.79 gal Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 90 min Equipment: Pot and Cooler ( 5 Gal/19 L) - All Grain
End of Boil Volume 5.98 gal Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Final Bottling Volume: 4.60 gal Est Mash Efficiency 82.8 %
Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage Taste Rating(out of 50): 30.0
Taste Notes:
Ingredients


Ingredients
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
9 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 80.4 %
14.4 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 30L (30.0 SRM) Grain 2 8.0 %
8.0 oz Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 3 4.5 %
8.0 oz Victory Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 4 4.5 %
4.8 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 5 2.7 %
0.70 oz Chinook [13.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 6 30.3 IBUs
0.80 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 7 11.2 IBUs

Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.057 SG Measured Original Gravity: 1.046 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.010 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.9 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 4.7 %
Bitterness: 41.6 IBUs Calories: 151.6 kcal/12oz
Est Color: 19.9 SRM
Mash Profile

Mash Name: Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out Total Grain Weight: 11 lbs 3.2 oz
Sparge Water: 4.88 gal Grain Temperature: 72.0 F
Sparge Temperature: 168.0 F Tun Temperature: 72.0 F
Adjust Temp for Equipment: TRUE Mash PH: 5.20

Mash Steps
Name Description Step Temperature Step Time
Mash In Add 14.00 qt of water at 164.6 F 150.0 F 75 min

Sparge Step: Fly sparge with 4.88 gal water at 168.0 F
Mash Notes: Simple single infusion mash for use with most modern well modified grains (about 95% of the time).
Carbonation and Storage

Carbonation Type: Keg Volumes of CO2: 2.3
Pressure/Weight: 12.54 PSI Carbonation Used: Keg with 12.54 PSI
Keg/Bottling Temperature: 45.0 F Age for: 30.00 days
Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage Storage Temperature: 65.0 F

Worked out well. The Honey Malt would be interesting to add. Let me know how it turns out.