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Primus Brown Ale

Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 3:46 pm
by chicanuck
I was not planning on brewing today, but the nice weather put me in the mood. I was looking at getting an American Brown Ale on tap, so below is a modified version of Janet's Brown Ale from Jamil's BCS. I was listening to Primus as I was finalizing the recipe in Brew Smith, so I shall name this beer:

"Wynona's Big Brown Beaver"

Batch Size: 5. gals
Boil Time: 60 mins
Est Original Gravity: 1.08SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.017 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.4%
Bitterness: 60.1 IBUs
Est Color: 20.2 SRM

8.25 lbs Pale Malt, CAN 2 Row (2.0 SRM) 69.9 %
1 lbs Crystal Malt (30.0 SRM) 8.5 %
1 lbs Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) 8.5 %
12 oz Chocolate Rye Malt (250 SRM) 6.4 %
6.4 oz Honey Malt (25.0 SRM) 3.4 %
6.4 oz Victory Malt (25.0 SRM) 3.4 %

0.75 oz Northern Brewer [8.5 %] - FWB 75.0 min 23.4 IBUs
0.50 oz Northern Brewer [8.5 %] - Boil 60.0 min 13.6 IBUs
1.00 oz Northern Brewer [8.5 %] - Boil 15.0 min 13.5 IBUs
1.50 oz Cascade [6.20 %] - Boil 10.0 min 9.6 IBUs
1.50 oz Cascade [6.20 %] - Boil 0.0 min 0.0 IBUs

2.00 oz Centennial [11.20 %] - Dry Hop 14 days

Yeast - US-05, re-used from the Double IPA I made last weekend

Mash Target at 152F, Final bottling volume estimated at 5.0 gals

- chicanuck