Homebrew recipe: Brown Ale
This dark mild is a nutty tasting, full bodied old fashioned British favourite… enjoy!
Ingredients:
The following ingredient quantities are based on 5 gallon(s) of beer being made.
| Item |
Quantity |
Comment |
| black barley |
1 ounce(s) |
|
| chocolate malt |
2 ounce(s) |
|
| crystal malt |
2 ounce(s) |
60L |
| goldings hops |
0.5 ounce(s) |
flavour |
| munton and fison dry light malt extract |
6 pound(s) |
|
| target hops |
6.5 HBUs |
bittering |
| yeast #1098 british ale (wyeast) |
|
as per packet |
Instructions
- Put the specialty grains into the muslin bag and steep in 150 degree water for 20 minutes. Pull the bag out, allowing it to drain freely into the brew kettle.
- Add 170 degree water to the brew kettle to bring the total volume to 2.5 gallons. As you add this water, run it over your bag of grains to rinse the rest of the grain water out of the bag.
- Bring kettle to a boil, then remove it from the burner. Stir in the Dry Malt Extract (DME), and put Target (Bittering) hops in a muslin bag (tied closed) and add into the kettle
- Return to heat and boil for 45 minutes. Add the 1/2 oz East Kent Goldings to the muslin bag and boil for 15 minutes.
- Cool to room temperature, add water to bring total volume to 5 gallons. Stir vigorously to incorporate air into the wort. Pitch in your yeast.
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