Community Brew?

[Lars]

I'm in! AND +1 for an american brown ale!! I've been meaning to try brewing Tasty's recipe. This will give me a good reason to do it!

[grubs18]

tastys recipe is also on brew dejour for people that don't have the book.http://www.beerdujour.com/JamilsBrewing ... ecipes.htm. It is a pretty hoppy beer so hops may be a problem.

[Mylo]

Uh, yeah.... over a pound of hops for a 12 gal... This recipie might be the reason for the hop shortage...

How about Jamil's American Brown #1 on beerdujour?


Mylo

[Dubba_Brew]

This sounds like a great idea... I'm thinkin' you should count me in. My wife would love the brown and I've never made a Scottish, so I'm up for either one. Just let me know what I need and when I need it by.

Prost!

[Sent From My iPhone]

Good point about the hops. Here's JZ's Brown Ale recipe #1 from beerdujour. Looks pretty good to me:

American Brown Ale

A ProMash Recipe Report


BJCP Style and Style Guidelines
10-D Brown Ale, American Brown Ale

Min OG: 1.040 Max OG: 1.060
Min IBU: 25 Max IBU: 60
Min Clr: 15 Max Clr: 22 Color in SRM, Lovibond


Recipe Specifics
Batch Size (Gal): 10.50 Wort Size (Gal): 10.50
Total Grain (Lbs): 19.75
Anticipated OG: 1.049 Plato: 12.05
Anticipated SRM: 18.2
Anticipated IBU: 34.4
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70 %
Wort Boil Time: 90 Minutes


Grain/Extract/Sugar
% Amount Name Origin Extract SRM
78.5 15.50 lbs. Pale Malt - Crisp M.O. Great Britain 1.039 3
2.5 0.50 lbs. Victory Malt America 1.001 25
6.3 1.25 lbs. Crystal 40L America 1.003 40
6.3 1.25 lbs. Cara-Pils Dextrine Malt 1.003 2
2.5 0.50 lbs. Crystal 60L America 1.001 60
3.8 0.75 lbs. Chocolate Malt America 1.001 350

Exract represented as SG.

Hops
Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
0.71 oz. Horizon Pellet 13.60 22.6 60 min
2.00 oz. Amarillo Gold Pellet 9.40 11.8 15 min
3.00 oz. Amarillo Gold Pellet 9.40 0.0 0 min


Yeast
White Labs WLP001 California Ale Yeast


Mash Schedule
Mash Type: Single Step
Grain Lbs: 19.75
Water Qts: 25.67 Before Additional Infusions
Water Gal: 6.42 Before Additional Infusions
Qts Water Per Lbs Grain: 1.30 Before Additional Infusions

Rest Temp Time
Saccharification Rest: 152 60 Min
Mash-out Rest: 168 10 Min
Sparge: 170 60 Min

Total Mash Volume Gal: 8.06 - Dough-In Infusion Only
All temperature measurements are degrees Fahrenheit.



Generated with ProMash Brewing Software

[Thirsty Mallard]

I'm partial to Scottish Ales... I find them DELICIOUS.

But I'm down for whatever. American Brown works for me. The less hops the better since I already have to search the back of the cooler at the LHBS for the right stuff.

[numsquat]

Just another idea, BDawg's kit idea got me thinking.

If we couldn't get a place like B3 to make a kit, we could pick a kit from an online store. For example, NB list the ingredients/amounts on their kits and usually have an extract and all-grain version of each one.

This way we would have a set ingredient standard of type and amounts (extract/grain, hop and yeast). How you make the recipe would then be up to you. This way if you have the ingredients or can easily pick up what you are missing, you can. Or you could order the kit and have everything. It would also make sure all the ingredients could be found (if they have ingredients for the kit, they have the ingredients for sale).

The hop situation is also a problem. I would love to do JZ's Brown but the Amarillo alone will run me just under $25. Maybe coming up with extract/grain and yeast restrictions but leaving the hop bill open (still having an IBU range limit) could help.

[Mylo]

I'm partial to Scottish Ales... I find them DELICIOUS.

But I'm down for whatever. American Brown works for me. The less hops the better since I already have to search the back of the cooler at the LHBS for the right stuff.

Well, Thirsty, let's get a Scottish recipie out here, and have a no-pants poll, shall we? I think we have an American Brown contender.


Mylo