BREWING LOG: American Brown Ale                             Batch Number:                       35                  

                                               Brew Day:                       03-Dec-00    

                                               Style:                       Amer Brown Ale                

 

MASHING:

10

lb

Domestic pale 2-row

Conversion

2 ¼

gallons at

154

°F for

283

minutes

½

lb

British medium crystal

 

1

tsp gypsum

 

 

 

 

½

lb

British Carapils

Lauter

6

quarts

 

 

 

 

¼

lb

Chocolate

Sparge w/

2 ¾

gallons at

190

°F

 

 

 

 

 

H3PO4

0

drops to

 

pH

 

 

3 gals make up to ~6 gallons.

 

EXTRACTS AND ADJUNCTS:

 

lb

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BOIL:

2

oz

Willamette flower in muslin

00crop at

5.0

% alpha for

60

minutes

1

oz

Cascade flower in muslin

00crop at

6.0

% alpha for

15

minutes

1

oz

Cascade flower in muslin

00crop at

6.0

% alpha for

2

minutes

1

tsp

Irish moss

crop at

 

% alpha for

30

minutes

 

oz

 

crop at

 

% alpha for

 

minutes

 

oz

 

crop at

 

% alpha for

 

minutes

 

FERMENTATION:

na

cup in

na

cups with

Wyeast pitchable 1056 American Ale

at

1.049

O.G.

at

64-70

°F to

until

10-Dec-00

and

1.007

S.G.

at

cold

°F to

until

 

and

 

S.G.

 

PRIMING/CLARIFYING/CONDITIONING:

 

cups

 

in

 

cups to prime

 

tsp

 

in

 

cups to clarify

 

tsp

 

in

 

cups to clarify

Bottles –

Kegs –

 

COMMENTS:

Long mash due to airport drop off.  Seemed thin when mashing in, but was quite stiff on return.  Mashed out with 1 gal water at 190 F for

about 10 minutes before sparging with remainder of 190 F water.  Brought indoors for primary fermentation due to low temperatures in the

garage.