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Offline Kyle

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Yet Another Brown Ale
« on: October 18, 2012, 01:02:11 PM »
14.5# 2-row
2# Vienna Malt
1# CaraMunich® II
1# German Dark Munich
0.75# Chocolate Malt

Mash @154F
Fredericton water; no additions

90min boil

0.85 oz Galena (Pellets, 10.5 %AA) @60 min.
1 oz Goldings (Pellets, 4.8 %AA) @15 min.
1 oz   Goldings (Pellets, 4.8 %AA) @2 min.

Fermenter 1; Nottingham yeast
Fermenter 2: S-Fermentis S-04

yield: 11 US gallons total

Expected O.G. = 1046

Edit: Actual O.G = 1047
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Re: Yet Another Brown Ale
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2012, 05:29:53 PM »
Both came out very well, the one with S-04 has greater residual sweetness/caramel notes, and the other has a roastier, drier character.
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Re: Yet Another Brown Ale
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2012, 09:30:03 PM »
I'm going to run this one again, but swap the late addition hops for fuggles and double the amount, as well as adding a dry-hop.
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Re: Yet Another Brown Ale
« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2012, 09:45:35 PM »
Very good stuff - the low temperature you used (you mentioned 15C) did very well to tame the two english yeasts. I'll be using lower temperatures for those in the future.
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Re: Yet Another Brown Ale
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2012, 01:50:39 PM »
Kyle, looks like you're trying to dial in your house brown ale. I liked the one you brought at the meeting on Saturday.
Just curious,  any specific reason why a 90min boil?
Perhaps you always do a 90min boil and I never noticed.

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Re: Yet Another Brown Ale
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2012, 02:42:01 PM »
Pliny, your are right on that RE: house brown ale.

I did a 90 minute, very aggressive boil on this one to promote kettle carmelization - that nice deep caramelly character without it being cloying. Normally I do 60 min boils
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Re: Yet Another Brown Ale
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2013, 01:17:53 PM »
The rerun with Fuggles at the end was good, but the candy-like qualities that shone through with the Goldings were masked.
Re-ran also with more chocolate barley malt and a bit of chocolate wheat malt: was a little heavier than I'd like in a brown ale
Recipe posted at beginning of thread, with s-04 is now my House brown ale
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Re: Yet Another Brown Ale
« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2013, 01:19:35 PM »
Do you prefer S-04 over Nottingham?  

Ever try WLP002?

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Re: Yet Another Brown Ale
« Reply #8 on: April 01, 2013, 01:24:16 PM »
With cool fermentation temps, my favorite yeast is the 04.  With this recipe: I've tried 04, 05, 1056, Nottingham & Windsor. Haven't tried the other, though I'll probably fire a new yeast in one carboy from time to time.
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