British Strong Ale Recipe - Strong Brown Ale

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Strong Brown Ale

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All Grain
19 Liter(s)
25 Liter(s)
60 min
75%
Brew No.3 Do again. No 5/10 - Good flavour but flat. Not enough sugar in bottles is my guess. OG 1071. FG 1021. 6.6% Attenuation - 69%

This recipe was cloned from London Calling Strong Ale.

Fermentables

33% - 2-Row - US
1.8144
37
44
Mash
41% - Maris Otter Pale - UK
2.268
38
44
Mash
8% - Flaked Corn - US
0.4536
37
44
Mash
5% - Aromatic Malt - UK
0.2835
35
44
Mash
2% - Pale Chocolate - UK
0.1134
32
44
Mash
2% - Brown Malt - UK
0.1134
33
44
Mash
8% - Cane Sugar - US
0.4536
46
44
Late

Hops

Zeus
28.3495
Pellet
Boil
60 min(s)
15
47.1
East Kent Goldings
28.3495
Pellet
Boil
5 min(s)
5.5
3.4

Yeast

Wyeast Whitbread Ale 1099
70%

Other Stuff

No other stuff in this recipe

Mash Steps

No mash steps in this recipe

Special Instructions

1.
Yeast out of fridge
2.
ChemSan Sanitiser (10ml per 5 litres) (70ML - 35Lt) - Fermenter, tubes, air lock, therm, scissors.
3.
Water to Mash kettle. 15.75Lt
4.
Water to Sparge Kettle 17Lt
5.
Camden tablets to Both - 3.5 to Mash, 3.7 to Sparge. (5 Tabs per 23Lt)
6.
AMS to both - 14ml to Mash Kettle - 15ml to Sparge Kettle (22ml per 25Lt)
7.
DWB to mash kettle only 8g (13g per 25Lt)
8.
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9.
Set mash kettle to 75C
10.
Add mash bag.
11.
Add mash. Temperature to 68C - Mash for 60 mins.
12.
Set sparge water temperature to 77C
13.
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14.
Turn off mash kettle
15.
Volaut
16.
Drain wort into bucket
17.
Add sparge
18.
Leave for 20 mins to rest
19.
Add this sparge liquor to wort - Discard mash
20.
Add total liquor back into mash kettle - Boil for 60 mins
21.
Add hop spider
22.
START OF BOIL - 28.4g Zeus hops at start of boil (60 mins)
23.
Add Protafloc 1/3 of tablet 15 mins before boil end. (Half tablet per 25Lts)
24.
Add cooling coil for last 10 mins of boil
25.
50 MINS - Add sugar
26.
55 MINS - 28.4g East Kent Goldings
27.
Turn off Kettle. Remove Hops
28.
Cool wort to yeast pitch.
29.
Pull Fermenter handle TIGHTLY closed! Unscrew bottom pot clockwise!
30.
Hydrometer test - https://www.brewersfriend.com/abv-calculator
31.
Hydrometer target - OG 1071
32.
Store fermenter at 18-24C
33.
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34.
Chemipro. Warm Water (4g/1Lr) (140g - 35Lt) Bottles. Syphon Tube and tap.
35.
Clean Mash tun to fermenter tube. Spare fermentation drub container. Black stoppers. Airlock.
36.
ChemSan Sanitiser (30ML - 15Lt) (60ml per 30Lt) - Syphon Tube & tap, caps, bottle machine.
37.
Sugar - Strong Brown Ale - 15Lt beer/30 bottles - 68g sugar - 150ml water - 5ml per bottle
38.
www.brewuk.co.uk/priming_sugar
39.
Hydrometer target - OG 1021

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Recipe Facts

Strong Brown Ale
British Strong Ale
  • 19.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 25.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.071 OG
  • 1.021 FG
  • 50.5 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.71 BG:GU
  • 37.3° SRM Color
  • 75% Efficiency
  • 6.4% ABV Alcohol
  • 244 per 12oz Calories
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