Tall Brunette Brown Ale

Source: David Luckie
Recipe added: 01/22/97
Email: dluckie@datasync.com
URL: http://www.datasync.com/~dluckie/welcome.html

The most aptly named beer I've ever had! She's very complex--tall and strong; somewhat bitter but not at all harsh. She has a body and a mouthfeel that is just beyond comparison, and oh, that head!

Specifics

Recipe type: Extract
Batch Size: 5 Gallons
Starting Gravity: 1.051
Finishing Gravity: 1.015
Time in Boil: 1 Hour
Primary Fermentation: 7 Days
Secondary Fermentation: 7 Days

Ingredients:

3.5 lbs Muntons Dark hopped LME
3.5 lbs Muntons Amber hopped LME
1oz Hallertau
1oz Fuggles or Willamette
Edme Ale Yeast
3/4 Cup Corn Sugar or 1-1/4 cups DME for priming

Procedure:

Rehydrate yeast in 1 pt. boiled, cooled water and 2 tsp corn sugar. Bring 2 gallons of water to a boil. Add LME and Hallertau hops. Boil for 60 mins. Add Fuggles and remove from heat, steep 15 minutes. Cool wort and rack into primary. Add water to make 5 gallons. Pitch yeast starter at 75 F and aerate very well. Cover and airlock. When fermentation begins, slowly move temp to 68-70 F.

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