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Chuck's Mild Brown Ale
| Brewer: | Chuck Kortman | Email: | cck8@juno.com | |||||
| Beer: | Chuck's Mild Brown Ale | Style: | English Dark Mild | |||||
| Type: | Extract | Size: | 5 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 30 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.048 | FG: | 1.016 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 4.1% v/v (3.2% w/w) | |||||||
| Water: | Tap water | |||||||
| Grain: | 8 oz. American crystal 40L 8 oz. American chocolate |
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| Steep: | Steep grains in water after putting kettle to boil. Remove grains before water gets to boil (~190°) | |||||||
| Boil: | 45 minutes | SG 1.080 | 3 gallons | |||||
| 7.0 lb. Amber malt extract 2.0 lb. honey |
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| Hops: | 2.0 oz. Cascade (6% AA, 45 min.) .50 oz. Fuggles (4.75% AA, 3 min.) |
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| Yeast: | Wyeast Liquid Yeast 1272 - American II | |||||||
| Log: | After 1 week - re-racked (SG 1.020) Another week - bottled (SG 1.016) |
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| Carbonation: | Standard bottle-conditioning (1/2 cup of priming sugar boiled in almost 1 pint of water, cooled) | |||||||
| Tasting: | Decent clarity for a darker beer. Dry tasting. Nicely hopped. Decently sweet. It at first tasted more porter-like (heavier and more roasted tasting) but it aged into a mild brown. A good but mild beer. | |||||||
Recipe posted 08/11/04.