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I want to make a brown ale this weekend but don't know what to make. I was thinking maybe a clone of Sierra Nevada tumbler, though I've never tried it.

Anyone have a favorite brown ale recipe?

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I'll be brewing this one again. Pretty happy with it.

I brewed the one that nash posted in this thread and really enjoyed it.

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This is one I made up (well, pieced together from various places). It's more of a nut brown, but it's one of my favourites and always a crowd pleaser.

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 18.93 L
Boil Size: 24.28 L
Estimated OG: 1.052 SG
Estimated Color: 27.7 SRM
Estimated IBU: 31.2 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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7.50 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) 71.43 %
0.75 lb Brown Malt (65.0 SRM) 7.14 %
0.75 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) 7.14 %
0.75 lb Carstan (35.0 SRM) 7.14 %
0.75 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) 7.14 %
2.00 oz Fuggles [4.30 %] (60 min) 31.2 IBU
1 Pkgs Irish Ale (Wyeast Labs #1084)

Brown malt FTW!

Jimmy wrote:I want to make a brown ale this weekend but don't know what to make. I was thinking maybe a clone of Sierra Nevada tumbler, though I've never tried it.

Anyone have a favorite brown ale recipe?

Tumbler is awesome. If the clone is anything like the original, it's a winner.

chalmers wrote:

Jimmy wrote:I want to make a brown ale this weekend but don't know what to make. I was thinking maybe a clone of Sierra Nevada tumbler, though I've never tried it.

Anyone have a favorite brown ale recipe?

Tumbler is awesome. If the clone is anything like the original, it's a winner.

The only issue I have with making the tumbler is that it calls mostly for challenger hops..which Noble Grape doesn't list as a stocked item. Anyone know of a reasonable substitute? From what I've read online, there isn't really one.

says it's a varient of Northern brewer in Beersmith, sounds like centenial as well. If it calls for them everywhere I'd use NB for bittering and Centenial from 30mins down.

So this is what I decided on, however when I went to NG, I didn't know what type of smoked malt to get. The guy there said it would be peated malt, but from what I can find, that doesn't seem right... It seems like it should have been rauch malt instead. Anyone have experience with either of those smoked malts?

Estimated OG: 1.057 SG
Estimated Color: 25.0 SRM
Estimated IBU: 35.2 IBUs

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
9.00 lb Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 80.0 %
1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 2 8.9 %
0.75 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 3 6.7 %
0.50 lb Smoked Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 4 4.4 %
1.00 oz Perle [8.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 5 26.7 IBUs
1.00 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] - Boil 10.0 Hop 6 6.1 IBUs
0.25 oz Perle [8.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 7 2.4 IBUs

Peat malt...

mr x wrote:Peat malt...

That's what I figured. I tossed the grains I picked up and went back for a different recipe. I didn't feel like fucking with the smoked malt at all.

It's a variant of X's brown ale...I call it... Little Chinese Nuts Brown Ale


Estimated OG: 1.053 SG
Estimated Color: 19.2 SRM
Estimated IBU: 36.2 IBUs


Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
8.25 lb Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 78.2 %
1.00 lb Brown Malt (65.0 SRM) Grain 2 9.5 %
0.40 lb Amber Malt (22.0 SRM) Grain 3 3.8 %
0.40 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 4 3.8 %
0.30 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 5 2.8 %
0.20 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 30L (30.0 SRM) Grain 6 1.9 %
1.00 oz Perle [8.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 7 27.5 IBUs
1.00 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] - Boil 10.0 Hop 8 6.2 IBUs
0.25 oz Perle [8.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 9 2.5 IBUs
0.25 oz Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 10 1.7 IBUs

mr x wrote:Peat malt...

Excuse me?? Can you say "Laphroiag"? (Probably not, but who can...)

Tried a hydro sample of this today, pretty happy with how it turned out...minus the cloudiness. Hoping it settles out in the fridge.

This turned out pretty decent. I took a bottle down to Nash over the weekend...he wen't pretty easy on me, so I guess that could be good OR bad!

Jimmy wrote:This turned out pretty decent. I took a bottle down to Nash over the weekend...he wen't pretty easy on me, so I guess that could be good OR bad!

It's good beer! Not exactly what I look for in a Brown Ale but that's my personal preference, all in all a very solid brew.

NASH wrote:

Jimmy wrote:This turned out pretty decent. I took a bottle down to Nash over the weekend...he wen't pretty easy on me, so I guess that could be good OR bad!

It's good beer! Not exactly what I look for in a Brown Ale but that's my personal preference, all in all a very solid brew.

...but needs more hops