This recipe is from Mike "Tasty" McDole, an award winning homebrewer and a Brewcaster on the
Brewing Network's "The Sunday Session" This recipe is a tribute to his late wife Janet. Russian River brewed this beer for this years NHC (2011) in San Diego. With that said, I have been tweaking and dialing in the recipe for just over a year now. I know Tasty has a couple of variants of this beer with different levels of ABV. I think I found the right level of IBU's and the right level of alcohol for me tastes.
This is a very hoppy brown ale that requires a couple of transfers to get nice and clear. Personally, I wanted to keep this beer around 7.1%. Any higher than that, kind of puts it on a different level. I want to be able to have 3 or so and unwind in front of the TV or play some cars with my son.
Here is the recipe on its current state..This is my 5th attempt at brewing it. Currently my 5th is in secondary at 1.010 FG. I should have it on tap by mid next week. This beer along with
Blackout IPA are my only 2 beers that are in rotation at my house.
| Janet's Brown #5 |
| American Brown Ale |
Type:
All Grain
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Date: 10/28/2011 |
Batch Size: 6.00 gal
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Brewer:
Chris Lewis |
| Boil Size: 5.72 gal |
Asst Brewer: Danny Schroeder |
| Boil Time: 60 min |
Equipment: My Equipment |
| Taste Rating(out of 50): 40.0 |
Brewhouse Efficiency: 80.00 |
| Taste Notes: |
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Ingredients
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| Amount |
Item |
Type |
% or IBU |
| 12 lbs |
Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) |
Grain |
73.62 % |
| 1 lbs 4.0 oz |
Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) |
Grain |
7.67 % |
| 1 lbs 4.0 oz |
Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) |
Grain |
7.67 % |
| 1 lbs |
White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) |
Grain |
6.13 % |
| 8.0 oz |
Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) |
Grain |
3.07 % |
| 4.8 oz |
Carafa III (525.0 SRM) |
Grain |
1.84 % |
| 2.00 oz |
Centennial [10.00 %] (Dry Hop 3 days) |
Hops |
- |
| 1.50 oz |
Northern Brewer [8.50 %] (60 min) |
Hops |
33.1 IBU |
| 1.00 oz |
Northern Brewer [8.50 %] (15 min) |
Hops |
10.9 IBU |
| 1.50 oz |
Cascade [5.50 %] (10 min) |
Hops |
7.8 IBU |
| 1.50 oz |
Cascade [5.50 %] (1 min) |
Hops |
0.9 IBU |
| 1.00 items |
Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) |
Misc |
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| 1 Pkgs |
California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) |
Yeast-Ale |
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Beer Profile
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Est Original
Gravity:
1.093 SG
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Measured Original Gravity:
1.064 SG |
| Est Final Gravity: 1.020 SG |
Measured Final Gravity: 1.010 SG |
| Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 9.55 % |
Actual Alcohol by Vol: 7.05 % |
| Bitterness: 52.7 IBU |
Calories: 285 cal/pint |
| Est Color: 30.7 SRM |
Color:
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Mash Profile
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Single Infusion, Full Body
| Step Time |
Name |
Description |
Step Temp |
| 60 min |
Mash In |
Add 20.38 qt of water and heat to 152.0 F over 0 min |
152.0 F |
| 10 min |
Mash Out |
Add 8.15 qt of water and heat to 168.0 F over 0 min |
168.0 F |
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| Mash Notes: Simple single infusion mash for use with most modern well modified grains (about 95% of the time). |
Carbonation and
Storage
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| Carbonation Type:
Kegged (Forced CO2) |
Volumes of CO2:
2.4 |
| Pressure/Weight:
21.6 PSI |
Carbonation Used:
- |
| Keg/Bottling Temperature:
60.0 F |
Age for:
0.0 days |
| Storage Temperature:
0.0 F |
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Notes
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| Used WLP001 from one vile. Created a large starter
and split it with my Blackout #2. Hit all my numbers in relation to
Janets #2 |
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