Beer Style: Brown Ale Family
Saddle Mountain Brewing Co.’s Taildragger Clan-Destine clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyChecking in at 6.2% ABV and 22 IBU, Clan-Destine is medium-full bodied, drinks rich with notes of toffee and caramel from Golden Promise and Crystal 77 additions, yet finishes clean without being heavy.
Gordon Strong’s Scottish Export
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThis recipe can easily be scaled down to make a Scottish heavy, say at 3.5% ABV, or scaled up to a stronger but still export strength 5.2% beer. Pick the alcohol level you want, and let your recipe software do the work for you to scale it.
Denny’s American Mild (Final Version, #8)
Digital and Plus Members OnlyDenny has been working on a recipe for an American mild ale for several years. The objective was to make a beer with the qualities of a British mild (malt character, low integrated hop flavor, body, 1.035 OG, under 4% alcohol) but with only American ingredients.
Scottish 70/- Heavy
FREEScottish 70/- Heavy (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.035 FG = 1.012IBU = 13 SRM = 13 ABV = 3% Ingredients6.5 lbs. (2.7 kg) Golden Promise pale ale malt6 oz. (170 g) flaked
Scottish 60/- Light
Digital and Plus Members OnlyScottish 60/- Light (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.032 FG = 1.012IBU = 17 SRM = 18 ABV = 2.5% Ingredients4 lbs. (1.8 kg) Golden Promise pale ale malt1 lb. (0.45 kg) flaked maize1 lb. (0.45 kg) Invert No. 3 sugar or dark Belgian candi syrup 3 oz. (85 g) debittered black malt3.4 AAU Fuggle
Stewart Brewing Co.’s Stewart’s 80/- clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyStewart Brewing Co.’s Stewart’s 80/- clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.043 FG = 1.009IBU = 28 SRM = 18 ABV = 4.4% Stewart’s 80/- is a full-bodied, full-flavored, auburn-colored classic Scottish heavy exhibiting a rich malty, dried fruit character and a smooth, creamy texture. Originally brewed for the world-famous Athletic Arms (Diggers) in Edinburgh in
It’s My Barrel, and I’ll Rye If I Want To
FREEIt’s My Barrel, and I’ll Rye If I Want To (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.064 FG = 1.016IBU = 29 SRM = 27 ABV = 6.4% Ingredients:3.25 lbs. (1.5 kg) Maris
Tonsmeire’s Acorn Oud Bruin
Digital and Plus Members OnlyI brewed a beer with compatible flavors for the acorns: A rye sour somewhere between English old ale and Flemish oud bruin.
Parti Like It’s 1700
Digital and Plus Members OnlyParti-gyle is an under-utilized technique in the brewing world, which is capable of producing multiple beer types during a single brew day. Here is a recipe from Aaron Hyde outlining a parti-gyle recipe which uses a 1⁄3 and 2⁄3 split of the mash, with the smaller volume Wee Heavy collected first and the larger volume Scottish Export being collected second.
Bob’s Your Uncle
Digital and Plus Members OnlyA southern English-styled brown ale recipe
American Brown Ale
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThe American brown ale was a style that arose through two distinct channels, the craft beer world and the homebrew world. Here is Gordon Strong’s take on the American brown ale that arose via the craft beer world, such as Pete’s Wicked Ale.
American Brown Ale
Digital and Plus Members OnlyLast May, I was in Argentina to judge and speak at the South Beer Cup, sort of the Great American Beer Festival of South America. I spent several hours traveling with Pete Slosberg, one of the heroes of the early days of the modern American craft beer movement who was also there to judge, and