Beer Style: Brown Ale Family
Neon Raptor’s Barnum Brown clone
Digital and Plus Members Only(5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.052 FG = 1.012IBU = 18 SRM = 20 ABV = 5.2% This is a good example of the hoppy version of the American brown ale style you tend to see from British craft brewers. A grain bill that could well be a British brown ale, but the star of
Avery Brewing Co.’s Ellie’s Brown Ale clone
Digital and Plus Members Only(5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.056 FG = 1.014IBU = 20 SRM = 24 ABV = 5.5% Avery Brewing Co. Ellie’s Brown Ale is quite restrained in its color but a big addition of chocolate malt ensures a nutty, toffee, and lightly roasted character. This is definitely not the aggressively hopped version of an American
Thornbridge Brewery & Bundobust Brewery’s Nut Brown Ale clone
Digital and Plus Members Only(5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.044 FG = 1.011IBU = 25 SRM = 14 ABV = 4.3% Thornbridge and Bundobust’s collaborative Nut Brown Ale is an homage to the classic Sam Smith’s Nut Brown. It is dark copper in color, with a grain bill all about building caramel flavor and a hint of
Cigar City Brewing Co.’s Maduro Brown Ale clone
Digital and Plus Members Only(5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.059 FG = 1.017IBU = 25 SRM = 32 ABV = 5.5% This is far darker than the BJCP guidelines for an English brown and pushes past the upper limit in terms of ABV, but it shows you cannot contain American brewing culture behind the bars of strict BJCP styles,
Beppy’s Brown
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThis simple brown ale recipe illustrates the differences between brewing all-grain batches and extract batches of beer with extract replacing one malt in the ingredients and different techniques to get your wort in the boil kettle.
Newcastle Brun Ale
Digital and Plus Members OnlyNewcastle Brun Ale (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.034 FG = 1.007 IBU = 18 SRM = 15 ABV = 3.6% Intrigued by a local landmark remembering a group of priests who fled to England and set up a brewpub during the French Revolution, a homebrewer tried to recreate the beer they may have served
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