Beer Style: Brown Ale Family
Tommyknocker Brewery: Imperial Nut Brown Ale
This rich ale gets its complexity from pure maple syrup as well as chocolate and crystal malts.
Abita Brewing Company Turbodog
Turbodog, one of Abita’s flagship brews, is a dark brown ale with a rich body and a sweet, toffee-like flavor.
Dogfish Head Craft Brewing: Indian Brown clone
This dark IPA is available year-round and is dry hopped similarly to Dogfish Head’s 60 Minute and 90 Minute IPAs. It is roasty, with a mild hop bitterness.
Newcastle Brown Ale clone
Newcastle Brown Ale is actually a blend of two beers. Brewers blend a strong, dark ale that has been aged and a smaller, younger amber ale. As a consequence, this average-strength brown ale shows some plum and raisin characteristics more frequently encountered in an old ale. You can try to make the blended version and those instructions can be found in the May/June 2006 issue. Here is a more simplified single batch version.
American Brown Ale
by the numbers OG: 1.045–1.060 (11.2–14.7 °P) FG: 1.010–1.016 (2.6–4.1 °P) SRM: 18–35 IBU: 20–40 ABV: 4.3–6.2% It is said that the first American brown ale was a creation of homebrewers in
Eric the Red (Irish Red)
Eric the Red (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.052 FG = 1.011 IBU = 29 SRM = 23 ABV = 5.2% A bold version of an Old World beer style, influenced
Irish Red Ale
Irish Red Ale (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.053 (13.2 °P) FG = 1.014 (3.5 °P) IBU = 25 SRM = 18 ABV = 5.2% Ingredients 9.9 lbs. (4.5 kg) Crisp
Northern English Brown
Jamil Zainasheff provides readers with a recipe for a Northern English-styled brown ale. Northern brown ales tend to be a bit less roasty, drier, and a bit more hop character.
Brewing Irish Classic Beer Styles
Ireland was ruled by Britain for centuries, and the north of Ireland still remains a part of Great Britain. But it is worth pointing out that it was the Normans who first
Peekskill Brewery’s Malt Balls Brown Ale: Replicator
Dear Replicator, We don’t really have a homebrew club where I live, but there are about six to eight of us who get together once a month to taste our homebrews. This
C.H. Evans Brewing Company Kick Ass Brown Ale: Replicator
Dear Replicator, I am fortunate in my line of work to travel around the world and sample some fantastic beers. Recently, I found myself in Albany, N.Y. at the C.H. Evans Brewing
Lost Coast Brewing Co.’s Downtown Brown Ale clone
An English-style brown ale with toffee and bread notes.
