India Brown Ale 2 Beer Recipe | All Grain Specialty IPA: Brown IPA by RustyBarrelHomebrewing | Brewer's Friend
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India Brown Ale 2

223 calories 18.7 g 12 oz
Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Specialty IPA: Brown IPA
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7 gallons
Post Boil Size: 6 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.058 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.068 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 55% (brew house)
Calories: 223 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 18.7 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Saturday August 30th 2025
1.068
1.011
7.4%
57.8
12.4
5.4
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
13 lb US - Pale 2-Row13 lb Pale 2-Row 0.00 / lb
0.00
37 1.8 70.7%
10 oz Muntons - Amber Malt10 oz Amber Malt 0.00 / lb
0.00
35 22 3.4%
10 oz Caramel / Crystal 60L10 oz Caramel / Crystal 60L 0.00 / lb
0.00
34 60 3.4%
2 oz American - Roasted Barley2 oz Roasted Barley 0.00 / lb
0.00
33 300 0.7%
3 lb American - Wheat3 lb Wheat 38 1.8 16.3%
1 lb Flaked Oats1 lb Flaked Oats 33 2.2 5.4%
18.37 lbs / 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Chinook1 oz Chinook Hops Pellet 13 Boil 30 min 32.16 12.5%
2 oz Cascade2 oz Cascade Hops Pellet 7 Whirlpool at 170 °F 15 min 5.53 25%
2 oz Amarillo2 oz Amarillo Hops Pellet 8.6 Boil 10 min 20.08 25%
3 oz Cascade3 oz Cascade Hops Pellet 7 Dry Hop 3 days 37.5%
8 oz / 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
5 tbsp Phosphoric acid 0.00 / oz
0.00
Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Saflager - German Lager Yeast W-34/70
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
0.00 / each
0.00
Attenuation (avg):
83%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
48 - 72 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 121 B cells required
0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: sucrose       Temp: 68 °F       CO2 Level: 2.35 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
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Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
24 5 6 12 17 52
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Notes

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8/30/2025

reformulating...reducing base malt and adding wheat and oats for more body. removing brown sugar altogether. thinking this beer should be a little more chewy.

on the hops side, the mt hood and warrior combo was a trash recipe to start. going for slightly toned down classic hop punch here. even though the body is now leaning more toward a brown hazy IPA, I don't want to go for the fruity route. using cascade and chinook for bittering flavoring and dry hop. added a little Amarillo for complexity but it could be dropped for just all cascade tbh.

dropped efficiency from 60 to 55 now that we have some flaked oats. projected for 7.35%abv but will be ok with at least 7.

the only other thing I didn't really address here is the dryness - this should be thicker body wise but nothing is adding any sweetness, besides removing the sugar and going all malt. lets go with this and see what happens....


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8/12/2025

kegged this weekend. tastes really herbal, kinda bitter., body is thin, flavorless - could use more sweetness

updating recipe from brew day notes...

  • did i really use 3470 on this? whether or not i did, i def fermented at 68. i seem to remember original clone recipe called for ringwood ale yeast and i may have mapped that to 3470 rather than us05....?

    i used a whole oz warrior rather than original 0.7. then used 2oz mt hood instead of 1. I just thought, if this is an ipa, it should have some hops. but maybe it just does not have enough body to support that

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    7/30/2025

    new recipe!
    https://homebrewersassociation.org/homebrew-recipe/dogfish-head-indian-brown-ale-clone/
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