View Recipe

Recipe Tools ▼
- Brew!
- Copy
- Label Generator
- Quick Water Requirements
- Add To
  Shopping List
Export ▼
- Embed
- Text
- HTML
- BeerXML
Print

LOTR Brown 4

Name: LOTR Brown 4
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 120 min
Yield: 4.5 gallons
Cuisine: Homebrewing
Ingredients: 8 lb 2 Row; 12 oz Crystal Medium; 9 oz Honey Malt; 12 oz Honey; 8 oz Pale Chocolate; 0.75 oz East Kent Goldings Hops; 1 oz East Kent Goldings Hops

Like this recipe?

Save this Recipe →Free account · keep it in your recipe box

Method: BIAB
Style: Northern English Brown
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 4.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 5.82 gallons
Post Boil Size: 5.25 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.044 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.049 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 66% (brew house)
Source: Terry Downing
Hop Utilization: 85%
Calories: 227 calories (Per 500ml)
Carbs: 22.3 g (Per 500ml)

Created: Friday September 5th 2025

Chomolungma

by Distortiontm

OG: 1.043 FG: 1.009 ABV: 4.6% IBU: 22

Original Gravity:

1.049

Final Gravity:

1.011

ABV (standard):

5.0%

IBU (tinseth):

21.0

SRM (morey):

19.6

Mash pH

5.3

Cost $

11.16

Want no ads? Go Premium and unlock all our brewing tools!

Brew Log History

Ambient: {{ stats.ambient | number:0 }} °F

OG: {{ stats.ogGravity | number:3 }}
Attenuation: {{ stats.attenuation | number:2 }}%

Calories: {{ stats.calories | number:1 }} / 500ml
Carbs: {{ stats.carbs | number:1 }} g / 500ml

Readings: {{ readingsCount | number }}

Device Filter
{{ device.name | titlecase }} {{ ((device.name | lowercase) != (device.type | lowercase)) ? (device.type | titlecase) : '' }}

Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	Cost	PPG	°L	Bill %
8 lb	Malteurop - 2 Row8 lb 2 Row	$ 0.96 / lb $ 7.68	34.3	2.15	75.7%
12 oz	Simpsons - Crystal Medium12 oz Crystal Medium	$ 2.25 / lb $ 1.69	33	65.01	7.1%
9 oz	Honey Malt9 oz Honey Malt		37	25	5.3%
12 oz	Honey12 oz Honey - (late fermenter addition)		35	2	7.1%
8 oz	Crisp Malting - Pale Chocolate8 oz Pale Chocolate	$ 3.58 / lb $ 1.79	32.7	220	4.7%
169 oz / $ 11.16

Hops

Amount	Variety	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
0.75 oz	East Kent Goldings0.75 oz East Kent Goldings Hops	Pellet	5	Boil	60 min	14.14	42.9%
1 oz	East Kent Goldings1 oz East Kent Goldings Hops	Pellet	5	Boil	10 min	6.84	57.1%
1.75 oz / $ 0.00

Show Summary View

Mash Guidelines

Amount	Description	Type	Start Temp	Target Temp	Time
			--	150 °F	60 min

Other Ingredients

Amount	Name	Type	Use	Time
0.75 tsp	Calcium Chloride (dihydrate)	Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
0.75 tsp	Gypsum	Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
3 ml	Lactic acid	Water Agt	Mash	0 min.
2 each	Yeast Nutrient	Other	Boil	10 min.
1 tsp	Irish Moss	Fining	Boil	10 min.

Yeast

Fermentis - Safale - English Ale Yeast S-04

Amount:	1.50 Each	Cost:
Attenuation (avg):	75%	Flocculation:	High
Optimum Temp:	54 - 77 °F	Starter:	No
Fermentation Temp:	-	Pitch Rate:	0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 72 B cells required

$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator

Priming

CO₂ Level: 1.02 Volumes

Target Water Profile

London (Porter, dark ales)

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
100	5	35	60	50	265
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator

Notes

Sweetheart's Revenge Weiz Guys Brew club Loveland CO.
LOTR Brown Ale
1st 13B: British Brown Ale
2nd Best of Show

Award Winning Recipe

Recipe Photos

Last Updated and Sharing

197

Views

Brews

Public: Yup, Shared
Last Updated: 2026-02-26 23:43 UTC

Recipe costs can be adjusted by changing the batch size. They won't be saved but will give you an idea of costs if your final yield was different.

Cost for

Gallons

Cost by

Final Yield

	Cost $	Cost %
Fermentables	$
Steeping Grains (Extract Only)	$
Hops	$
Yeast	$
Other	$
Cost Per Barrel	$ 0.00
Cost Per Pint	$ 0.00
Total Cost	$ 0.00

Discussion about this recipe:

You must be logged in to add comments.

If you do not yet have an account, you may register here.

Want no ads? Go Premium and unlock all our brewing tools!

Amount	Variety	Cost	IBU	Bill %
1.75 oz	East Kent Goldings (Pellet)		20.98	100%
1.75 oz / $ 0.00

View Recipe

LOTR Brown 4

{{ formatHeaderDate(dates.navStart) | date:'mediumDate' }} to {{ formatHeaderDate(dates.navEnd) | date:'mediumDate' }}

{{ formatHeaderDate(dates.navStart) | date:'mediumDate' }} ^to {{ formatHeaderDate(dates.navEnd) | date:'mediumDate' }}