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Brown Ale

Name: Brown Ale
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 120 min
Yield: 19 liters
Cuisine: Homebrewing
Ingredients: 8 lb Maker's Premium Pale; 1 lb Crystal 120; 8 oz Chocolate Malt; 1 lb Steel Cut Oats Quick; 0.5 lb Victory Malt; 1 lb OAT MALT; 1 oz East Kent Goldings Hops; 2 oz East Kent Goldings Hops

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Method: All Grain
Style: American Brown Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 19 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 24.43 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.041 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.053 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 65% (brew house)
Source: Gerald Gunn
Hop Utilization: 94%
Calories: 318 calories (Per 650ml)
Carbs: 28.7 g (Per 650ml)

Created: Sunday September 28th 2025

Browns On

by Wolf Pack Brewing

OG: 1.053 FG: 1.017 ABV: 4.8% IBU: 30

Brown Ale - La Culisa

by Cerveceria Coclesana

OG: 1.052 FG: 1.010 ABV: 5.5% IBU: 42

Original Gravity:

1.053

Final Gravity:

1.010

ABV (standard):

5.6%

IBU (tinseth):

35.0

SRM (morey):

22.7

Mash pH

5.1

Cost $

69.53

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Brew Log History

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Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	Cost	PPG	°L	Bill %
8 lb	Maker's Malt - Maker's Premium Pale8 lb Maker's Premium Pale	$ 0.00 / lb $ 0.00	37.5	2.05	66.7%
1 lb	Great Western - Crystal 1201 lb Crystal 120	$ 2.19 / kg $ 0.99	0	120	8.3%
8 oz	Red shed - Chocolate Malt8 oz Chocolate Malt		29	222	4.2%
1 lb	Bob's Red MIll - Steel Cut Oats Quick1 lb Steel Cut Oats Quick	$ 2.50 / kg $ 1.13	32	2	8.3%
0.50 lb	Briess - Victory Malt0.5 lb Victory Malt	$ 2.79 / oz $ 22.32	34.5	28	4.2%
1 lb	Canada Malting - OAT MALT1 lb OAT MALT	$ 1.99 / oz $ 31.84	27.6	2.6	8.3%
12 lbs / $ 56.29

Hops

Amount	Variety	Cost	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
1 oz	East Kent Goldings1 oz East Kent Goldings Hops	$ 2.69 / oz $ 2.69	Pellet	6.5	Boil	60 min	25.05	33.3%
2 oz	East Kent Goldings2 oz East Kent Goldings Hops	$ 2.69 / oz $ 5.38	Pellet	6.5	Boil	5 min	9.99	66.7%
3 oz / $ 8.07

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Mash Guidelines

Amount	Type	Start Temp	Target Temp	Time
15.99 L	Strike	74 °C	63 °C	60 min
	Fly Sparge	--	--	--
Starting Mash Thickness: 3.1 L/kg Starting Grain Temp: 16 °C

Other Ingredients

Amount	Name	Cost	Type	Use	Time
8 g	Calcium Chloride	$ 0.02 / g $ 0.16	Water Agt	Mash	0 min.
7 g	Gypsum		Water Agt	Mash	0 min.
3 g	Epsom Salt		Water Agt	Mash	0 min.
3 g	Canning Salt		Water Agt	Mash	0 min.
0.50 g	Calcium Carbonate	$ 0.02 / g $ 0.01	Water Agt	Mash	0 min.
$ 0.17

Yeast

Lallemand - LALBREW® NOTTINGHAM HIGH PERFORMANCE ALE YEAST

Amount:	1 Each	Cost:	$ 5.00 / each $ 5.00
Attenuation (avg):	80%	Flocculation:	High
Optimum Temp:	10 - 22 °C	Starter:	No
Fermentation Temp:	-	Pitch Rate:	0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 87 B cells required

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Priming

CO₂ Level: 0 Volumes

Target Water Profile

Balanced Profile

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
80	5	25	75	80	100
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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

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G Gunn • 10/20/2025 at 03:48am
Ok not great. A bit thin in body and needs more hops to balance sweetness. Another .5 volume of carbonation wouldn’t hurt it.

G Gunn • 11/25/2025 at 02:56am
turned out to be slightly over carbonated but I cant find my notes for it guessing 150grams.

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Amount	Variety	Cost	IBU	Bill %
3 oz	East Kent Goldings (Pellet)	$ 2.69 / oz $ 8.07	35.04	100%
3 oz / $ 8.07

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