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Brown ale

Name: Brown ale
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 5.5 gallons
Cuisine: Homebrewing
Ingredients: 7.5 lb Pale Ale Malt; 3 lb Genie Vienna; 8 oz Cara Ruby; 8 oz Chocolate Wheat; 8 oz Brown Malt; 1 oz Centennial Hops; 1 oz Glacier Hops

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Method: All Grain
Style: American Brown Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.08 gallons
Post Boil Size: 5.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.045 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.059 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 75% (brew house)
Calories: 195 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 20.4 g (Per 12oz)

Created: Thursday May 9th 2019

Downtown Brown Ale

OG: 1.057 FG: 1.015 ABV: 5.5% IBU: 27

Original Gravity:

1.059

Final Gravity:

1.015

ABV (standard):

5.7%

IBU (tinseth):

31.6

SRM (morey):

26.8

Mash pH

5.5

Cost $

n/a

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Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	PPG	°L	Bill %
7.50 lb	Root Shoot Malting - Pale Ale Malt7.5 lb Pale Ale Malt	36	4.6	62.5%
3 lb	Root Shoot Malting - Genie Vienna 3 lb Genie Vienna	36	7	25%
8 oz	Root Shoot Malting - Cara Ruby8 oz Cara Ruby	36	27	4.2%
8 oz	Weyermann - Chocolate Wheat8 oz Chocolate Wheat	34.8	415	4.2%
8 oz	Simpsons - Brown Malt8 oz Brown Malt	32	187.93	4.2%
192 oz / $ 0.00

Hops

Amount	Variety	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
1 oz	Centennial1 oz Centennial Hops	Pellet	10	Boil	30 min	27.65	50%
1 oz	Glacier1 oz Glacier Hops	Pellet	5.5	Boil	5 min	3.95	50%
2 oz / $ 0.00

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Yeast

Wyeast - American Ale II 1272

Amount:	1 Each	Cost:
Attenuation (avg):	74%	Flocculation:	High
Optimum Temp:	60 - 72 °F	Starter:	No
Fermentation Temp:	68 °F	Pitch Rate:	0.75 (M cells / ml / ° P) 227 B cells required

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Priming

Method: co2 CO₂ Level: 2.45 Volumes

Target Water Profile

Balanced Profile

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
0	0	0	0	0	0
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Last Updated: 2026-09-28 15:31 UTC

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Cost for

Gallons

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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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Amount	Variety	IBU	Bill %
1 oz	Centennial (Pellet)	27.65	50%
1 oz	Glacier (Pellet)	3.95	50%
2 oz / $ 0.00