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Big Bear Chase Me Brown Ale


Made for our trip to Morehouse lake this summer, this was meant to be a fairly dry brown ale good for the summer.  Turned out alright, but didn’t attenuate quite as highly as I wanted.

11C. Northern English Brown.  OG: 1.058.  FG: 1.019.  IBU: 30.  ABV: 5.1%

Notes:

  • 6/16/10: 1.5 Qt. Starter, used Wyeast 1028, London Ale, as I couldn’t find any WLP013
  • 6/20/10: Brewed
    • 4 Qt. Mash, strike at 161 degrees
    • 2 Qt. Sparge at 180 degrees
    • pitched at 76 degrees
    • screwed up and dropped the stopper in the carboy :(
    • Gravity @ 3 gal: 1.096, @5 gal, OG: 1.058
  • 6/26/10: Racked to secondary, gravity: 1.019
  • 7/13/10: Bottled, FG: 1.019, ABV: 5.1% Read the rest of this entry »