[samaral]

I was thinking about putting together a simple brown ale recipe. 
10lbs 2-row
1 lb. Munich
1 lb c-40
1 pale chocolate
1/2oz herkules @60
1oz mandarin bavaria @15
1oz mandarin bavaria @0
S-04 yeast
I have a pound of mandarin bavaria hops and was thinking they might go well in darker style. What do you think?

[mabrungard]

That seems like a pretty high percentage of pale chocolate.

[samaral]

Thanks it 7.7% of the grain bill. It puts the srm at 19. I've been trying to simplify my recipes as of late. 4 malts max.  If I cut it to 1/2 a pound it more of a amber ale. Any suggestions?

[Robert]

Color up with a little black malt, or dehusked black malt, or Midnight Wheat if you really want color with minimal flavor impact.  Then you can use your other malts just in the proportion required for the flavor profile you want.  Design for flavor first, then separately fine tune the secondary attributes.

[BrewBama]

Base malt (or your combination of base malts) + .5 lb med crystal + .5 lb 350*L chocolate. That should get you about 17-18 SRM.

I like simple recipes, too. But never tried Mandarin Bavarian. It’s on my to-brew list. Let us know how it turns out.




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[HopDen]

I use MB in my cream ale and my kolsch recipes. I haven't used it outside of those two recipes. There is only one way to know for sure. Do it!

[samaral]

So I decided to change the malt up. I'm switching out the 2 row for Maris otter and dropping the Munich cutting back the pale chocolate and adding some carafa 2
11 lbs Maris Otter
1 lb caramunich
.5 lb pale chocolate
.25 lb carafa 2

[robdogj]

I found this version of an American Brown Ale from Homebrew Talk:

Grains   Hop Schedule   Yeast
6 lbs 8 oz/51% Pale 2-row
3 lbs/23.5% Rye
2 lbs/15.7% Biscuit
12 oz/5.9% Chocolate
8 oz/3.9% C60
0.5 oz Zeus @ 60 min
0.5 oz Willamette @ 5 min
Nottingham or WLP039
Notes: Ferment at 67 degrees Fahrenheit.

OG: 1.057 FG: 1.012 ABV: 5.9%
IBU: 27.5 &empsp; SRM: 26.5

[denny]

This one has won me more than a few awards.....http://web.archive.org/web/20171105044104/http://wiki.homebrewersassociation.org/NotiBrownAle

[Robert]

I found this version of an American Brown Ale from Homebrew Talk:

Grains   Hop Schedule   Yeast
6 lbs 8 oz/51% Pale 2-row
3 lbs/23.5% Rye
2 lbs/15.7% Biscuit
12 oz/5.9% Chocolate
8 oz/3.9% C60
0.5 oz Zeus @ 60 min
0.5 oz Willamette @ 5 min
Nottingham or WLP039
Notes: Ferment at 67 degrees Fahrenheit.

OG: 1.057 FG: 1.012 ABV: 5.9%
IBU: 27.5 &empsp; SRM: 26.5

Once the percentage of Biscuit/Victory goes beyond very low single digits, I find the beer pretty hard to drink.  It's very easily overdone, but small amounts can have a very big positive impact.  My $0.02.

[Steve Ruch]

Maybe it's just me, but I'd use more American ingredients in an American brown ale.

[denny]

Maybe it's just me, but I'd use more American ingredients in an American brown ale.

No, it's not just you!