63: Ilkley Brown Ale

Recipe Overview

Wort Volume Before Boil:	7.00 l	Wort Volume After Boil:	5.00 l
Volume Transferred:	4.00 l	Water Added To Fermenter:	0.00 l
Volume At Pitching:	4.00 l	Volume Of Finished Beer:	4.00 l
Expected Pre-Boil Gravity:	1.004 SG	Expected OG:	1.043 SG
Expected FG:	1.010 SG	Apparent Attenuation:	74.9 %
Expected ABV:	4.2 %	Expected ABW:	3.3 %
Expected IBU (using Tinseth):	34.1 IBU	Expected Color (using Morey):	15.6 SRM
BU:GU ratio:	0.80	Approx Color:
Mash Efficiency:	75.0 %
Boil Duration:	90.0 mins
Fermentation Temperature:	18 degC

Fermentables

Ingredient	Amount	%	MCU	When
UK Medium Crystal	0.050 kg	7.9 %	5.0	In Mash/Steeped
UK Munich Malt	0.050 kg	7.9 %	0.5	In Mash/Steeped
UK Chocolate Malt	0.030 kg	4.8 %	22.5	In Mash/Steeped
Extract - Light Dried Malt Extract	0.500 kg	79.4 %	2.5	Start Of Boil

Hops

Variety	Alpha	Amount	IBU	Form	When
US Columbus(Tomahawk)	15.5 %	4 g	34.1	Loose Whole Hops	60 Min From End
US Simcoe	13.0 %	10 g	0.0	Loose Whole Hops	At turn off
US Centennial	8.5 %	10 g	0.0	Loose Whole Hops	At turn off
US Centennial	8.5 %	10 g	0.0	Loose Whole Hops	Dry-Hopped
US Columbus(Tomahawk)	15.5 %	10 g	0.0	Loose Whole Hops	Dry-Hopped
US Simcoe	13.0 %	10 g	0.0	Loose Whole Hops	Dry-Hopped

This was my entry in the Ilkely Brown Ale competition. Note that I completely ignored the gravity rule and thus meant that my arse was grass when it came the judging. This was the first (and only so far) time I repitched, using a washed sample of yeast from the Levitation Clone I did, which had a nice healthy pot of yeast from Thornbridge fermentors. This was okay, I've not really experienced many American Brown's so I wasn't quite sure what the style should have been like. I think I modified (or just copied) Janet's Brown for this as that seemed like as good a place to start as any. I was pleased, and it seemed to go down well, but once again I failed to photograph it.