Recipes: Northern English Brown Ale

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Style Profile based on 232 recipes

OG

1.052

FG

1.013

IBU

25

ABV

5.1%

BU:GU

0.50

Hops

2.5 g/L

Grain Bill Composition

  • 80% Base
  • 10% Crystal
  • 9% Toast
  • 4% Roast

Median % of grist by malt category

Common Hops

  • 59% East Kent Goldings
  • 29% Fuggles
  • 13% Willamette
  • 10% Target
  • 6% Challenger
  • 5% Southern Brewer
  • 4% Goldings, B.C.
  • 4% Cascade
  • 4% Admiral
  • 3% Magnum (GR)

% of Northern English Brown Ale recipes using each hop

Common Fermentables

  • 57% Chocolate Malt
  • 31% Pale Malt, Maris Otter
  • 28% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L
  • 23% Pale Malt (2 Row) US
  • 21% Victory Malt
  • 18% Brown Malt
  • 18% Cara-Pils/Dextrine
  • 16% Special Roast
  • 15% Pale Malt (2 Row) UK
  • 13% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L

Colour = malt category ยท bar = % of recipes

Common Yeasts

  • 14% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis
  • 11% British Ale Yeast (WLP005) White Labs
  • 9% LalBrew Nottingham Lallemand
  • 8% English Ale Yeast (WLP002) White Labs
  • 7% British Ale Yeast (1098) Wyeast Labs
  • 6% British Ale II (1335) Wyeast Labs
  • 4% London Ale Yeast (WLP013) White Labs
  • 3% Whitbread Ale (1099) Wyeast Labs
  • 3% London Ale Yeast (1028) Wyeast Labs
  • 2% Thames Valley Ale (1275) Wyeast Labs

% of Northern English Brown Ale recipes using each strain