Style: London Brown Ale

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Style Profile based on 20 recipes

BU:GU

0.38

Hops

1.8 g/L

Mash pH

5.60

Style Guidelines BJCP 2015 Beer

1.033 1.038

1.044

1.012 1.015

1.012

IBU

15 20

ABV

2.8% 3.6%

4.2%

SRM

22 35

Description

A luscious, sweet, malt-oriented dark brown ale, with caramel and toffee malt complexity and a sweet finish. History: Developed by Mann’s as a bottled product in 1902. Claimed at the time to be “the sweetest beer in London.” Pre-WWI versions were around 5% ABV, but same general balance. Declined in popularity in second half of 20th century, and now nearly extinct. Style Comparison: May seem somewhat like a less roasty version of a sweet stout (and lower-gravity, at least for US sweet stout examples) or a sweet version of a dark mild.

Examples: Harveys Bloomsbury Brown Ale, Mann's Brown Ale

Typical Grain Bill

67% Pale
14% Crystal
11% Toast
4% Roast
3% Wheat

% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%

Common Additions

% of London Brown Ale recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)

Common Hops

40% East Kent Goldings
15% Fuggles

% of London Brown Ale recipes using each hop

Common Fermentables

Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes

Common Yeasts

15% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis

% of London Brown Ale recipes using each strain

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