Style: Southern English Brown Ale
All StylesStyle Profile based on 62 recipes
BU:GU
0.43
Hops
2.0 g/L
Description
Light to dark brown, and can be almost black. Nearly opaque, although should be relatively clear if visible. Low to moderate off-white to tan head. Aroma: Malty-sweet, often with a rich, caramel or toffee-like character. Moderately fruity, often with notes of dark fruits such as plums and/or raisins. Very low to no hop aroma. No diacetyl. Flavour: Deep, caramel- or toffEnglish pale ale malt as a base with a healthy proportion of darker caramel malts and often some roasted (black) and wheat malt. Moderate to high carbonate water would appropriately balance the dark malt acidity. English hop varieties are most authentic, tMann's Brown Ale, Tolly Cobbold Cobnut Nut Brown Ale
Examples: Mann's Brown Ale, Tolly Cobbold Cobnut Nut Brown Ale
- 94% Roast (7%)
- 90% Pale (75%)
- 76% Crystal (15%)
- 50% Toast (11%)
% of Southern English Brown Ale recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
- 42% East Kent Goldings
- 39% Fuggles
- 8% Willamette
- 8% Southern Brewer
- 6% Perle (GR)
- 5% Cascade
- 5% Chinook
% of Southern English Brown Ale recipes using each hop
- 55% Chocolate Malt
- 35% Pale Malt, Maris Otter
- 21% Special Roast
- 19% Biscuit Malt
- 16% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L
- 15% Special B Malt
- 13% Roasted Barley
- 13% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L
- 11% Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L
- 11% Oats, Flaked
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
- 11% London ESB Ale (1968) Wyeast Labs
- 8% British Ale Yeast (1098) Wyeast Labs
- 8% English Ale Yeast (WLP002) White Labs
- 6% British Ale Yeast (WLP005) White Labs
- 6% LalBrew Nottingham Lallemand
- 6% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis
- 5% Wyeast Labs NB NeoBritannia 1945
- 5% LalBrew Windsor Lallemand
% of Southern English Brown Ale recipes using each strain