Dave's Dreaded Homebrewery
Vacation Brown Ale
All-Grain Brew 10 Gallon Batch
Brew Date - 12/28/98
Secondary - 1/2/99
Bottled -
Vacation Brown Ale

Beer Cam
1/02/99 4:30PM

 I wanted to brew a nice brown ale for the Bluebonnet Brew Off in March.
This should be a nice brew!!!

  Credits -

  • Dave Dixon - Brewmaster

Updated 1/2/99 4:30PM -
Vacation Brown Ale is transferred into the secondary fermenter.

See Dave's Real Beer Online Beer Log for detailed information on the latest brew.

 

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Vacation Brown Ale Log -

Grain Quanity
Pauls English Pale Malt 9 lbs
Great Western 2-row Pale Malt 9 lbs
Briess Crystal (120L) 1 lb
Briess Crystal (40L) 1 lb
Pauls Black Patent .2 lb
Pauls Chocolate Malt .2 lb
Total Grain 20.4 lbs
Hops Alpha Acid % Quanity Time
Cascades 4.8% 3 HBU/.75 oz 75 min - bittering
Willamette 4.3% 10 HBU/2.5 oz 75 min - bittering
Saaz 3.1% 1 oz 2 min - aroma

 

OG: Hydrometer reading is 1.052
FG: Hydrometer reading is
Alcohol
Content		  
1. 12/28/98
8:15AM - 8 gallons strike water heated to 162º
2. 8:57AM - Mash in grain and level temp at 157º
3. 10:03AM - Begin Mash out starches have been converted to sugar.
4 10:30AM - Mashed out at 167º and hold for 5 minutes to stop the process.
5. 10:35AM - Sparge with 14 gallons of water at 175º.
6. 11:54AM - Sparge finished and collected 13 gallons of sweet wort. Begin Boil.
7. 1:30PM - 75 min Boil. Achieved boil.  Added bittering hops.
8. 2:35PM - Add 1/2 tsp Irish Moss.
9. 2:45PM - Flame out and add armoa hops and steep for 30 min.
10. 3:15PM - Begin cool down and transfer to the primary fermenters.
11. 4:58PM - Cool down complete and begin areating wort.
12. 5:10PM - Pitch 2 packages of Wyeast 1098 British ale. Close primary.
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