All Grain Recipe

Imperial Brown Ale

high-gravity brown ale 		Imperial Brown label
Batch Number:
 050920
Starting Gravity:
1.062
Volume:
 5 gal Final Gravity:  
Ingredients:
            
Fermentable 1:
 12# Maris Otter pale malt
Fermentable 2:
 1# munich malt
Fermentable 3:
 1# 40L crystal malt
Fermentable 4:
 1# chocolate malt
Fermentable 5:
 1# palm sugar
Hops 1:
 5 oz Kent Goldings
Alpha:
 5.3%
Time:
 60 mins
Yeast:
 Wyeast 1056 American Ale Yeast smack pack
Process:
  • Mashed at 158F for 75 minutes
  • Sparged with 4 gals water at 170F
  • Boiled 120 minutes with one hops addition as noted
  • Chilled
  • Brought volume to 5 gals with fresh water in 7 gallon plastic fermenter
  • Pitched yeast
Notes:

21 Sept AM - no sign of fermentation
22 Sept AM - very slow bubbling at fermentation lock