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Post #26 made 11 years ago
by joshua
Cceleryness, Ray Daniels did give Averages, I rounded those averages to "Wholes" to help me make up Recipes.

The book is 14 years Old, and the "Popular" Hops today, do not come very close to matching his Hop Bills.

You are right, there IS a great variation, in the Grain Bill and Hop bill, and Yeasts.......

That is Why I never make a Duplicate a recipe......TOO many Choices, So, Little Time.

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Post #27 made 11 years ago
by celeryness
@rick
My favourite example is Theakston's Old Peculiar, but I'm surprised at how low a gravity that is - just over 5% I always thought it was six or more. In my experience of drinking them, a warm higher gravity and lots of character might be a rough and ready description.

@rigging
Its years since I had a pint of Old Speckled Hen - I seem to remember it being fairly full bodied, not as brown as Newcastle and less sweet, a little more hoppy, and a decent amount of alcohol strength.

@joshua
I certainly agree with that last point mate. I'd love to find a way to brew ten times a frigging day! (and get paid well of course!)

Post #28 made 11 years ago
by joshua
You can brew 10 Gallons(and have a lot Of Friends) or Go MINI-BIAB and brew 3.5 gallons( a Case) or even Less than 1 gallon(a 6-pack(72oz))

BIABACUS really helps making MINI and MICRO BIAB Batches.
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Post #29 made 11 years ago
by BlackIslandBrew
celeryness wrote:
BlackIslandBrew wrote:I've done Janet's Brown on both three vessel and BIAB, and just adjusted for efficiency and system losses using BeerSmith. Came out great both ways with (in my mind) no significant difference in taste. I'm brewing it again on Tuesday for a Homebrewing class I'm teaching, using BIAB.
Hello BlackIslandBrew,

A tiny, tiny, tiny little nit-pick on that one. Janet's is an American Brown Ale, and therefore the hop bill is comparatively pretty hefty in the recipes that I've just been checking. English Brown Ale's are pretty low IBU, around 25 according to Designing Great Beers. The Beer Judge style guide also talks about very little or light hop aroma http://www.bjcp.org/styles04/Category11.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. I just wanted to make the point as Rigging65 was asking about English style Brown Ales.

Its certainly a popular recipe though! To the point that someone has brewed a commercial version. And if you're recommending it, I might have a bash at that one myself one day...
You're not picking nits, so no worries! I only brought up Janet's because it was mentioned on post 6 and 8, and wanted to share my experience. But to pick a nit back - Janet's Brown isn't an American Brown either - too high in gravity, alcohol and hopping. When I put it into competition, it's Category 23, and I call it a Robust American Brown.
Last edited by BlackIslandBrew on 21 Sep 2014, 23:01, edited 1 time in total.

Post #30 made 11 years ago
by celeryness
You're not picking nits, so no worries! I only brought up Janet's because it was mentioned on post 6 and 8, and wanted to share my experience. But to pick a nit back - Janet's Brown isn't an American Brown either - too high in gravity, alcohol and hopping. When I put it into competition, it's Category 23, and I call it a Robust American Brown.
Thanks for the correction Black Island - Robust American Brown works for me! Nice one.
Last edited by celeryness on 21 Sep 2014, 23:06, edited 1 time in total.

Post #31 made 11 years ago
by robeer
HbgBill wrote:The recipe can be found in many places as it is such a well received beer. It was started by one of my acquaintances, Mike McDole.. otherwise known as "Tasty" He brewed it in honor of his late wife, about 10 or so years ago. The recipe is not BIAB.. but certainly is BIAB'able. If you have "Brewing Classic Styles".. it's in there.. Otherwise, you might check at MoreBeer.com and look at their all grain recipes. For most kits, they include all the ingredients as well as amounts. Most of them show both extract and all grain on the same page. In case you don't have BCS', go to MoreBeer.com.. in Search, type in Janet's Brown or simply Janet's.. there will be a few tabs on the page.. but, click on "Documents".. I believe there are two.. You will then see the recipe.. pretty simple.. but, this guy has won awards with it. He is a good friend of brewers and is a regular on The Brewing Network podcasts with Jamil and John Palmer.
Love Janet's Brown! So I can simply enter the info from the more beer all grain recipe sheet into biabicus and be good to go? Is there any vital info that I'd need that isn't on their recipe sheet?
Last edited by robeer on 12 Nov 2014, 06:07, edited 1 time in total.
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