June 16, 2007 – Jamil’s American Brown Ale
This is based on Jamil’s American Brown Ale, an award winner. You can find the the original recipe at www.beerdujour.com. Horizon hops are not available this time of year so I am going to substitute .5 oz magnum ( its what I have on hand ).
Target OG : 1.49 for 5 gal batch.
Grain Bill
6 lbs Marris Otter
1.5 lbs American 2-row
0.25 lbs Victory
.65 lbs Crystal 40
.65 lbs Crystal 60
.25 lbs Chocolate Malt
90 minute boil
Hop Schedule
.5 oz Magnum hops @ 60 minute
1 oz Amarillo @ 15 minutes
1 oz Amarillo @ 0 minutes
Yeast:
White Labs wlp001 California Ale Yeast.
Mash Schedule:
Single Infusion Mash at 152F for 1 hour.
Mash Out at 170F for 15 minutes
Sparge for 1 hour.
Notes:
I actually managed to sparge for a full hour and collected about 7 to 7.5 gal of wort. I will boil 6.5 gallons of this to start and add the remainder after 30 minutes ( after some has boiled off and the immediate threat of boil over had passed.) My mash method was a Continuous/Batch hybrid method. I kept the wort level above the grain bed until I had collected about 5.5 gal of wort. I then let it rest for about 15 minutes and then allowed the remained to drain. Dont forget to vorlauf.
I am going to ferment this as cold as possible. My home AC unit is on the fritz and room temperature during the day is around 80 degrees. I will keep this in the bath tub and hopefully ferment this in the low 70s.
I am also pitching this on top of my previous batch, the Sim City IPA, so I will effectively have a HUGE starter. If you are not pitching on top of a previous yeast cake, be sure to make a yeast starter.
Also, after this brew is done, I will have succesfully finished by 10th batch, 50 gallons in all. I know this is a small number for a number of you, but I don’t get to brew but once every two months or so. I have been on an accelerated brew schedule lately in order to fill up the four kegs that I purchased, but after this one, I am back to brewing every two months. 
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