"OLD BROWN EYE" American Brown Ale

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This Homebrew Recipe was added by Scott Abene on September 27, 1996 at 08:54:41:
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MASH:
8 pounds 2 row
1/2 pound crystal malt (60L)
1/2 pound dextrin malt
2 ounces chocolate malt
1/2 pound flaked barley
***1 pound Dark Brown sugar (put in the boil)***

BOIL TIME:
70 minutes

HOPS:
1 oz. Northern Brewer (6.3 a. acid) for 60 minutes
1 oz. cascade (4.7 a. acid) for 30 minutes
1 oz. Willamette (4.0 a. acid) for 15 minutes
1 oz. US Hallertau (4.7 a. acid) for 7 minutes

YEAST:
Ale (Wyeast - Whitbread Ale)

OTHER:
3 teaspoon gypsum
1 teaspoon irish moss

Original Gravity: 1.060
Finish Gravity: 1.014
Alcohol: 6.0%

Add your gypsum to water and dissolve. Then:
Mash in grains at 122 F, for 30 minutes
Raise temp to 134 F, and hold for 15 minutes
Starch conversion at 154 F, for 90 minutes
burn out the mash at 164 F, for 10 minutes.

sparge and bring to a boil. Add your Brown sugar. Once you have reached your boil, begin the hop
schedule listed above. Your total boil time is 70 minutes. Now chill to 68 F. Add your ale yeast and let
ferment for 6-10 days. Secondary for 14 days and bottle.