Hoof Hearted Imperial Brown Ale

The taps are running a little low and it's time to brew again.  This time we're going big and brown!  The recipe for this ale is not mine, but that of Mike McDole whom I've mentioned before in this blog.  Mike's late wife, Janet, loved this imperial brown so he named it Janet's Brown Ale.  I've just added a little more whimsy to the name and label.  ;-)  I can't wait to smell the garage on Sunday when this is boiling away!

Here's the recipe and label:

Hoof Hearted
Imperial Brown
Author: Mike McDole

Size: 10.56 gal
Efficiency: 64.0%
Attenuation: 75.0%
Calories: 244.24 kcal per 12.0 fl oz

Original Gravity: 1.073 (1.056 - 1.075)
Terminal Gravity: 1.018 (1.010 - 1.018)
Color: 21.8 (6.0 - 15.0)
Alcohol: 7.22% (5.5% - 7.5%)
Bitterness: 61.6 (40.0 - 70.0)

Ingredients:
26.25 lb Pale Ale Malt
2.2 lb White Wheat Malt
2.75 lb Cara-Pils® Malt
2.75 lb Crystal Malt 40°L
1.1 lb Chocolate Malt
2.0 oz Northern Brewer (8.0%) - added during mash
2.5 oz Northern Brewer (8.0%) - added during boil, boiled 60 min
2.0 oz Northern Brewer (8.0%) - added during boil, boiled 15 min
3.2 oz Cascade (5.5%) - added during boil, boiled 10 min
3.0 oz Cascade (5.5%) - added during boil, boiled 0 min
3.0 ea Fermentis US-05 Safale US-05
4.0 oz Centennial (10.0%) - added dry to secondary fermenter

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Life is Good Best Bitter

Almost a year since I brewed?  Yikes!
Since the weather has been warming up (the temps in Central California will hit 100 tomorrow) I've been drinking some English "bitter" style beers and am quite enjoying them.  They are very light with a great malt/hop flavor and not so bitter at all.  So, I'm going into the Wayback machine to brew a recipe from MoreBeer that I last brewed in 2004.  I've got the hops and grain all weighed out and I'll be setting up shop tonight for tomorrow's brew session.  Here is the label and the recipe.

Life is Good - Best Bitter
8-B Special/Best/Premium Bitter
Author: B3

Size: 11.52 gal
Efficiency: 64.0%
Attenuation: 75.0%
Calories: 145.81 kcal per 12.0 fl oz

Original Gravity: 1.044 (1.040 - 1.048)
Terminal Gravity: 1.011 (1.008 - 1.012)
Color: 10.93 (5.0 - 16.0)
Alcohol: 4.31% (3.8% - 4.6%)
Bitterness: 29.3 (25.0 - 40.0)

Ingredients:
19 lb British Pale Ale Malt
2.5 lb American Pale Ale Malt (To make up for a miscalculation in the British Malt)
1 lb Carastan 30/37
.4 lb Crystal Malt 40°L (To make up for a miscalculation in the Carastan)
1.0 tsp 5.2 pH Stabilizer - added during mash

2.0 oz East Kent Goldings (6.1%) - added during boil, boiled 60 min
4.0 oz East Kent Goldings (6.1%) - added during boil, boiled 5.0 min
4.0 oz East Kent Goldings (6.1%) - added during boil, boiled 1.0 min

2.0 ea Whirlfloc Tablets (Irish moss) - added during boil, boiled 10 min
1.0 ea Yeast Nutrient (AKA Fermax) - added during boil, boiled 10 min

2.0 ea WYeast 1275 Thames Valley Ale

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