Suggestion for American Brown Ale Recipe

Beer Recipes
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Hello every one! :slight_smile:

I formulated my 1st American Brown
Posting it here so I can get some feed back
Suggestions (what would you add or change) and critiques

I was thinking to add German Munich light @ 1lb and reducing the Golden promise by that much, too get a bit more malt profile
What you guys think??

Method: All Grain
Style: American Brown Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 7.52 gallons
Boil Gravity: 1.041 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 80% (brew house)
Source: 2brew559
Original Gravity: 1.057 Final Gravity: 1.014 ABV (standard): 5.55% IBU (tinseth): 32.06 SRM (morey): 21.49

BU/GU Ratio: 0.57

Fermentables
Amount Fermentable PPG °L Bill %
8.25 lb United Kingdom - Golden Promise 37 3 76.2%
1 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 60L 34 60 9.2%
0.75 lb Flaked Barley 32 2.2 6.9%
0.5 lb American - Chocolate 29 350 4.6%
0.32 lb Belgian - Biscuit 35 23 3%
10.82 lb Total

Hops
Amount Variety Type AA Use Time IBU
1 oz Willamette Pellet 4.5 Boil 60 min 16.8
0.5 oz Cascade Pellet 7 Boil 20 min 7.91
0.5 oz Cascade Pellet 7 Aroma 10 min 4.74
0.5 oz Cascad Pellet 7 Aroma 5 min 2.61

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First, I wouldn’t bother with the Munich - you’re using several malts as is. Too many malts can give the beer a muddy, ill-defined flavor. And unless you already have the Golden Promise on hand, I just use American 2 row in mine, as it is American Brown. Otherwise, looks pretty good !

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Thanks Hoosier… Yea I thought I’m already pushing too many malt syndrome…lol…but that’s why I needed a second opinion from the brew people! Lol. Gracias amigo!

Hmm I had American 2 row. But dang that GP is tasty!
At my brew shop in sac…its 2.00lb for ,American vs 2.25lb for GP…

Yea kinda expensive maybe :).

So would you drop the Belgian biscuit??

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I think the biscuit would be fine at that amount. And the GP is obviously a great malt. If you wanna use it, go for it !

EDIT - 2 row would be more fitting for an American style beer, but who cares. Golden Promise is a great malt.

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Well gracias agian :). Yea im gonna go with the GP

Not a big price diff.and sounds like you agree with me
And yea I’m hoping the biscuit is good as is  %wise 3%

I’m brewing tomorrow ,Sunday a pumkin Ale 3 gallons and Blond Ale 5.5gallons. Long day tomorrow.yes I know I’m retarded…lol