Kodiak Brown: an American brown ale brought to you by BearHole Brewing
I scaled this down to be a 7 gallon boil, with a 5.5 gallon finish, 90 minute total boil time, 152 mash temp
75% efficiency
OG: 1.058
FG: 1.015
SRM: 20
IBU: 57
8# Rahr American pilsner
12 oz British amber
12 oz flaked maize
12 oz coffee malt
8 oz crystal 60
8 oz corn sugar
4 oz light roasted barley
1 oz magnum 60
1 oz EKG 15
1 oz cascade 0
1 oz cascade dryhop (7-10 days @ room temp)
WLP005 or safale S-04 ferment 64 degrees
I tweaked this some from the DFH clone, but kept the maize, and switched out the recommended brown sugar to corn sugar. The hops are switched up as well. The idea is to let the extreme maltiness come through, but keep it tamed and balanced by making it a bit thinner, and less like an imperial porter. This makes an extremely drinkable beer with a huge depth of flavor.
I got to admit though, after a few rounds with the bruguru M&J, I may throw some orange peel down in the keg of what I have fermenting now.
How do you think this recipe would fare with Amarillo instead of Cascade? For some reason I've got an itch to brew an American Brown with Amarillo and I don't think it'll go away until I brew it.
i think it would be great with amarillos Marc. I have tried a few different finishings on this, and just a tich of citrus is great- amarillo will certainly bring that. The original recipe from BYO's 150 calls for warrior to bitter, EKGs for flavor (they say 10 min, I like the 15- works out better for me schedulewise, tough to determine if there is a difference) and finish with liberty. Dryhop w/ EKG and liberty.
Cascade, amarillo, columbus, tomahawk, zeuss, should all be good there.
Cool, I've got Columbus & Cascade. Think I could sub C-80 for the C-60, as long as I hit the SRM?
Brewski wrote:
Cool, I've got Columbus & Cascade. Think I could sub C-80 for the C-60, as long as I hit the SRM?
Yeah, with only 1/2# going in, it will be a mild difference. The SRM I posted is probably way off anyhow, tastybrew does not have coffee malt or light roasted barley in their dropdown, so I put in something similar to just try and get an estimate of. It is probably closer to the high 20s.
Here is an idea of the color, but my camera takes ultrashitty pics. 
makes me thirsty...oh wait. There can be only one thirsty! Recipe looks pretty good and I have yet to try this coffee malt. Which is strange because I love coffee flavors in beer.
andrew jensen wrote:
makes me thirsty...oh wait. There can be only one thirsty! Recipe looks pretty good and I have yet to try this coffee malt. Which is strange because I love coffee flavors in beer.
The irony is whenever you read a description of a roasted malt like coffee or chocolate, it always says- "gives a color similar to that of coffee, not to be mistaken for the flavor". But i always feel that coffee malt tastes and smells like coffee, and chocolate malt tastes and smells like chocolate! If only they made a white chocolate malt. mmmmmmmm
thirsty wrote:
The irony is whenever you read a description of a roasted malt like coffee or chocolate, it always says- "gives a color similar to that of coffee, not to be mistaken for the flavor". But i always feel that coffee malt tastes and smells like coffee, and chocolate malt tastes and smells like chocolate! If only they made a white chocolate malt. mmmmmmmm
I totally agree.
And black patent has always tasted like a strippers leather boots right!? right???
anyone???
Oh boy....
brewchez wrote:
And black patent has always tasted like a strippers leather boots right!? right???
anyone???
Oh boy....
No no no... great analogy. It's just that it has been awhile since I have been kicked in the teeth by a stripper.
Now I just get kicked in the crotch.
thirsty wrote:
brewchez wrote:
And black patent has always tasted like a strippers leather boots right!? right???
anyone???
Oh boy....No no no... great analogy. It's just that it has been awhile since I have been kicked in the teeth by a stripper.
Now I just get kicked in the crotch.
That is the best litmus test for knowing you've gotten older.
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