A London Brown Ale is often described as a mild sweet stout or a dark mild with a slightly sweeter side. It is a unique beer to brew, in that it is low alcohol, but retains much of the body and character of dark strong styles. It is not commonly brewed in today’s market.
We brewed this beer in collaboration with Dark Empire Brewing as part of the Nuts & Bolts competition with the Bay Area Mashtronauts. This is beer number one. We should get results back in late July. It is a little on the low side abv wise by about 1%, but otherwise, we hit the numbers we were expecting.
(5 gallon batch)
Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.022
Original Gravity: 1.031
Final Gravity: 1.012
ABV: 2.5%
Fermentables: 5 lbs. - Marris Otter Pale Malt (3.75) 1 lbs. - Munich Light Type One (6) 4 oz. - Special B (115) 4 oz. - Black Patent (525) 4 oz. - Chocolate Malt (450) 4 oz. - Flaked Oats (2.2) 4 oz. - Carafoam (2.2) 4 oz. - Molasses (Late Addition) Boil (hops in pellet form): 0.25 oz. - Challenger @60 0.25 oz. - East Kent Goldings @60 0.25 oz. - East Kent Goldings @15 0.25 oz. - East Kent Goldings @0 *Yeast Nutrient and Whirflock Tablet @10
Yeast: Wyeast London Ale III