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Brown Ale Family
As the name suggests, Brown Ale is brown in color with malty and chocolate flavor profiles. These beers include American and English brown ale.
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Gordon Strong’s British Brown Ale
The base malt is a mix of Maris Otter and Golden Promise. Torrified wheat provides some of the character flavor and a little body. Mid-range
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British Brown Ale
British brown ale is open to a wide range of interpretations, however one constant is that the style is all about drinkability and balance.
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Shades of Brown
Brown ale is often broken into two categories — English brown and American brown. However, there are even more variations to this flexible
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Neon Raptor’s Barnum Brown Clone
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Avery Brewing Co.’s Ellie’s Brown Ale Clone
Avery Brewing Co. Ellie’s Brown Ale is quite restrained in its color but a big addition of chocolate malt ensures a nutty, toffee, and lig
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Thornbridge Brewery & Bundobust Brewery’s Nut Brown Ale Clone
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Cigar City Brewing Co.’s Maduro Brown Ale Clone
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Beppy’s Brown
This simple brown ale recipe illustrates the differences between brewing all-grain batches and extract batches of beer with extract replacin
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Newcastle Brun Ale
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Denny’s American Mild (Final Version, #8)
Denny has been working on a recipe for an American mild ale for several years. The objective was to make a beer with the qualities of a Brit
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It’s My Barrel, and I’ll Rye If I Want To
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Tonsmeire’s Acorn Oud Bruin
I brewed a beer with compatible flavors for the acorns: A rye sour somewhere between English old ale and Flemish oud bruin.