Greg Hughes Brown Ale

samnorfolk · Jul 21, 2016

Ive just started drinking a Greg hughes Brown Ale, it tastes pretty good, although i keep feeling like it needs a bit more fruitiness to it perhaps, i think it uses admiral and fuggles if i remember rightly? Anyone else made this or played around with it?

DoctorMick · Jul 22, 2016

Northern or Southern? I think he has two in the book. I've done the Northern and it was alright but I stuffed it up when I brewed it and only done a 45 minute boil.

samnorfolk · Jul 22, 2016

DoctorMick said:
Northern or Southern? I think he has two in the book. I've done the Northern and it was alright but I stuffed it up when I brewed it and only done a 45 minute boil.

It was the northern off the top of my head, its come out ok nice and malty i just feel it might benefit from some more fruitiness in there to complement the malt, i read somewhere its can an americanised brown ale?

MyQul · Jul 22, 2016

iirc @cwrw666 s a big fan of this

HebridesRob · Jul 22, 2016

samnorfolk said:
It was the northern off the top of my head, its come out ok nice and malty i just feel it might benefit from some more fruitiness in there to complement the malt, i read somewhere its can an americanised brown ale?

If you wanted more fruitiness you'd probably switch to a yeast that makes more esters and/or ferment at a warmer temperature.

http://beersmith.com/blog/2012/03/07/esters-in-beer-brewing/

MyQul · Jul 22, 2016

Wot H-Rob says. The fuller strain/WLP002 would be a good one. Just culture it up from a bottle of Fuller 1845 if you dont want to buy WLP002 (or its WYeast equivalent)

samnorfolk · Jul 25, 2016

MyQul said:
Wot H-Rob says. The fuller strain/WLP002 would be a good one. Just culture it up from a bottle of Fuller 1845 if you dont want to buy WLP002 (or its WYeast equivalent)

Ok thanks, i think the recipe uses pale malt, crystal and Choc malt, with admiral and challenger, do you think it could work if i added some Cascade in there as well

MyQul · Jul 25, 2016

samnorfolk said:
Ok thanks, i think the recipe uses pale malt, crystal and Choc malt, with admiral and challenger, do you think it could work if i added some Cascade in there as well

That would 'Americanify' it of course. Dads_Ale sent me an awesome Americanified brown ale made with apollo hops, for one of his bottle swaps. So yes.

samnorfolk · Jul 25, 2016

MyQul said:
That would 'Americanify' it of course. Dads_Ale sent me an awesome Americanified brown ale made with apollo hops, for one of his bottle swaps. So yes.

Would i replace the challenger with cascade and perhaps dry hop with Cascade as well?

MyQul · Jul 25, 2016

samnorfolk said:
Would i replace the challenger with cascade and perhaps dry hop with Cascade as well?

Up to you of course but if you want to really Americanise it, yes replace the challenger with cascade and dry hop with cascade.

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