Campfire Brown Ale

Label Peelers' "Beer of the Month" winner for April 2017 from brewmeister TJ Driscoll. Beautiful tan creamy head with smokey and roasty aroma. Slight bite from the rye, smokey smooth taste perfect for drinking around a campfire all year long.

Includes:

6.6 lbs of Brewer's Best Extra Light LME
2 lbs Crystal 80L
0.5 lbs Victory Malt
0.5 lbs Rye Malt
0.5 lbs Cherry Wood Smoked Malt
0.5 lbs Chocolate Malt
1 oz Nugget
1 tsp Irish Moss (Optional-Not included)
1 oz Northern Brewer
1 Packet of US-05 Yeast

5 oz Priming Sugar (Optional)

Target OG: ~1.057

Target FG: ~1.016

Estimated ABV: ~5.4%

Recipe: 5 Gallon Batch

Fermentables:

Steep grains at 150 Degrees F for 25-30 minutes in water. When finished, remove bag of steeping grains and rinse with more water to flush out all the flavors.

Add malt extracts and bring your wort to a boil. Once your wort is at a boil, add your nugget hops and start your timer for 60 minutes. With 15 minutes left, add the Irish moss (optional). Once the 60-minute boil is done, add Northern Brewer and remove from heat and cool to 67-70 degrees and add your yeast packet.

Hops Schedule:

60 minutes - 1oz Nugget

15 minutes – 1 tsp Irish Moss (optional)

Flameout/Whirlpool - 1oz Northern Brewer

60-minute boil

Keg at 12 psi or you can also bottle with around 5 ounces of priming sugar.