London Brown Ale Homebrew Recipe

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bottle of London brown ale poured into glass


This London Brown Ale recipe was provided to Chop & Brew by Jessica Ihms, whose homebrewed version won Best of Show silver medal at the inaugural Déjà Brü Homebrew Competition in 2023, the topic of this Chop & Brew episode.

 London Brown Ale

Batch Size: 5 gallons
OG: 1.043
FG: 1.014
ABV: 3.8%
IBU: 22
SRM: 29

Ingredients

Fermentables

  • 6.5 lb Maris Otter (69.3%)
  • 1 lb crystal 80 (10.7%)
  • 10 oz crystal 120 (6.7%
  • 0.5 lb Special Roast (5.3%)
  • 0.5 lb Pale Chocolate (5.3%)
  • 4 oz Carafa II (2.7%)

Hops

  • 1 oz Fuggles [5.6%aa] – 60 minutes – 22 IBUs

Yeast

  • White Labs WLP013 London Ale Yeast

Process

  • Mash grains at 158°F for 60 minutes.
  • Collect wort and boil for 60 minutes, adding hops per recipe.
  • Cool wort to 68°F and pitch yeast.
  • After fermentation is complete, add 1 lb lactose before bottling.

Brewer’s Notes

As far as the inspiration goes, I like tackling recipes that may have been sidelined for whatever reason and don’t get a lot of love. This popped up during some research and it sounded really appealing. I added the lactose straight to the bottling bucket, saving it for the last step because I wanted to see how much residual sweetness there was before dosing it with lactose so I didn’t over-sweeten it.
 
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