I ran into Ken from Fearless Brewing last weekend and he was kind enough to explain some of the finer points of gravity as it relates to beer, and explain to me why my beers are coming out in a similar range. I told him about my Earl Gray Brown beer and he said he was interested in the recipe, which I promised to send him. It’ll be interesting if he conjures something out of that. As I was typing up the recipe I realized that I’d pretty much forgotten to tell people how I made this beer-so here goes:
Started by steeping 14 bags of Earl Gray tea in 3 quarts of water
Steeping grains:
2 oz black malt
5 oz C40 malt
5 oz Victory
12 oz British Brown
Fermentables:
7 lb liquid light malt extract
Hops:
1 oz Amarillo @ 60
1 oz Nugget @ 30
Irish moss@ 5 for clarity
Added the tea after the wort had been cooled and put into a carboy.
Yeast:
2 packs Wyeast 1084 Irish ale
Primary Gravity: 1.061
Finishing Gravity: 1.02
5.3% ABV
