Imaginary Dragon Brown Ale
Brewed: 03/04/2018 Kegged: 03/10/2018
 Back in my Mr. Beer and Extract years, I developed an appreciation for the great American Brown Ale from Big Sky Brewing Company, Moose Drool.
I cam up with a "clone" with Mr. Beer ingredients. Then I started playing around with the recipe. It went through quite a few iterations until it was nothing like Moose Drool, but it was deliciously unique.
It had all the wonderful rich Brown Ale malt flavors. Caramel. Chocolate.
It had just enough hop character to balance the malt sweetness.
And it had cinnamon. Cinnamon? Yes cinnamon.
Believe it or not, just the right amount of cinnamon gives similar a similar character as hops. It had just enough cinnamon bite to compliment the malt without overpowering the beer.
In fact, if you didn't know it had cinnamon in it, I doubt that is what you would think.
I never developed an all-grain recipe for it, but I always thought I should. Now I've gotten around to making the all-grain version. And, I'm changing the name.
The original beer had an unfortunate name. It was innocent enough based on artwork that my young (at the time) son had done of dragons.
The original, unfortunate name had dragon in the name. I wanted to keep that. I've also become quite a fan of Imagine Dragons. I hope they don't mind my choice of names.
If you are a member of the Imagine Dragons and feel like you want me to change the name, feel free to reach out to me and I will gladly make a change. -
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The all-grain version is even more wonderful than the old extract and partial mash recipes.
| Imaginary Dragon --- Batch 1 |
| Style |
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American Brown Ale |
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Batch Size |
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5.50 gal |
| Type |
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All Grain |
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Boil Size |
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7.71 gal |
| Brewhouse Efficiency |
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70.00 |
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Boil Time |
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60 minutes | Recipe Characteristics
| Recipe Gravity |
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1.058 SG |
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Estimated FG |
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1.013 SG |
| Recipe Bitterness |
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31.4 IBUs (Rager) |
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Alcohol by Volume |
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6.0 % |
| BU : GU |
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0.541 |
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| Recipe Color |
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18.1 SRM |
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| Measured OG: |
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1.058 |
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Measured FG: |
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1.013 |
| ADF: |
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77.6 |
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Measured ABV: |
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5.9% | Ingredients
Ingredients
| Amt |
Name |
Type |
# |
%/IBU |
| 6.00 g |
Chalk (Mash 60.0 mins) |
Water Agent |
1 |
- |
| 10 lbs |
Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) |
Grain |
2 |
78.4 % |
| 1 lbs 8.0 oz |
Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) |
Grain |
3 |
11.8 % |
| 8.0 oz |
Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) |
Grain |
4 |
3.9 % |
| 8.0 oz |
Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (120.0 SRM) |
Grain |
5 |
3.9 % |
| 4.0 oz |
Chocolate Malt (500.0 SRM) |
Grain |
6 |
2.0 % |
| 0.500 oz |
Magnum [12.70 %] - Boil 50.0 min |
Hop |
7 |
23.3 IBUs |
| 1.00 Items |
Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) |
Fining |
8 |
- |
| 1.00 tsp |
Yeast Nutrient (Boil 15.0 mins) |
Other |
9 |
- |
| 1.000 oz |
Centennial [10.40 %] - Boil 10.0 min |
Hop |
10 |
8.1 IBUs |
| 1.0 pkg |
Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) [50.28 ml] |
Yeast |
11 |
- |
| 2.00 Items |
Cinnamon Stick (Primary 5.0 days) |
Spice |
12 |
- |
Mash Profile
Mash Steps
| Name |
Description |
Step Temperature |
Step Time |
| Mash In |
Add 15.94 qt of water at 163.7 F |
152.0 F |
60 min |
Batch sparge with 2 steps
(Drain mash tun , 5.26gal) of 168.0 F water
Recipe Notes
Add 6g of
CaCO3 into the strike water to bring up Calcium and help with clarity.
From
Denver Water, this puts the water profile
at:
Ca=102,Mg=8,Na=21,SO4=51,Cl=23,HCO3=210
Brew as directed from
recipe.
Cool wort to as close to 60 degrees as possible.
Add in Cinnamon
Sticks into primary and rack on top.
Ferment at 60 for a day and let rise to
mid 60's for the rest of the week. Then let the temperature go where it
wants.
Keg carbonate.
Brewing Record
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| Pre-boil OG |
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(1.047 SG) |
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Pre-boil Vol |
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(7.71 gal) |
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