So, here's a little story about making lemonade from lemons.
I was all ready to brew this this weekend. I had planned ahead and special ordered the carafoam and caraaroma. My LHBS said they had melanoidin so I went over yesterday to pick it all up. But, as it turns out, no melanoidin was on hand. So, we started looking through the sub charts to find an alternate and for some reason decided on carafa I. It looked pretty and tasted good and I had no idea what melanoidin was all about so I went with it.
However, once back at the office I plugged it into BS and watched my SRM go from 15 to 25! Oops. So much for a
red beer.
After feeling like a noob (which I am) for a while, I finally decided to see what I had. And as it turns out, by lowering the 30 minute addition of cascade from 1 oz to 0.75 oz I have the perfect profile for an American Brown Ale.
Now I'm excited again!
So, if it works out and tastes really good I'll probably post the recipe here as the Accidentally Brown Ale, with all proper credit to Mysticmead, of course.