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A success in terms of closeness to Hobgoblin. I have fallen out of love with this beer tho.

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/hobgoblin-clone-ii-20205/index3.html
Style: 
11-C English Brown Ale, Northern Brown
Ibu: 
Abv: 
5%
Size: 
5.0 gal

Recipe

8.50lb Organic 2row Am. Pale malt
0.50lb Cara-Pils Dextrine Malt
0.50lb Crystal 60L
0.25lb Chocolate Malt
0.4oz Fuggle Pellet@60min
0.4oz Wilamette Whole@60min
0.4oz Fuggle Pellet@30min
0.4oz Wilamette Whole@30min
0.2oz Fuggle Pellet@0min
0.2oz Wilamette Whole@0min
1/2 tsp Irish Moss@20min
Scotch Ale Yeast X4

Procedure

Batch Size (Gal): 5.50 Wort Size (Gal): 5.50
Total Grain (Lbs): 9.75
Anticipated OG: 1.051 Plato: 12.53
Anticipated SRM: 16.6
Anticipated IBU: 27.2
Brewhouse Efficiency: 80 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Data Points [ + ]
54
note: 
Mash:
* 9qt@184F + grain = 160F. Cooled to ~154F for mash
* 10qt@170F sparge with 10min rest

Boil:
* 2 pots, split hops
* 60min, followed hop schedule
* Natural cooling in pots before combining into fermenter
* strained hops from wort

Really didn't sparge enough, SG low. Re-sparged hrs later with 10qt@170F x 10min. Boiled for 1hr 40min down to 3qt (1.043@86F) and added to fermenter.
date: 
10/04/2009
SG: 
1.043 @ 60F
55
note: 
Pre-pitch; SG lower than intended so added 1lb light DME with about 1qt water to wort. Boiled for 10min then continued with pitch as usual.

Ferment temp ~65F
date: 
10/05/2009
SG: 
1.050 @ 60F
57
note: 
racked to 2ndary, returned to outside closet

spending most of its time in the 50-55F range
date: 
10/11/2009
SG: 
1.012 @ 60F
65
note: 
bottled. Seems kinda thin.
date: 
10/23/2009
SG: 
1.012 @ 60F
70
date: 
10/29/2009
note: 
first taste, not loving it. Has an odd flavor that was in the gruit (I thought it was rosemary). Very thin, sodalike body
SG: 
1.0xx @ 60F
71
note: 
first taste, not loving it. Has an odd flavor that was in the gruit (I thought it was rosemary). Very thin, sodalike body. Should be less volume/more body.
date: 
10/29/2009
SG: 
1.0xx @ 60F
97
date: 
12/18/2009
note: 
side by side tasting with hobgoblin and was pretty close though not as much hop flavor(or poor treatment shipping from england). Just opened last cask and had best first sip yet. Need to research but this style may just need some aging.
SG: 
1.0xx @ 60F