Northern Brewers Nut Brown - Page 3

**Hoosier-Brewer** · 01-25-2012, 12:47 AM

I brewed the Nut Brown for my first beer and it was good, I'll brew it again. Enjoy!

jskinner10 · 01-25-2012, 03:33 AM

I brewed NB's nut brown as my first batch. I still have a few bottles around 7-8 months later and it just keeps getting better with age. Be sure not to drink this one too young.

**NateG** · 01-25-2012, 04:59 AM

Yep, itching, I want to get the Hefe going so I can have something to drink, my cider is wanting at least another couple weeks in the bottle, the Brown is going to take some aging and I only have 3 bottles from the last batch left!

I went to the LHBS and got a carboy brush and some other thing and talked to the owner for about 20 minutes and from what I told him he said he was fairly certain it would be done fermenting and safe to transfer, we also talked about blow off tubes and adding things like orange peels to Hefe.

**NateG** · 01-25-2012, 10:41 PM

Popped the lid today and tossed the hydro in, gravity was at 1009 so I racked it to the bottle and boiled up the Hefe which worked out much better then the first time I made it.

djbradle · 02-01-2012, 12:57 AM

Nice. I just took a reading of mine and hit 1.011. 7.6% abv. Tastes quite green at 2 weeks. I'll bottle mine in about 2 more weeks. Got a chimay blue clone going fierce right now.

**voodoocurt** · 02-01-2012, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Justdrinkit

Anyone tried the NB Carribou Slobber Kit?

Yes, it is wonderifical.....get it. I couldn't keep mine long enough as everybody that came over kept asking for it. Drank my last pride and joy watching the Tide Roll in the National Championship, btw let it age and you will be rewarded. Next time I would like the head retention to be a little better but it was absolutely amazing. Not a nut brown though, just a good American brown.

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**NateG** · 02-07-2012, 08:35 PM

Bottled up the nut brown today, got 29 large bottles and a single 12oz. I had to scramble to clean some more bottles because I only cleaned 26 large bottles, I'm glad I saved some of the sanitizer.

djbradle · 02-11-2012, 02:09 PM

I just tried one 12 ouncer last night after a week of conditioning in 70 degrees. Put it in the fridge for about 2 hours then in the freezer for 15 min and whaddya know, carbed perfectly! I used 2.5 oz. priming sugar. If I sit on them for about a few more weeks I'm sure they'll get better but I am already liking this better than the Sammy Smith and Smutty old brown dog I recently had. This is of course after my changing the recipe.

djbradle · 02-21-2012, 03:34 AM

Just tried another for scientific purposes and I must say it's flavor profile has changed greatly. Head retention was perfect for an imperial brown like this. Carbonation was spot on as well. There was a little hop bitterness to help balance the sweet malt profile. I enjoyed it so much I drank it too fast! I had been enjoying a sixer of old brown dog and I much prefer my ibrown over it. Greatly pleased and will brew again with alteration.

**NateG** · 02-21-2012, 04:47 AM

Tried the shorty tonight after 2 weeks in the bottle. It was quite clear and had a good head, bit sweeter and lighter then I had originally anticipated but I like it, I'm probably too used to stouts and porters. I tossed another bottle in the fridge for tomorrow.

I have been so busy I still haven't gotten around to bottling the Hefe, its been in the bucket for 3 weeks now so hopefully its fine still, I intend to get it bottled Wednesday though.