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**Stuntman** · 09-28-2009, 03:56 AM

I love this forum...The search (on this site) doesn't work for me much, but Google sends me right back here every time. I was just interested in how to use nuts in a brew. I like that paper bag idea. Kudos to you Chriso! ClutchDude the food processor...great idea, I will just chop and not use the butter setting.

Second thought, maybe a cutting board and a good chopping so that the dusty, small, particles are left to a minimum. I run my beer through a coffee filter going into keg, so clear beer always happens.

Thanks all involved.

ThreeTaps · 10-17-2009, 08:46 PM

I'm doing this one today, it's just about to start the boil. Can't wait to see how it turns out!

By the way, I ended up getting just under 7.5 gallons of wort from the mash tun after all sparging (Yes, I measured the right amount of mas water and sparge water).

**Chriso** · 10-19-2009, 05:10 PM

Cool, do let me know how it comes out!

ThreeTaps · 10-20-2009, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Chriso

Cool, do let me know how it comes out!

That 7.5 gallons of runnings (turns out beersmith was a bit off, but it's ok) boiled off to 5.5 gallons from the 90 minute boil, making my efficiency 94% with a 1.070 OG. Holy crap! 7.2%ABV Scottish Ale, nice! I made a thread trying to figure out if 94% is even possible, and after confirming everything multiple times, it appears as though it's a result of over sparging and the large boil off volume, neither of which negatively affected the brew.

Can't wait to see how it turns out.

**Chriso** · 10-20-2009, 04:01 PM

Very nice! As long as it ferments cleanly, and the oversparge doesn't contribute to excessive tannins, everything should be just fine. It's not like 7.5g of runnings is a huge dramatic oversparge by any means!

I will be eagerly watching for further developments, thanks! c

WhiteDog87 · 11-16-2012, 09:11 PM

Did you put the pecans into the boil or into the fermenter? Im not sure which will get the flavor out better?

Any advice on dry pecaning?

**Chriso** · 11-17-2012, 05:00 PM

The original post should more or less state it clearly but it bears repeating - The pecans in my recipe were used during the mash.

However you can certainly use them at multiple points throughout the beer - You could, in theory, mash with pecans, boil with some pecans, AND dry-pecan in secondary.

If you do add any to your finished beer in primary or secondary, just make sure to sanitize. Either give them one good final toast, enough to kill any bugs, and then cover with foil until they cool off -- or else put them in a measuring cup, add a shot or two of vodka (just enough to moisten/cover) and give it 30 minutes or so to sanitize.
You could also sanitize a small kitchen strainer, which would allow you to collect the vodka and pitch only the nuts into your fermenter. (If you do this, you could make a rather tasty butterscotch-pecan sort of vodka drink with the run-off! Or maybe pecan vodka + some bourbon, with Coke on ice.)

WhiteDog87 · 11-18-2012, 04:25 PM

Thanks for the advice. I already made the beer and ended up adding 1/2 lb to the last 15 minutes of the boil and 1/2lb to the primary after toasting and roasting them, so I'll have to wait and see how it turns out.