All-Grain - Nut Brown AG - Page 24

duffman2 · 03-24-2010, 05:10 PM

Wow, I am at a loss for words. Tasted my nutty and its good, but somehow, someway this beer has turned into a Guinness! Its been 3 weeks in the bottles now and there is a small hint of roastiness to it in the background, but other than that this beer is all Guinness.

I had my big St Patricks day party last week and after sampling one or two with my assistant beer sampler (my brother) we both decided to pass it off to everyone as my new Guinness clone. Only a few were passed out but everyone agreed on the taste before I told them this was not what I was going for. However, all my initial tastes had a very stout like feel to them that is still there now. I'm actually quite impressed with it. I can't wait for the wonderful nutty roasty goodness to come through like I know it will!

Has anyone else picked up this taste in theirs??

The Double Slutty Triple Nutty Bodacious Irish Booty rides again!!

jaginger · 03-24-2010, 05:13 PM

Sounds like a great brew....but if it tastes like Guinness I think ya might have done something a little off. Mine was fabulous as well but it was all nut brown ale. I'm glad you got something that tastes good though!

**Lil' Sparky** · 03-25-2010, 10:38 AM

Yeah, I can't imagine where the stout flavor is coming from. It's only got a little chocolate malt, and no roasted malt... At least you like it. Oh, and the new and improved name is awesome!

flyerwire · 03-25-2010, 11:19 AM

yeah i just pulled my first glass of a very very slightly tweaked version of this and no stout at all, its not overly dark either. Its fantastic tasting and wayyyyy too easy to drink

duffman2 · 03-25-2010, 08:16 PM

I'm looking at my notes and all I can see is that my initial mash temp was high at 156 so I brought it down and ended up after 60 minutes at 151. This and I also tried to repitch an extra pack of Notty but still ended up at 1.020 FG after an initial OG of 1.055.

But like I said, it was only at around 2 weeks in the bottle when I sampled it and it still tasted really, really good! Another couple weeks or so and I don't even know what I'll do but I will keep you posted! Thanks again Sparks!

And by the way, my brunette SWMBO has adopted the beer for herself. Every time I tell people the name she calls it the "Dana Beer" for short and says that I named it after her! I don't know what she's more proud of, being Triply Nutty or Doubly Slutty!

**Lil' Sparky** · 03-25-2010, 09:23 PM

duffman, you crack me up.

The higher initial mash temp is the reason for the higher FG, but neither should cause a roasty/stout flavor. You weren't drunk when you were measuring out your ingredients, were you? Maybe you accidentally added an extra lb of roasted malt on accident...

Recommend you give it another shot sometime and see if you don't end up with a proper nut brown!

sleepystevenson · 04-14-2010, 01:43 PM

Just wondering if anybody has compared this to any commercial examples? Just for a reference point. Thanks! Looking forward to making this one!

rorypayne · 05-03-2010, 01:40 AM

I am going to brew this up tomorrow I think. Sounds amazing!

**Stuntman** · 06-01-2010, 05:01 AM

Well I am going for this one, everyone on the site that have made it, loves it. I was worried that it was close to the ten gallons of New Castle I just made.

Since all grain I have only bought three bags so far. My first was the US pale malt 2 row. I like the Maris Otter for the New Castle, I don't think I will buy a whole bag of the US 2 row, but 20 pounds or so. If it is as good as they say, I will start buying bags of US 2 row then. that and the Victory Malt is all I need to do a batch.

Thanks for sharing Sparky! You are the man apparently.

flyerwire · 06-03-2010, 04:04 PM

let me just say that i have now gone through 25 gallons of a very slightly modified version of this and everyone who tastes it loves it. Can't go wrong with this beer