Hazelnut Beer?

Hello,
I love the taste of hazelnut, has anyone tried it in a beer yet? I am sure it would taste better in a stout or porter. Maybe a hazelnut/vanilla or a hazelnut/chocolate?

I have an irish stout (stinky hermit stout) i am going to transfer to the secondary tomorrow. Can i add 4 oz. of extract to it in the secondary, or only at bottling time? Or would the extract even be feesable with this batch?

Would very much like to hear from anybody who has made anything similar or close to a hazelnut, or anybody with ideas or opinions. Thank you guys. Oh, and women.

Jamil Zainasheff has an award winning Chocolate Hazlenut Porter recipe. I found it on the web somewhere, I forget where now. I brewed it a while ago, and just got around to racking it today. I'll let it clear for a few weeks and then bottle it. The hazlenut extract is to be added at bottling time.

Here's the partial mash adaptation I came up with:

Jamil's Chocolate Hazlenut Porter (adapted)

A ProMash Recipe Report

Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (Gal): 5.00 Wort Size (Gal): 5.00
Total Grain (Lbs): 10.00
Anticipated OG: 1.064 Plato: 15.73
Anticipated SRM: 41.4
Anticipated IBU: 40.3
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes


Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
15.0 1.50 lbs. Munich Malt Germany 1.037 8
10.0 1.00 lbs. Crystal 40L America 1.034 40
5.0 0.50 lbs. Crystal 60L America 1.034 60
5.0 0.50 lbs. Cara-Pils Dextrine Malt 1.033 2
5.0 0.50 lbs. Black Patent Malt America 1.028 525
5.0 0.50 lbs. Chocolate Malt America 1.029 350
5.0 0.50 lbs. Chocolate Malt -Light Great Britain 1.034 200
20.0 2.00 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) Great Britain 1.038 3
30.0 3.00 lbs. Muntons DME - Extra Light England 1.046 3

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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1.45 oz. Goldings - E.K. Pellet 5.50 36.7 60 min.
0.70 oz. Fuggle Pellet 4.20 3.6 15 min.
0.50 oz. Goldings - E.K. Pellet 5.50 0.0 0 min.
0.50 oz. Fuggle Pellet 4.20 0.0 0 min.


Yeast
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Safale S-04

Have you tried Rogue Hazelnut Brown Nectar? GREAT stuff! There's a recipe in BYO mag; I can post it here if you like.

My Island Girl Hazelnut Stout

12 oz. Special B malt
8 oz. Chocolate malt
8 oz. Roasted barley
8 oz. Carapils
(all grains lightly cracked)

1 can Cooper's dark LME
2 lbs. extra light DME
8 oz. lactose

1oz. Northern Brewer's hops
1/2 tsp. irish moss
1 package Wyeast 2565 Kolsch ale yeast
3/4 cup priming sugar
hazelnut extract (approx. 1oz.)

o.g. 1.047

Slowly bring grains to boil over a 30 minute period in 2 gallons of water. Once boiling, remove the grains. (I may change this to steep at 160F for 30 minutes for my second try).

Bring back to a boil. Remove from heat and add all extracts and lactose. Return to heat.

Bring back to a boil. Add hops and irish moss. Boil 30 minutes.

After boil, chill, bring volume to 5 gallons and pitch yeast at 80F.

Add hazelnut extract to taste at bottling, approx. 1 oz.

shlap said:

Have you tried Rogue Hazelnut Brown Nectar? GREAT stuff! There's a recipe in BYO mag; I can post it here if you like.

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Hello,
Yes, please give me the recipe. I have decided to make a hazelnut brown ale instead of a stout. Thanks in advance for your help.

PhoenixCoyote said:

Hello,
Yes, please give me the recipe. I have decided to make a hazelnut brown ale instead of a stout. Thanks in advance for your help.

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Yeah that is a good beer. Won worlds at the 2005. Actually the list of awards it has won is pretty amazing. You can find bomber size bottles of this if you look hard so you can get a feel if you'd like it.

Not really a recipe, but here is a clone kit from Austin homebrew

http://www.austinhomebrew.com/product_info.php?cPath=178_452_43_261&products_id=2064

I just bought this one (the Jamil Hazelnut Porter)from B3 and I'm brewing it Sat.

If you want the ingredient list form the directions, let me know...

http://morebeer.com/product.html?product_id=18423

Rogue Brewing Co
Hzelnut Brown Nectar clone.

1.75 lbs Coopers Light dried malt extract.
3.3 lbs Coopers Light liquid malt extract (late edition)
9 oz Hugh Baird brown malt
1.5 lbs Munich malt
5.6 oz crystal malt 15 L
1 lb 3 oz cyrstal malt 75 L
5.6 oz cystal malt 120 L
3.8 oz pale chocolate malt

.86 oz Perle hops (9% alpha) (60 min)
.5 oz Saaz hops (3.5%) (30 min)

1 tsp. irish moss.

Wyeast 1056 American Ale or White Labs California Ale yeast.

.75 cup corn sugar (to prime)

1/8 oz Stearns or Lehman Flavor-mate hazelnut flavoring.

Place crushed malts in a nylon steeping bag and steep in 6.3 qts. of water at 154F for 30 minutes. Rinse grains with 3.2 qts of water at 170F. Add water to make 3 gallons, stir dried malt extract and bring to a boil.

Add Perle hops and boil for 60 minutes. Add Saaz with 30 minutes left in boil. Add the liquid malt extract and Irish moss in 15 minutes left in boil. Cool wort to 70F, transfer to fermenter and top up to 5 gallons. Aerae well and pitch yeast. Ferment cool (60F) until complete (about 7-10 days). Transfer to secondary or rack with corn sugar and hazelnut flavoring.

Hey Bear, what's the advantage of using Kolsch Ale yeast. Different flavor? I was wondering for my brewing knowledge advancement.
Thanks

The Sea Dog brewing co. makes a Hazelnut Porter. It's ok; personally think it would be better without the hazelnut flavor, but i'm sure if you really like hazelnut you might disagree

Hi Kayos,

Would like to brew this beer.
Can you pls post the ingredient list

mmmm, Frangelica in a pop-top. mmmmm

Sorry for the late reply...here you go...:

8 lbs. english light lme
.5 lbs light dme

grains:
1 lb. munich
1 lb. crystal 40L
1 lb. crystal 75L
.5 lb. carapils
.75 lb. chocolate
.5 lb. black patent

hops:
1 oz. kent goldings 60 mins
1 oz. williamette 30 mins
2 oz. williamette 1 min

8 oz. unsweetened cocoa powder (last few mins of boil)

1 tab whirfloc (last 20 mins of boil)

1 pkg 25 ml hazelnut flavoring at bottling

4 oz corn sugar for priming

All grains can be steeped for 30 minutes from 150-170, remove grain bag, add dme and lme.

Have fun, and ask away if needed.

shbrewer said:

Hey Bear, what's the advantage of using Kolsch Ale yeast. Different flavor? I was wondering for my brewing knowledge advancement.
Thanks

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Kolsch yeast imparts a very clean and malty flavor. So far its my favorite of the yeasts I've tried.

It has the added benefit of fermenting at a low temperature for Ales, 56F - 64F. But I've gotten fermentation with it as low as 50F, its just slower.

Thanks Bear.

15-A Porter, Robust Porter

Min OG: 1.050 Max OG: 1.065
Min IBU: 25 Max IBU: 45
Min Clr: 30 Max Clr: 90 Color in SRM, Lovibond

Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (Gal): 6.00 Wort Size (Gal): 6.00
Total Grain (Lbs): 15.00
Anticipated OG: 1.064 Plato: 15.67
Anticipated SRM: 37.1
Anticipated IBU: 36.3
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Pre-Boil Amounts
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Evaporation Rate: 15.00 Percent Per Hour
Pre-Boil Wort Size: 7.06 Gal
Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.054 SG 13.43 Plato


Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
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66.7 10.00 lbs. Pale Malt - Crisp Marris Otte Great Britain 1.038 3
3.3 0.50 lbs. Cara-Pils Dextrine Malt 1.033 2
10.0 1.50 lbs. Munich Malt Germany 1.037 8
3.3 0.50 lbs. Crystal 60L America 1.034 60
6.7 1.00 lbs. Crystal 40L America 1.034 40
3.3 0.50 lbs. Black Patent Malt America 1.028 525
3.3 0.50 lbs. Chocolate Malt America 1.029 350
3.3 0.50 lbs. Chocolate Malt - Light Great Britain 1.034 200

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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1.50 oz. Goldings - E.K. Pellet 5.60 32.2 60 min.
0.70 oz. Fuggle Pellet 5.70 4.1 15 min.
0.50 oz. Goldings - E.K. Pellet 5.60 0.0 0 min.
0.50 oz. Fuggle Pellet 5.70 0.0 0 min.


Yeast
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White Labs WLP001 California Ale


Mash Schedule
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Mash Type: Single Step

Grain Lbs: 15.00
Water Qts: 19.50 - Before Additional Infusions
Water Gal: 4.88 - Before Additional Infusions

Qts Water Per Lbs Grain: 1.30 - Before Additional Infusions

Saccharification Rest Temp : 154 Time: 60
Mash-out Rest Temp : 0 Time: 0
Sparge Temp : 170 Time: 60


Total Mash Volume Gal: 6.07 - Dough-In Infusion Only

All temperature measurements are degrees Fahrenheit.

Add an 8 oz can of Hershey's Cocoa powder about a minute or two before the end of the boil (the boil breaks up the clumps).

Add hazelnut extract to taste in the keg or at bottling time.

Ferment at ~67F.

Pitch lots of healthy yeast.

Hope that helps.