Nut Brown Ale with Pecans?

I am looking to brew a partial mash nut brown ale in honor of the birth of my little boy in late December, early January. Has anyone brewed a brown ale using pecans? I live in an area where they are plentiful and thought it would add a nice twist to this beer. Thanks for any suggestions/guidance in advance.

'ello

so far, pecan and walnut have been done sort-of-successfully. i wouldn't say all the kinks are worked out. and i, personally, need to revisit my pecan experiment this winter with another try, but with a proven base recipe and controlled ferment temps, to see if i can get pecan without all the other clove + other off-tastes.

Short version: You'll want to roast them in the oven, possibly a couple of times, and you'll want to use bags, paper towel, etc to soak up as much oil from them as possible. So far I've only used them in the mash. I don't think they'd be good in the boil, but if properly sanitized they could be good racked-over in the secondary?

Here are some links to help in your endeavor:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f5/rogues-hazelnut-brown-nectar-70019/ <- definitive source, check post 23 and onward for info on the extract
Flavor extracts - Home Brewing Wiki
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/hazelnut-flavor-troubles-833/
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/real-nuts-nut-brown-ale-74218/
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/hazelnut-beer-23715/
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f13/brewing-nuts-27654/
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/brewing-nuts-57731/

Most importantly if you do it, document and post back here so we can keep building our resources for nutty brewing!

Cheers,
The unofficial Dr. Nut