My Belgian pale ale of last winter

[Daniele96]

I used my recipe to brew belgian pale ale using 70% pale malt, 10% pilsner malt and 20% Munich malt (15 minutes at 55ºC for the first part, 30 minutes at 62ºC for mash in and 20 minutes at 78ºC for mash out) and I added 1 kg of roast chestnut before the mash out. Finnaly I completed with 100 g of Cascade hop and 50 g of Amarillo hop adding also 2 kilos of chestnut honey.

 

[IslandLizard]

That looks really good! It surely deserves a clean(er) glass. How does it taste?

Never heard or thought of chestnut beer. What is chestnut honey?

 

[Daniele96]

That looks really good! It surely deserves a clean glass. How does it taste?

Never heard or thought of chestnut beer. What is chestnut honey?

Chestnut honey is the honey that bees make in the early spring with chestnuts tree flowers (https://www.artimondo.it/miele-di-c...MI7fGFnMrD2wIVh0PTCh1HqQyXEAkYAyABEgL35vD_BwE). It tastes light smoked but the prevailing flavor is toasted malt (if possible toasted with oak) then a pleasant honey floral aftertaste is felt and finally that of roasted chestnuts combined with that of hops that leave a pleasant taste sensation. The prevailing aroma is instead of chestnut flowers given by honey (honey from organic framing).

 

[IslandLizard]

Chestnut honey is the honey that bees make in the early spring with chestnuts tree flowers (https://www.artimondo.it/miele-di-c...MI7fGFnMrD2wIVh0PTCh1HqQyXEAkYAyABEgL35vD_BwE). It tastes light smoked but the prevailing flavor is toasted malt (if possible toasted with oak) then a pleasant honey floral aftertaste is felt and finally that of roasted chestnuts combined with that of hops that leave a pleasant taste sensation. The prevailing aroma is instead of chestnut flowers given by honey (honey from organic framing).

Thank you! I never knew there was such a thing as chestnut honey. Always something new to learn.

Did you grind up those roasted chestnuts before adding them to the mash? Why only added at the end, and not mash them with the grain? Is that to just get the flavor only?

I'm willing to bet your chestnut beer beats pumpkin beer, hands down.

 

[catdaddy66]

Thank you! I never knew there was such a thing as chestnut honey. Always something new to learn.

Did you grind up those roasted chestnuts before adding them to the mash? Why only added at the end, and not mash them with the grain? Is that to just get the flavor only?

I'm willing to bet your chestnut beer beats pumpkin beer, hands down.

Just learned this myself. A honey may be labeled a specific type (ie, wildflower honey; chestnut honey; orange blossom honey, etc) if that specific plant makes up over 50% of the flora in a .25 mile radius. Otherwise it's just general honey.

Kinda neat I thought...

I have heard of a chestnut porter but the nuts were added in the boil. How did it occur to you to add them to the mash?? I really want to do a nut beer but heard that the natural oils affect the beer negatively.

 

[IslandLizard]

I'm not sure where they should be added best, or how much oil is in chestnuts.

If you were to add ground or finely chopped walnuts, there's a lot of oil going in with them. Oils can impair foam and head forming properties. Perhaps leave an oily layer on top.
The PB powder people add after fermentation is mostly de-oiled peanut flour.

 

[Daniele96]

I think everyone can use his own recipe for chestnut bier. I add chestnut at the end of the mash because if I add them before chestnut taste became too strong in bier and I don't like it when it cover hop, malt and honey taste

 

[Daniele96]

Merry Christmas to everybody

 

[Lefou]

Fröhliche Weihnachten.

 

[Daniele96]

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