Need nutty malt

[ColoradoHomebrew]

I need some help with a recipe. My first all grain about a year ago was a brown ale similar to Moose Drool. I've tried to replicate or tweek it twice with complete failure. The first one seems to have a rich nutty toasty taste that was awesome. When I think back I have a hunch that in the recipie below , I may have accidentally purchased pale chocolatate instead of chocolate malt and accidentally made a better beer. Does this make sense or is it the brown malt that drives the rich nutty taste?

Grain Bill
----------------
7.000 lb American 2-Row (75.68%)
0.750 lb Munich I (8.11%)
0.500 lb Brown Malt (5.41%)
0.500 lb Chocolate (5.41%)
0.500 lb Crystal 80 (5.41%)
Hop Bill
----------------
0.50 oz Galena Pellet (13.3% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (0.1 oz/Gal)
0.50 oz Willamette Pellet (5.3% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil) (0.1 oz/Gal)

 

[vio0633]

You can get that Brown Ale nutty taste from the yeast you use.

 

[MrManifesto]

maris otter is pretty nutty. i actually screwed up a beer by using MO, was meant to be an IPA, was kind of a mess but it was nutty.

 

[thegerm]

check out victory malt.

 

[Tyru007]

2nd the victory malt.

0.5 lb chocolate malt and brown malt will likley overpower any nutty flavor in the beer with a roasty flavor.

I would substitute Victory for the Brown malt and cut the chocolate back to 4 oz.

 

[HawksBrewer]

Try using Wyeast 1272 American Ale II... it lends an amazingly nutty, but not too overpowering, flavor.

 

[ColoradoHomebrew]

The recipie was perfect for me. The point really is, what is the difference between chocolate pale and chocolate?

 

[HawksBrewer]

Now that you mention it, the nuttier stout that I made was w/ wyeast 1272 AND pale chocolate malt. Pale malt is kilned less for a less roasted flavor.

 

[ColoradoHomebrew]

I am almost certain I got pale Chocolate malt accidentally as a nooby and it was a great mistake. I've done around 30 batches since but never with pale chocolate. I will taste all of the malts and victory when I go to the store as that may be a nice addition. Also, just checked out 1272's profile and I like it. Didn't know there was ayeast with a nutty profile.

 

[ColoradoHomebrew]

I tasted them all and Victory was very nutty, so I got some of that. I am going to modify the recipie to include victory and split that half pound between chocolate and pale chocolate.

 

[thunderaxe]

I tasted them all and Victory was very nutty, so I got some of that. I am going to modify the recipie to include victory and split that half pound between chocolate and pale chocolate.

i know this was over 7 years ago but how did it turn out?