Hey Sparky, I've got a situation. I am ready to brew this again as it has definitely become my favorite household beer.
However, my brother from Nebraska came down to meet me last year and had a couple of my first Nut Browns that I made from a kit. He went Ape-nuts over it and hasn't stopped talking about it since. I was able to get him a couple of the Double Slutty's last month and told him to pick the way he wanted me to brew it this next time. I told him I'd brew him a batch for his birthday and for the upcoming Husker football season
. Well he picked the first one, and now I'm stuck. He loved your Nutty too, but there was something about the other one that he just can't get over.
So.....I'm posting the extract recipe to see what all of you think.
6 lbs. amber malt extract
1 lb. British pale malt
1/2 lb. Special B malt
1 lb. medium crystal malt
2/3 oz. Target or Northdown hops (bittering)
1/2 oz. Fuggles or Willamettes hops (flavoring)
1/2 oz. Fuggles or Willamettes hops (finishing)
1 pkg. Burton water salts
1/2 cup dark brown sugar (for priming)
1 pkg. Windsor ale yeast (or Wyeast #1098, #1968 or White Labs British or Burton Ale Yeast)
1 pkg. Bru-Vigor (yeast food)
O.G. - 1.047 F.G. - 1.012
What do you guys think? I liked this one too and at the end of the batch it actually tasted pretty good. But what would you all expect from this recipe? If I'm going to go make concessions for my brother and brew this for him, would there be any way to take the best out of both batches? I think he liked the maltiness of the first one compared to ours. Plus, I might have had more IBU's in it than Sparky's by a bit.
Any suggestions?