British Brown Ale Nut Brown AG

[dallasdb]

Wobblymadman, I stuck with Notty. Fermentation went absolutely crazy on the second day. I will post a pic in a sec.

 

[dallasdb]

Made quite a mess but probably the BEST SMELLING brew I've ever done.

 

[shawnleary]

I brewed this last week with only a minor modification to the original with substitutions of crystal 60 with 20 and the yeast brand. my LHBS was out of both. Can't remember the name of the other English ale yeast but the owner told me it was similar and should work fine.

this is my first usage of chocolate malt and oats. or anything other than S 05 yeast. definitely excited about it with all the great posts after tasting.

I usually wait three weeks before racking to bottles, is that third week unnecessary with this brew? would love to cut a week in my turnaround time.

 

[mikeysab]

Brewing this now and it just started snowing. Nuts in the snow, says I for a name.

 

[Wheelspin]

Brewed my first Nut Brown Ale on Friday.

All good and into the fermenter - until I mixed up a Sweet Milk Stout recipe with the Nut Brown Ale recipe which were lying on the same table side by. The Sweet Milk Stout recipe called for lactose with the boil.

Thinking I had left it out, I quickly boiled 450 grams of lactose up on the stove, cooled it and put it into the fermenter with the Nut Brown.

Late that night I realised my mistake. The lactose was for the Sweet Milk Stout not the Nut Brown

Should I be worried ? Could it turn out good ? What do you guys think will be the result ?

It's bubbling away very briskly right now.

 

[Sippin37]

What temp did you mash at? Lactose is going to add some body and residual sweetness. So as long as you didnt mash too high I think it could come out good. Let us know though, I am curious. Thanks

 

[jwm1485]

How much corn sugar do you guys recommend for pruning this?

 

[jwm1485]

*priming

 

[Wheelspin]

Sipping I mashed at about 158 - 162 F, missed my target of 154 a bit.

Will this also affect it ?

 

[D_Nyholm]

Sipping I mashed at about 158 - 162 F, missed my target of 154 a bit.

Will this also affect it ?

Yes. You mashed very high, which created sweetness and unfermentables And then added lactose which adds sweetness and unfermentables. I think the beer is going to be very sweet and stop fermenting over 1.020

 

[Wheelspin]

Thanks Sipping, still getting used my HERMS I built.

I'll let you know how it turns out.

What about dry hopping at some stage to counteract the sweetness ?

 

[MarcusKillion]

I just posted this recipe in the recipe section . I found it somewhere but could not remember where . Very good beer indeed !
I thought the guy said it won a blue ribbon for second place and had some pics up on photobucket . Is it yours ?

 

[MarcusKillion]

wobblymadman ; give it a month in the bottle and it is great .

 

[BigRedHopHead]

Fantastic recipe! Tasted it side by side with family and Dry Dock Brewing Co. Brown Ale and hands down everyone thought this was better. Thanks!
Cheers!

 

[BigRedHopHead]

Only difference was I used WLP 002.

 

[winvarin]

Only difference was I used WLP 002.

I used 002 as well. My uncle, an absolute non drinker, will usually take a sip of whatever I have on tap just to be polite. He took 2 sips of this. That's high praise.

 

[dallasdb]

Fantastic recipe! Tasted it side by side with family and Dry Dock Brewing Co. Brown Ale and hands down everyone thought this was better. Thanks!
Cheers!

BLASPHEMY!!! Better than Dry Dock?!?

Theirs is pretty darn good. I just kegged this today so I will have to compare.

Side note about Dry Dock, my wife got me a growler a month for a year from Dry Dock for Christmas, I'm pretty happy!

 

[shaunbader]

I just did this recipe (10 gallon batch) this weekend. I split it into two carboys and am going to leave one as is and the other one will have 6oz of Frangelico, 3oz of Vanilla Coffee, and 3oz of Hazelnut Coffee added to it. I will post back the results in about 2 months to let everyone know how it is

 

[mikeysab]

Anybody think this beer would do well on some bourbon soaked oak chips? Got 10 gallons going and i'd like to change some up a bit

 

[winvarin]

I'd use the oak sparingly. As brewed, it has a complex profile that is also really subtle. Perhaps you could bottle some is and oak some. I really enjoy it just brewed as is and kegged

 

[wobblymadman]

wobblymadman ; give it a month in the bottle and it is great .

Normally that would be a tough call, but fortunately my beer stocks are healthy just now and I can easily leave the nut brown quietly improving in the corner of there garage... three weeks from now I will crack open the first bottle. I am looking forward to it because it is my first brew using home made biscuit malt.

 

[TrubDog]

Just ordered my grains and hops (I wash my yeast). Gonna brew this weekend. $19 and that includes shipping!

 

[Soldevi]

If I wanted to bump this up to about 6% abv what would you guys recommend? Just bump the base malt or a little bit of all.

 

[MarcusKillion]

If I wanted to bump this up to about 6% abv what would you guys recommend? Just bump the base malt or a little bit of all.

This is going to come out with more than that for ABV I am sure . Most of my beers get me buzz off of two of them and two liquor store beers sure would not do that . According to beer smith this will have 6.7% but I am betting on higher if you do a good mash and sparge .
Beer Smith says if you use 10 pounds 2 row and 2 pound victory you get 7.9 % and if just 10 pds 2 row 7.3%
By the way a hydrometer is inaccurate and I believe the ABV is always much higher than it says .

 

[ArnooBrew]

I'm close to racking my second attempt at this. My first attempt became infected but this one tastes great.

Quick question: should I clarify this with finings added to the fermenter, or should I leave or alone?

 

[jwm1485]

Would this be a northern or southern English brown ale

 

[mikeysab]

That depends where it was brewed.....just kidding, i'm wondering the same thing. I'm curious to try BCS's version but they don't call theirs a nut brown

 

[MarcusKillion]

Got no idea about southern , northern etc but this is the best nut brown around . I do not know who BCS is but if it is a kit then no way to compare it to this .
I make lots of nut brown customized from Muntons no boil kit and it is good but not this good . I also tried NB nut brown and it is not up to par in my opinion.

 

[mcbethenstein]

Based only on the recipe... Having not tasted my version yet, it is a Northern English Brown. Southerns are lower in gravity, sweeter, may be a bit darker and more restrained on the hopping than this recipe indicates. It may even be high on the gravity for a traditional northern English Brown, depending on your efficiency.

 

[MarcusKillion]

Based only on the recipe... Having not tasted my version yet, it is a Northern English Brown. Southerns are lower in gravity, sweeter, may be a bit darker and more restrained on the hopping than this recipe indicates. It may even be high on the gravity for a traditional northern English Brown, depending on your efficiency.

This is not sweet nor bitter . It is very smooth . Not strong tasting at all . Nothing like a Northern Brewers nut brown or a New Castle for sure .