British Brown Ale Nut Brown AG

[FoamFollower]

Brewing this up Saturday. Exactly.
Another inmate wants 5 gal of this also, so...When I move this off of the primary after approx. 3 weeks, can I pour his freshly brewed wort on to the yeast cake and proceed as normal?

...and I don't have a hop spider or anything like that, so I will have to come up with a way of keeping the pellet hops free of the yeast cake. Ideas?

It would be simple enough to start anew and use fresh yeast, and not at all costly at $4.00, but I'd like to learn a bit about re-using the cake. I just don't want to sacrifice the beer.
Thanks.

 

[D_Nyholm]

Just use muslin hop bags. They are like $.50 each. You will have loads of trub in the fermenter. Might want to wash the yeast and maybe save some in some canning jars for future use?

 

[garvinator70]

I brewed this on 3/25/14 went with exact recipe until yeast ; I used 1099 yeast y yeast ? How ever it's spelled ? Wit bread yeast. Smack pack , then read later on this forum that someone said ,"they would not use this yeast , because of fruity ness ? " can anyone chime in in this yeast selection?


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[garvinator70]

Brewing this up Saturday. Exactly.

Another inmate wants 5 gal of this also, so...When I move this off of the primary after approx. 3 weeks, can I pour his freshly brewed wort on to the yeast cake and proceed as normal?



...and I don't have a hop spider or anything like that, so I will have to come up with a way of keeping the pellet hops free of the yeast cake. Ideas?



It would be simple enough to start anew and use fresh yeast, and not at all costly at $4.00, but I'd like to learn a bit about re-using the cake. I just don't want to sacrifice the beer.

Thanks.

Pitch right on top of yeast cake, it will take off like a rocket ! Yeah use m. Bags


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[garvinator70]

That 1099 is a chunky monkey!


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[garvinator70]

Took a gravity sample today , it's down to 1.011 gonna give it another week and see ? Man it taste awesome ! And no fruity ness yet. Looks great.


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[garvinator70]

my nut brown ale , thanks OP.


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[garvinator70]

My brew is young , I tasted a sample today ,it has a nice !nutty !finish !thanks LikSparky.


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[FoamFollower]

Man that looks GREAT!

 

[Idunno445]

I brewed this back in December. I let my fermentation temps get too high, and the Nottingham yeast produced a pretty strong fruity flavor that masked all of the other flavors in the beer.

I've been drinking one a week since then, and it's been getting better every week. Today I drank it, and I just had my first "This is amazingly delicious!!!!" with one of my homebrews. Thanks for the recipe, it's turned into a fantastic beer! (And I'm sure it would have been fantastic sooner with better temp control!)

 

[TrustyOlJohnson]

I brewed this back in December. I let my fermentation temps get too high, and the Nottingham yeast produced a pretty strong fruity flavor that masked all of the other flavors in the beer.

I've been drinking one a week since then, and it's been getting better every week. Today I drank it, and I just had my first "This is amazingly delicious!!!!" with one of my homebrews. Thanks for the recipe, it's turned into a fantastic beer! (And I'm sure it would have been fantastic sooner with better temp control!)

I call Nottingham "The Freight Train" cause of its desire to ferment everything. But, like you, I found out with my first 4 batches of beer temp control is critical with that yeast. I went to a ferm schedule of 62/65/68 deg for one week each (which is prob more than I needed to) and have had great success! Im sure its a great strain for this brew. Im glad its cleaning up for you!


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[cantrell00]

Brewed per the instructions, verbatim - all grain.. Fermented @ 66 degrees... Mash temp - 154 (153.7)

Primary - 4 days
Transferred to keg & conditioned with corn sugar for a 11 days.
Tapped on day 12..

Wonderful taste, Doesn't taste green at all to me. Very nice.

OG - 1.050
FG - 1.014

Will be my "go to" nut brown.

 

[BigPicture]

I'm a big fan of Nut Brown Ales. I have 2 clones in my keezer right now. A Newcastle & a Bass. Both needed a little something....................................................... Guess I should brew a Guinness clone to get some Black & Tan action too!

Now I have this! The # of views & taste reviews of this beer are excellent. The pictures are very nice too. Head, body, mouthfeel, complexity. I'm going to take the plunge with this well received brew. Oats?

1st I'll do the OP's original recipe with the Nottingham to get a baseline, then I'll substitute White Labs 005, White Labs 013, then White Labs 002. All 4 will be fermented only in a primary for 1 month then kegged. A blow off tube also sounds like a good idea.

Thanks Lil' Sparky!

 

[winvarin]

I'm a big fan of Nut Brown Ales. I have 2 clones in my keezer right now. A Newcastle & a Bass. Both needed a little something....................................................... Guess I should brew a Guinness clone to get some Black & Tan action too!



Now I have this! The # of views & taste reviews of this beer are excellent. The pictures are very nice too. Head, body, mouthfeel, complexity. I'm going to take the plunge with this unique brew. Oats?



1st I'll do Lil' Sparky's Original Recipe with the Nottingham, then I'll substitute White Labs 005, White Labs 013, then White Labs 002. All three will be fermented only in a primary for 1 month then kegged. A blow off tube also sounds like a good idea.



Thanks Lil' Sparky!

I made a split batch of this. Half got 002, the other half got 013. Both were very tasty but the 013 was clearly a better beer. It emphasized the chocolate and caramel flavors. My next batch of this will be 100% 013.
This beer rides the line between a Northern and Southern brown. It is maltier and more chocolatey like a Southern, but slightly bigger like a Northern. Great recipe,





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[BigPicture]

Double Slutty Triple Nutty Bodacious Booty Brunette!

http://youtu.be/Kf6jNeCQv2k

I love it!

WL 013 just moved up to #2. Have you tried 005? Beersmith recommends White Labs 005 - British Ale. This yeast has higher attenuation than the White Labs English Ale yeast strains. Produces a malty flavored beer. Excellent for all English style ales including bitters, pale ale, porters and brown ale.

For everyone who's entered this beer in a competition, what have been the BJCP ratings?

 

[winvarin]

I've tried 005, but on a bitter, not the brown. I like 013 for darker beers, 002 for hoppier/copper/amber stuff. I switch from 002 to 007 if I want something that ferments drier


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[FoamFollower]

I must chime in. Although it has been said before, this is a FANTASTIC Nut Brown Ale. It's only a week old in the bottle and wowser is it good!

 

[aStoutObserver]

Good to know. It's on the list to brew in 2 weeks.

 

[FoamFollower]

The thing is I kind of did this one blind. No Hydrometer (broke it) and I put down in the basement. I checked the floor temp after 2 days. 44F.
ARRRRGGGGHHHH!
Up stairs it came pronto. No airlock activity and by the time I bought a new hydrometer it was done. Left it in the primary and bottled from there. I was bummed so I brewed it again thinking this was going to a so-so brew.
Friggin great! I'll have almost 10 gallons in bottles next week Yee-Haw!

 

[murphyslaw]

Just to heap some more love on this recipe--I just had a couple glasses of this last night and I think it might be the best I've ever made. Thanks for the recipe!

 

[catdaddy66]

The thing is I kind of did this one blind. No Hydrometer (broke it) and I put down in the basement. I checked the floor temp after 2 days. 44F.

ARRRRGGGGHHHH!

Up stairs it came pronto. No airlock activity and by the time I bought a new hydrometer it was done. Left it in the primary and bottled from there. I was bummed so I brewed it again thinking this was going to a so-so brew.

Friggin great! I'll have almost 10 gallons in bottles next week Yee-Haw!

I know how you feel, but my batch went the other way. My air conditioner went out a couple days and temps hit the 80's! It's back working now but I'm wondering what may result from this...


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[pricelessbrewing]

Just opened the first bottle, delicous! Thanks for the recipe.

 

[FoamFollower]

I know how you feel, but my batch went the other way. My air conditioner went out a couple days and temps hit the 80's! It's back working now but I'm wondering what may result from this...


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My uneducated guess would be, sweeter?

 

[pricelessbrewing]

How far in was it when the ac went out?
Early in, should be "hot" with more fusel alcohols
If later, probably won't matter much.

 

[catdaddy66]

How far in was it when the ac went out?
Early in, should be "hot" with more fusel alcohols
If later, probably won't matter much.

Now that you mention it, it was about 8-9 days in from yeast pitch. Should have done most of the fermenting by that point...


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[pricelessbrewing]

While I'm not the authority of Yooper, Reevy, or Lil Sparky,the master of this brew. I doubt it'll be undrinkable, although there may be some off flavors that might make it a little strange over time.

 

[Sippin37]

Now that you mention it, it was about 8-9 days in from yeast pitch. Should have done most of the fermenting by that point...


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Yeah I doubt you notice any off flavors if it was 8 days after pitching. High krausen was probably 4-5 days in. Let us know how it turns out when you try the first one.

 

[catdaddy66]

Yeah I doubt you notice any off flavors if it was 8 days after pitching. High krausen was probably 4-5 days in. Let us know how it turns out when you try the first one.

I'm cooling the first few today. Can't wait to try it because it tasted really good at bottling. I hit my numbers on this beer better than any prior AG brew I've done. I'll be back with the tasting notes by tonight.


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[GotDrunkThenLost]

Crikey, three brews (not actually had a drink yet) and my to do list is racking up, this one goes in there.

 

[catdaddy66]

I am pleased with my first nut brown! It had a very good color and taste was on the mild side. Malty but only a bit of bitter from the Columbus. Mild fruit also comes thru from the Notty. It is very young (2 weeks in the bottle) and will surely age into a better product. About 6/10 is my rating.

Update: after 2 weeks now the beer is rounding out nicely! It has more caramel sweetness and a great head. I had to adjust my rating to 7.5/10.


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