British Brown Ale Nut Brown AG

[Randomnoob]

I brewed this in early September and it was the back up beer for my rehearsal dinner. Its probably one of the top five beers I've brewed. So yeah, I'm brewing it again today.

 

[Moose_MI]

After 51 hrs at 30psi...

I'm really surprised how good it is after only 2 weeks primary and 2 days of gas. I would not hesitate to serve it right now. I think I better get another batch going....

8 days in the keg and it just keeps getting better. I think there is a little cloudiness left. Once this goes from a little muddy to crayola brown It's going to be something to brag about. For sure going into my normal rotation.

 

[HomeDrewBrew]

Brewed this yesterday in the sun now its bubbling happily with US05.

 

[oldwhiskers]

Supplies shipped today to make this doing a partial mash batch, I have a bit of a backlog in my brewing though so I will be busy for a while.

 

[acott]

One week in the keg tomorrow....oh my, this is everything I wanted from a Nut Brown, nutty, chocolatey and smooth...I know it's going to be better in a few weeks but I can't keep my hands off it.

Sorry for the heavily filtered photo, took it from my instagram

 

[rhys333]

Duplicate post

 

[rhys333]

I just brewed a slightly different version of this beer using 4% Pale UK chocolate and a few other subs. Turned out well and I thought I'd share results. I will be brewing the original recipe soon too.

74.4% MO
8.3% C80
8.3% Rolled oats
5% Victory
4% Pale Chocolate

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[Citizen86]

After a few weeks of this in the keg, it's turned into one of the clearest beers I've made. It continues to be tasty too.

 

[troglodytes]

This brew is just one of several batches I am making for a large birthday party (about 50-75 people). I had a decent schedule for when to start each brew to finish in time for the party (April 30), but I messed up my first attempt at this brew (see my earlier post about accidentally adding 4 oz of 60 min hops). I had to rebrew later than I wanted and feel like this will not be optimal by the time of the party. I bottle carb and here is my schedule, below; does anyone here bottle and have feedback on this beer's development based on a similar timeline?

Brewed 3/12/16:
Primary for 2 Weeks at 62 ramped up to 68.
Cold crash for 3 days
Bottled 3/30/16:
Bottle carb for 4 Weeks @ 66F
Cold crash for 3 days
Party!

Is this too rushed of a schedule for this beer, or would anyone change the timing at this point (carb for 3 weeks, cold crash longer)? If this is going to be too young to drink, I have no problem buying beer for the party and enjoying this later next month, but I need to plan accordingly, and hoping some people out there have gone G2G this fast or faster with good results.

BTW, my initial taste results with bottling dregs was very watery and lacking any real roastiness. I know this develops with time, I'm just hoping I have enough time.

 

[HomeDrewBrew]

Used the same malts but only had hallertauer and tettnanger for hops and used so5 and wow!
Only 4days carbed but man great already!.
Thanks

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[Sticks_brew]

This brew is just one of several batches I am making for a large birthday party (about 50-75 people). I had a decent schedule for when to start each brew to finish in time for the party (April 30), but I messed up my first attempt at this brew (see my earlier post about accidentally adding 4 oz of 60 min hops). I had to rebrew later than I wanted and feel like this will not be optimal by the time of the party. I bottle carb and here is my schedule, below; does anyone here bottle and have feedback on this beer's development based on a similar timeline?

Brewed 3/12/16:
Primary for 2 Weeks at 62 ramped up to 68.
Cold crash for 3 days
Bottled 3/30/16:
Bottle carb for 4 Weeks @ 66F
Cold crash for 3 days
Party!

Is this too rushed of a schedule for this beer, or would anyone change the timing at this point (carb for 3 weeks, cold crash longer)? If this is going to be too young to drink, I have no problem buying beer for the party and enjoying this later next month, but I need to plan accordingly, and hoping some people out there have gone G2G this fast or faster with good results.

BTW, my initial taste results with bottling dregs was very watery and lacking any real roastiness. I know this develops with time, I'm just hoping I have enough time.

Troglodyte,

I bottle conditioned for 2 weeks and put one bottle in the fridge one night and was drinking it the next night. Tasted very good. Now once I got to the last few bottles 4 weeks had past and it tasted just fine. So your time limit should be fine.

 

[Likefully]

Troglodyte,

I bottle conditioned for 2 weeks and put one bottle in the fridge one night and was drinking it the next night. Tasted very good. Now once I got to the last few bottles 4 weeks had past and it tasted just fine. So your time limit should be fine.

I agree. I have made this beer once and it did well in a competition. My only disappointment about this beer is that it didn't age well beyond 7-8 months, which really surprised me. I think at 4-5 weeks it will be good. According to the BJCP guidelines this sort of beer should be moderately hopped - those flavours will be just right around 4 weeks in this malty type of beer.

 

[troglodytes]

I bottle conditioned for 2 weeks and put one bottle in the fridge one night and was drinking it the next night. Tasted very good. Now once I got to the last few bottles 4 weeks had past and it tasted just fine. So your time limit should be fine.

I think at 4-5 weeks it will be good. According to the BJCP guidelines this sort of beer should be moderately hopped - those flavours will be just right around 4 weeks in this malty type of beer.

Thanks guys you eased my mind. Now to go find a way to cold crash 7 cases at once.

Edit: Just tried the first one (4/23/16) 6 weeks after pitching and it is not ready at all. This one needs time if you want to drink anything other than brown tinted yeast water.

Edit: (4/28/16) The change in such a short time never ceases to amaze me. 7 Weeks is when this bad boy started to turn in the right direction for me. At this rate it will be perfect next week, but in just 7 days time since my last taste, the malt and roast flavor really developed well.

 

[Redtab78]

Question....

If I upped the grain bill slightly on this to:

9.50 lbs Pale Malt 2 row
1.25 lbs Caramel/crystal malt 60L
1.25 lbs Oats flaked
.75 lbs Victory malt
.25 lbs Chocolate malt

same hop schedule of fuggles and east kent...Single mash at 158 (until the iodine test is clear) would this give me the same beer but at a higher ABV? or would that little bit extra throw it all off?

 

[Redtab78]

and I will use Safale US-05....with the above bill

 

[jbb3]

Question....

If I upped the grain bill slightly on this to:

9.50 lbs Pale Malt 2 row
1.25 lbs Caramel/crystal malt 60L
1.25 lbs Oats flaked
.75 lbs Victory malt
.25 lbs Chocolate malt

same hop schedule of fuggles and east kent...Single mash at 158 (until the iodine test is clear) would this give me the same beer but at a higher ABV? or would that little bit extra throw it all off?

If your goal is for higher abv, the increased grain bill is being negated by the increased mash temp your showing. Anything over 156 is going to produce less fermentable wort that attenuates less/finishes at a higher FG. It will create more body, but finish higher.

Drop the mash temp back down to the 154 the OP posted and that should give you a medium bodied beer around around 5.6% abv assuming 70% efficiency.

 

[jbb3]

Has anyone substituted the Maris Otter for the 2 Row in this recipe? What were your thoughts??

 

[rhys333]

Has anyone substituted the Maris Otter for the 2 Row in this recipe? What were your thoughts??

Yes, I did. Post #997 one page back. I subbed MO and 4% pale chocolate. Tastes great.

 

[jbb3]

Yes, I did. Post #997 one page back. I subbed MO and 4% pale chocolate. Tastes great.

Thanks. Would be interested in your comparative notes if/when you brew the original recipe.

 

[rhys333]

Thanks. Would be interested in your comparative notes if/when you brew the original recipe.

It might be a while before I get to that, but I'm guessing with all the specialty malts the difference with domestic 2 Row will be very subtle if noticeable all. You should have a damn fine brew either way.

 

[kangabrew]

I bottled this last week! I used biscuit malt instead of victory malt. Excited to test it

 

[MrFeltimo]

and I will use Safale US-05....with the above bill

i would advise against 05, i think its to characterful for the style, it a pretty delicate beer, stick with the notty.
just my opinion
good luck

 

[Redtab78]

Just had to share this....amazing, deliciousness!! I stuck to op original recipe, except I dry hopped with 1oz tettnauger for 10 days in secondary...this is 9 days after botteling...

VERY GOOD BEER!!!

 

[danzz1234]

what is the ideal fermentation temperature for this one? i'll be using nottingham.

 

[scottywags]

I just brewed this up today...only my 2nd AG. Ill update once Im drinking

 

[scottywags]

Does this look right? I just put this in the car boy on Sat and it was getting a nice thick foam on top...then today I opened the cooler to find this...(sorry it was kinda hard to get a good pic) Any ideas to why it looks like it stopped fermenting?

 

[str1p3s]

I brewed this earlier this year and it's the best beer I've made (out of 10 batches). I'm brewing it again on Friday so it is ready for my fantasy football draft.

 

[Redtab78]

Just took a 4th place win with a variation of this!!

 

[Electrake]

Brewing this presently... added 6 lbs of baked acorn squash to the mash. We will see what happens...

 

[rebrandsoftware]

Does this look right? I just put this in the car boy on Sat and it was getting a nice thick foam on top...then today I opened the cooler to find this...(sorry it was kinda hard to get a good pic) Any ideas to why it looks like it stopped fermenting?

Nothing looks particularly wrong with it that I can see from the picture. Did you take a gravity reading?

P.S. Just brewed this tonight. Stuck to the original recipe 100%. I came out a little under the predicted gravity but nothing major. Maybe I will remember to post how it turned out, but maybe not. Only time will tell!