nut brown ale issue

[psychogenius]

I've got a maple nut brown ale planned but i have an issue.

the recipe I want to do is this:

5 lbs Light DME
1 lb Crystal 60L
1 lb Mable Syrup (grade B)
1 lb Victory
.5 lb Chocolate malt

1.25 oz Fuggles (4.5) 60 min
1 oz EK Goldings (5.0) 20 min
1 oz EK Goldings (5.0) 10 min

Wy'east 1272 American Ale 2

this was supposed to be a steeped with extract batch but it seems that the best nut browns all have victory malt in them which needs to be mashed and i don't have the equipment necessary to mash.

would it be possible to just mash the victory in a grain bag at about 153* by getting it up to temp in the kettle and then setting my oven to that temp and putting the kettle in there for about an hour? (i have a pretty nice quality convection oven)

or, since this is only a flavoring grain, could i just steep it with the rest of the grains at about 150ish for 30 min as usual?

i want to make this batch since its a recipe I've been working on for a while, but i don't want to half-ass it. what do you think?

 

[Bugeaterbrewing]

Yes, victory must be mashed. However, you proposal to put it in a bag with they rest of your grains and steep in the oven at 150° will work IF you do this with only about 3 quarts of water and let it sit at 150° for at least 45 minutes. At the end of that time you can pull out the bag and put it in a strainer and pour about another half gallon of hot water over that to rinse the remaining sugars out. After that you just add additional water to get your boil volume and proceed as normal.

Wayne
Bugeater Brewing Company

Bye the way, the above constitutes a batch sparge should you ever consider going all grain.

 

[david_42]

Victory will not convert itself, but if you add a pound of 2-row; then your method will work. You can either cut your DME by 12 ounces, or just have a slightly higher OG.