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Nedjones

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Hello,

Forgive me if this has been answered before. Surely it has, but I can't find a post about it. I recently brewed a brown ale (the "Nutcastle" from BCS), and I was thinking of trying to make it a really nutty nut brown by putting it in a secondary on some nuts. I was thinking walnuts but I dunno. I came across mention comments on another posts that mention the oils in the nuts being an issue. Someone said something about pressing the oil out somehow.

I would appreciate any and all info or advice about resting a beer on nuts. Bad idea? Should I just get some extract or something?

Thanks in advance!
 
Go ahead and try, but the oil may be a big problem.

Also, I expect the flavor of walnuts to be pretty unpleasant. Black or English? I think English in particular will be quite bitter, but who knows.

Have you considered an alcohol nut extract? This could be tested with a dropper to determine a dose you like.
 
I would be leery of "nut hopping" for the stated oil/fats/proteins loading. Other than using a commercial extract, what I would consider is making a "nut tea" by adding water to coarsely ground nuts and letting it simmer for "awhile", and then applying "fractional separation" to it via freezing to remove the coagulated oil and fats before adding to a brew at packaging...

Cheers!
 
I would be leery of "nut hopping" for the stated oil/fats/proteins loading. Other than using a commercial extract, what I would consider is making a "nut tea" by adding water to coarsely ground nuts and letting it simmer for "awhile", and then applying "fractional separation" to it via freezing to remove the coagulated oil and fats before adding to a brew at packaging...

Cheers!
I like the sound of this! Thanks!
 
I've got a recipe that uses 1-1.5lbs of toasted black walnuts. Despite the literal fat layer that forms on top and the horrors of cleaning everything after that, it otherwise turns out very nice.
 
Putting nuts in your beer...

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...I've tried this several times in many different ways. The best results I had was to use walnut flour at knockout. It loses a little head, but doesn't kill it. Soaking in vodka works too. The biggest flavor, but the biggest head killer is roasting and adding to the mash. After all the trials, I keep my nuts out of my beer and just use flavor extracts instead. The nutty ones have great flavor and is the 'easy button'.
 
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Passing on all HB "nut browns" for a while...
 
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Passing on all HB "nut browns" for a while...
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I added Apex Flavoring's Pecan extract to a Porter recipe a couple years ago and entered the beer in a local competition sponsored by The Brewing Network and MoreBeer, It scored a 46/50!!
I simply added 1 tsp extract to an empty 5 gallon keg and racked on top of it. Personally, I wouldn't use actual nuts when I'm able to get such a good flavor from this particular extract.

https://www.apexflavors.com/Beverage-Industry/Craft-Brewing
 
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Putting nuts in your beer...

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...I've tried this several times in many different ways. The best results I had was to use walnut flour at knockout. It loses a little head, but doesn't kill it. Soaking in vodka works too. The biggest flavor, but the biggest head killer is roasting and adding to the mash. After all the trials, I keep my nuts out of my beer and just use flavor extracts instead. The nutty ones have great flavor and is the 'easy button'.
this!!!!
nuts have oils . oils are soaps. soaps kill foam.

brewers best flavors work well
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Maybe not what you’re looking for but Victory malt adds a pleasant nuttiness, at least to me. Or maybe it’s just good marketing that’s planted that seed.
 
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