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Don't Go Nuts

Don't Go Nuts

Northern English Brown Ale • Extract • 5 gal

JohnM

This is a Samuel Smith Nut Brown clone that I altered to use leftover ingredients. This guy got me threw the holidays with my family.

January 2, 2007 pm 02:44pm

3.0/5.0 1 rating

Ingredients (Extract5 gal)

  • 0.3125 lbs Crystal Malt 60°L

    Crystal Malt 60°L

    Sweet caramel flavor, deep golden to red color. For dark amber and brown ales.

  • 0.1875 lbs English Chocolate Malt

    English Chocolate Malt

    Dark malt that gives a rich red or brown color and nutty flavor. Use for: Brown ales, porters, some stouts Maintains some malty flavor, not as dark as roasted malt.

  • 6 lbs Dry Extra Light Extract

    Dry Extra Light Extract

    For making very pale ales and lagers.

  • 0.625 oz Willamette - 4.1 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Willamette

    This hop is used for finishing and dry hopping American and British style ales. Aroma is mild and pleasant ans slightly spicy

  • 0.625 oz Czech Saaz - 3.6 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Czech Saaz

    Very mild. 'Noble'.

  • 0.625 oz Fuggle - 3.3 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

    Fuggle

    Mild. Mainly used for finishing and dry hopping especially pale ales, porters, and stouts. Aroma is mild and pleasant, spicy, and soft.

  • Danstar Nottingham

    Danstar Nottingham

    The Nottingham strain was selected for its highly flocculant & relatively full attenuation properties. It produces low concentrations of fruity and estery aromas and has been described as neutral for ale yeast, allowing the full natural flavor of malt & hops to develop. The recommended fermentation temperature range of this strain is 14° to 21°C (57° to 70°F) with good tolerance to low fermentation temperatures (12°C/54°F) that allow this strain to be used in lager-style beer. With a relatively high alcohol tolerance, Nottingham is a great choice for creation of higher-alcohol specialty beers!

Notes

Steep grains for 30 min @ 150 F. A better yeast selection would have been WLP005 (Ringwood). Primary 10 days. Secondary 3 weeks. Carbonate in keg and ready to drink.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 11 - English Brown Ale

Subcategory: C - Northern English Brown Ale

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.053 1.040 - 1.052
Terminal Gravity: 1.012 1.008 - 1.013
Color: 15.4 SRM 12 - 22
Alcohol: 5.4% ABV 4.2% - 5.4%
Bitterness: 22.5 IBU 20 - 30

Discussion

JohnM

Not bad, not great either

2007-04-02 1:31pm

I think this one had lots of potential, but my ingredients may have done it in. I used leftovers of malt, specialty grains, and hops. It has a harsh egde to it that I can't explain, but has mellowed out over the past few months.

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