Recipe: Hex Nut Brown Ale (extract)
This brown ale recipe has a sweet, nutty, and caramel flavor. Cloned from Goose Island’s recipe, the color is dark amber. (5 gal)
- 6 lbs. Amber liquid malt extract
- 8 oz. Brown malt
- 8 oz. Caramel 40°L
- 8 oz. Chocolate malt specialty grains
- 1.5 oz. Willamette bittering hops
- 0.5 oz. Willamette aroma hops
- American Ale Activator Wyeast 1056
SG: 1.042-1.046
FG: 1.010 – 1.012
INSTRUCTIONS:
- steap grains for 30 minutes @155 deg in 1.5-2 gal of water
- start to bring wort to a boil, stir in Malt Extract
- at boil (60min) add 1.5 oz of Willamette Bittering Hops
- (2 min) add .5 oz of Willamette Hops
- cool wort to ~80 deg, add to 3-4 gal of cool water
- add yeast
7-10 days primary
7-14 days secondary
1-3 weeks bottle
DRINK!
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Hey Daddy-O,
These recipes sound delicious! Can you provide a list of the essential equipment for brewing beer? And a link to a good place to buy it?
Thanks,
Jim
That is a good idea Jim. Some brewing supplies you must have others are nice to have and some are just a plain waste of money.
Cracked open my first one tonight, it’s been about 2 weeks since I bottled it. It was very pretty to look at when i poured it. The beer is Very dark brown with a slight red tint/highlight, nice and clear. The head was airy and light brown in color. It clung to the glass as I drank it.
This beer is delicious! It has a nice earthy nutty flavor and a very subtle hint of hops… i can’t wait to see what this will taste like in another month!!!