Monday, December 30, 2013

0009 - Nut Brown Ale

It's been awhile since I've had the opportunity to brew some beer.  I finally got the headboard finished and delivered, so my self imposed hiatus has been lifted.  Decided to go with the Brew Demon Nut Brown Ale as I currently have a light of lighter color beers in the pipeline.  Here's the Qbrew breakdown:

0009 - Nut Brown Ale
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Brewer: James
Style: Generic Ale
Batch: 2.10 galExtract

Characteristics
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Recipe Gravity: 1.041 OG
Recipe Bitterness: 19 IBU
Recipe Color: 11° SRM
Estimated FG: 1.010
Alcohol by Volume: 4.0%
Alcohol by Weight: 3.2%

Ingredients
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BrewDemon™ Red Horse Mellow Amber1.21 lb, Extract, Extract
BrewDemon™ Ye Olde Devil Nut Brown Ale1.21 lb, Extract, Extract

BrewDemon™ Ye Olde Devil Nut Brown Ale1.00 oz, Pellet, 5 minutes

BrewDemon™ 5g Dry Brewing Yeast1.00 unit, Yeast, High ABV: Temperature Range: 59°-75° F  Low attenuation  [Safbrew S-33]

Notes
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Everything went well.  Here's a few brew day photos, enjoy!


Update: 2014/01/12:
Bottled this up today, got 21 bottles out of it.  Tasted a sample of it, it was pretty good but I had a hard time discerning any particual flavors out of it.  I suspect this is due to the beer still being green (young) and my unfamiliarity with nut brown ales.  I expect the flavor profile to enhance during the month of bottle conditioning.