Batch #2 - Nut Brown Ale
Onto batch #2. The basic kit that I used in my first batch was just that...basic, and so for batch number 2 I decided to move straight up to intermediate brewing. Which as I mentioned in an earlier post is unhopped malt extract plus hops and in most cases some grains. So what kind of beer to make was the next question. My local brewing supply store Dan's has a book full of recipes for all of the main beer types and I chose their Shirley's Nut Brown Ale recipe as my first venture into the world of intermediate brewing. The recipe called for the following ingredients: Malt Extract 8 lb pale Grains 8 oz British crystal malt 8 oz chocolate malt 2 oz roast barley 8 oz wheat Hops 6.3 AAU Goldings .4 oz Goldings (finishing) Yeast Ale yeast - Nottingham Brewing yeast (Danstar) ...and on to the process. First off I heated up about a litre of water in a medium saucepan to around 75 degrees C, about 170 F, and then poured in all the grains, covered the pot and set it as...