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Chestnut Brown Ale

204 calories 24.5 g 12 L
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Beer Stats
Method: BIAB
Style: American Brown Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 21 liters (ending kettle volume)
Pre Boil Size: 25.64 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.050 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (ending kettle)
Calories: 204 calories (Per 12L)
Carbs: 24.5 g (Per 12L)
Created: Tuesday November 7th 2023
1.061
1.020
5.4%
43.8
20.6
5.5
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
3.91 kg Crisp Malting - Finest Maris Otter3.91 kg Finest Maris Otter 38 3 70.5%
0.15 kg Crisp Malting - Crystal Dark - 77L0.15 kg Crystal Dark - 77L 33.1 77 2.7%
0.31 kg Crisp Malting - Brown Malt0.31 kg Brown Malt 32.7 65 5.6%
0.10 kg Crisp Malting - Chocolate Malt0.1 kg Chocolate Malt 32.66 450 1.8%
0.18 kg Crisp Malting - Wheat Malt0.18 kg Wheat Malt 38.87 2 3.2%
0.90 kg Liquid Malt Extract - Dark0.9 kg Liquid Malt Extract - Dark 35 30 16.2%
5.55 kg / 0.00 €
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
8 g Columbus8 g Columbus Hops Pellet 15 Boil 60 min 14.52 7.6%
16 g Northern Brewer - Williamette16 g Williamette Hops Pellet 7 Boil 60 min 13.55 15.2%
12 g Challenger12 g Challenger Hops Pellet 10.5 Boil 30 min 11.71 11.4%
11 g East Kent Goldings11 g East Kent Goldings Hops Pellet 5.8 Whirlpool at 85 °C 0 min 0.91 10.5%
20 g Northern Brewer - Azacca20 g Azacca Hops Pellet 10.7 Whirlpool at 85 °C 0 min 3.06 19%
38 g Northern Brewer38 g Northern Brewer Hops Pellet 7.8 Dry Hop 0 days 36.2%
105 g / 0.00 €
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
5 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 0 min.
5 g Baking Soda Water Agt Mash 0 min.
1 kg chestnuts Flavor Mash 0 min.
5 g Calcium Chloride (dihydrate) Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
250 g Cacao Nibs Water Agt Boil 0 min.
 
Yeast
Lallemand - Windsor
Amount:
2 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
65%
Flocculation:
Low
Optimum Temp:
15 - 22 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
20 °C
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 110 B cells required
0.00 € Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
CO2 Level: 1.02 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
basic
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
-- 65 °C 60 min
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
Total strike volume 30.6
Mash volume with grains 33.6
Grain absorption losses -4.7
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 0.6
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 26.9 L) 25.6
Boil off losses -5.7
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.2
Post boil volume (equipment estimates 19.8 L) 21
Hops absorption losses (whirlpool, hop stand) -0.2
Estimated amount in fermentor 20.8
Total: 30.6  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

1st attempt at a brown ale using harvested chestnuts - make sure it's the spiky ones! Horse chestnuts aren't meant to be eaten

Gonna cut an X on the chestnuts and then roast on some BBQ coals. Crush and separate into shells and inner nut . Put the flesh into a processor and blitz
Add the nut shell in a hop bag during mash and add the blitzed flesh along with the malts
This is an experiment I don't know how much. if any fermentable sugar will be released by the chestnuts - My SG should show that
From reading it's worth adding the shells to get some more smokey notes

Also adding in some roasted Cacao nibs 1/2 lightly roasted, 1/2 darker roasted - should help balance the sweet chestnut
125g - 20 mins at 127 C
125g - 20 mins at 157 C


The malt extract is just to bump up the abv a little as it's going to be a Christmas beer. Northdown hops for the dry hop stage came from helping with our local breweries harvest, adding in just because!

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  • Last Updated: 2023-11-12 14:05 UTC