Nut Beer

[jimjohson]

I'm not even sure how to ask this question. I am aware that some things like pecans have oil and that interferes with the head formation and retention. does using an extract help or is it just concentrated oil?

[philm00x]

extracts help get you the flavor you want as long as it's not an oil based extract. the oils, like you mentioned, will kill foaming ability of any beer.

[Chuck N]

Boy! With all this talk about guys roasting their beans and now about nut beer this place is really sliding into the gutter.

[jimjohson]

lol. Actually a guy I was talking to @ my LHBS ask me how they made pecan beer, he wanted to know if they used the nuts. After informing him of the oil content in nuts and what it would do to the beer, I got to wondering how did they do it? Personally I cannot think of away to make a nut extract that would be oil free, so I thought I'd ask

[Brewbirds]

I've made two, one using pecans -Texas Y'all Pecan Praline Porter and one using sunflower seeds- Lost Colony - Pumpkin Ale, and they will carb up but it takes a lot longer.

In both cases I roasted them in the oven on parchment paper and let them cool then they went into the mash. I saved some, soaked in liquor to "dry seed" after primary fermintation.

I believed both recipes are on the Borg. I encourage anyone to try it as there is a lot of flavor getting into the beer and they were both very good.

[jimjohson]

I've made two, one using pecans -Texas Y'all Pecan Praline Porter and one using sunflower seeds- Lost Colony - Pumpkin Ale, and they will carb up but it takes a lot longer.

In both cases I roasted them in the oven on parchment paper and let them cool then they went into the mash. I saved some, soaked in liquor to "dry seed" after primary fermintation.

I believed both recipes are on the Borg. I encourage anyone to try it as there is a lot of flavor getting into the beer and they were both very good.

Well, you got me thinking recipes. so I probably will make one. Can you give me a ballpark on how long it took to carb?

[Brewbirds]

Well they were both brewed about this time last year but if memory serves it was about 2-3 months before they really held their head ( ).

We bottle carbed with a mini sugar cube per so you may have better results via kegging IDK.

These beers were drinkable at about a month with a lower carb (not flat) and slight head but did improve over time.

If you get some of the oil to soak into the parchment paper there is still plenty of flavor.

The pumpkin seed in the pumpkin ale was awesome, we did not use spice, just roasted fresh pumpkin and the roasted seeds.

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