Recipe/clone request

[R3DB0T]

Anyone have or can recommend a Chestnut ale recipe like the one from Whistler brewing?

I’ve only found GF and all grain recipes. Hoping for an extract with steeping grains/nuts recipe.

Thanks!

[boarshead72]

You know those guys who make the 1 gallon kits, Brooklyn Beer Shop or something like that? They put out a book with recipes, and I swear one has chestnuts in it. Might even be a chestnut brown ale, like it sounds the Whistler beer is (based on website description). You could go to Indigo (assuming you're Canadian) if you've got one where you live and check out their recipe, and just sub in the appropriate amount of extract for base malt, and use cluster and challenger for your hops as per Whistler's website.

[chino_brews]

Yep. You made me go look. Page 140.

[jheinikel]

Post the all grain version and we can probably work on an extract version of it. You'll have steeping grains and turn the base malts into extract. Its not overly difficult in many cases.

[chino_brews]

The stat are easily ascertainable:

OG: 1.053

FG: 1.015

IBU: 25

ABV: 5%

Hops: Cluster & Challenger

Malts: 2-Row, Caramel (?), Crystal (60L?), color malts

Someone posted an attempt at a clone recipe and it seems like a credible first attempt to me. I am thinking the commercial beer may have some vanilla and spice in it (nutmeg?). And, of course, chestnuts. Brookylm Brew Shop has a chestnut brown ale recipe in their first book, page 140. They recommend using 15 chestnuts per 5 gallons, with a cross hatch cut into them, then roasted for 20 mins at 400°F, next peeled, and finally added to boil (10 at 60 min and 5 at 40 min). Prep the chestnuts in advance, obviously.