Nut Brown Ale
(23 Litres)

When we first released the Brewmaster Selection (circa Sep’ 1999), the range included a Nut Brown Ale beer kit. Nut Brown was replaced with Irish Stout, when the Brewmaster Selection was re-launched back in 2005. Today, these kits sit under the Thomas Coopers Selection label (eight kits in the range). Even though an ocean of beer has flowed from the tap since we last produced the Nut Brown, we still hear from the odd brewer lamenting its demise! To those brewers, we suggest a Dark Ale kit based recipe as being similar to Nut-Brown Ale (BJCP Style Guidelines 11.C.). The key ingredient in this recipe, apart from the Original Series Dark Ale beer kit, is crystal malt grain. The crystal malt grain requires cracking, steeping, straining, bringing to the boil, then cool (sit the pot in a sink of cold water) prior to adding to the fermenting vessel. Most brewing specialist stores will crack the grain for you or you can crack it yourself by placing in a plastic zip-lock sandwich bag and using a rolling pin. We suggest 200g of crystal but you may like to bump this amount up to as much as 500g for future brews.

Ingredients

• 1.7kg Coopers Dark Ale
• 1kg Coopers Light Dry Malt (2x 500g)
• 200g Crystal Malt grain

• Colour: Brown
• Body: Medium
• Bitterness: Medium
• Approx. Alcohol Level: 4.6% ABV
• Carbonated: Natural