Bunya Nut Porter?

[praxis178]

Anyone ever used Bunya nuts in an AG porter (or any other beer for that matter?), they are 40% starch, so after cooking and pulping could just be added to the mash.

As I alluded to in the topic tittle I'm thinking of doing a porter as they're quite a distinct flavour which I feel would need a quite robust beer to do the carrying.

Probably something along the lines of (haven't put it through Beersmith yet so the colour and crystal malts are just a WAG) for a 23L batch:

3.5kg BB ale malt
0.5kg cooked nuts
0.2kg carared
0.1kg roasted/black malt

Probably go with UK hops to ~25-35IBUs with a small late/flame out addition....

The only unknown is the 2% fat/oil and 9% protein content of the nuts, but seeing as good quality chocolates are ~40% fat or more it shouldn't be too much of an issue.

 

[bradsbrew]

Will be interesting to see how you go with that one Thomas. The inlaws live on top of the mountain and I think they still have heaps of them in the freezer.

Cheers

 

[praxis178]

Will be interesting to see how you go with that one Thomas. The inlaws live on top of the mountain and I think they still have heaps of them in the freezer.

Cheers

Going to do this tomorrow:

Recipe: Bunny Porter
Brewer: Thomas Janstrom
Asst Brewer:
Style: Porter
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 23.00 L
Boil Size: 26.33 L
Estimated OG: 1.055 SG
Estimated Color: 34.5 SRM
Estimated IBU: 32.2 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 84.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.00 kg Pale Malt (Barrett Burston) (2.0 SRM) Grain 75.5 %
0.65 kg Bunya Nut (3.0 SRM) Grain 12.3 %
0.35 kg Black (Patent) Malt (500.0 SRM) Grain 6.6 %
0.20 kg Carafa II (Weyermann) (415.0 SRM) Grain 3.8 %
0.10 kg Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 1.9 %
28.30 gm Northern Brewer [8.50%] (60 min) Hops 24.4 IBU
20.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [5.00%] (30 min) Hops 7.8 IBU
18.30 gm Fuggles [4.50%] (0 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep)Hops -


Mash Schedule: Double Infusion, Full Body
Total Grain Weight: 5.30 kg
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Name Description Step Temp Step Time
Protein Rest Add 9.95 L of water at 55.6 C 50.0 C 30 min
Saccrification Add 8.85 L of water at 97.1 C 70.0 C 30 min
Mash Out Add 6.63 L of water at 93.0 C 75.6 C 10 min

And in case it's any good I'll have a few kgs in the freezer for a repeat performance.....