Brown Turtle Ale (chocolate pecan brown)

Brewer:	Kristy H		Email:	cjhans@comcast.net
Beer:	Brown Turtle Ale (chocolate pecan brown)		Style:	American Brown
Type:	Extract w/grain		Size:	5 gallons
Color:	67 HCU (~27 SRM)		Bitterness:	31 IBU
OG:	1.056		FG:	1.010
Alcohol:	5.9% v/v (4.6% w/w)
Water:	High quality Rocky Mountain tap water fresh from our faucet.
Grain:	12 oz. American chocolate
Steep:	30-45 minute steeping time prior to adding extract and hops.
Boil:	30 minutes	SG 1.121	2.3 gallons
	3 lb. Light dry malt extract 2 lb. Amber dry malt extract 1 lb. Cane sugar
	After steeping grains, remove grain bag, add extract and hops, boil for 30 minutes.
Hops:	2 oz. Nugget (12.2% AA, 30 min.)
Yeast:	Irish ale yeast 1082? Left over from previous irish red ale. American Ale yeast would also work well.
Log:	Special note on pecan flavor: We toasted approx 1.5 cups of whole pecans, chopped them up after letting them cool, placed them in a pint sized Mason jar and filled with high quality Vodka. After approx two weeks the pecans should be strained out and the vodka/pecan liquor added to secondary.

Recipe posted 03/27/10.