Nut Brown Ale: How many contain nuts?

Nut brown ales refer to colour and a slight nutty taste. No nuts are used.

 

yes it is, and it's awesome ... like a bottle of dark-roasted pecans

Samuel Smith's Nut Brown Ale is so sweet, buttery and nutty, but the ingredients are just water, barley, yeast and hops.

 

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was gonna say this one - one of the only ones i've had made with actual nuts (i think)

 

Thanks, I can get Abita in NJ I'll have to look for it.

 

Never forget the legendary Mountain Oyster Nut Browns. Great with pork.

 

Here you go..
http://zythophile.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/why-theres-no-such-beer-as-english-brown-ale/

 

I feel you. My better half has the same issue and when we go out we are always on the lookout for nuts. People try to sneak them in foods and drinks in the most unusual ways. Been to the ER once, don't want to do that again. It's a good question to ask. Always.

 

How about Pistachios? Any beer brewed with them?

 

Brown Ale didn't exist at all between about 1780 and 1900. The first beer called Nut Brown didn't appear until the 1920's.

 

Look, you find me a beer called Nut Brown that was brewed before 1910. I've never found one, and I've looked at literally thousands of beers.

 

You're not understanding this properly: Even though the name "nut brown" didn't become a recognized style until the 1900s or so, people used the term colloquially WAY before that!

 

You have any evidence for that? I thought not.

It's not that it wan't a reconised style, Bown Ale didn't exist at all.

 

Do a little research before you make such broad statements! Brown beers have existed for almost as long as beer has, they just haven't always been called "brown ale". And, I gave you the evidence earlier, in the passage from Mosher's Tasting Beer, you just chose to ignore it.

 

Mmm . . . I should do some research?

Brown Beer is something completely different from Brown Ale. Here's a challenge for you, name a 19th century British beer that was brown in colour other than Porter and Stout.

I mean contemporary evidence, not something written in 2009.

 

You are asking the wrong guy to do a little research. Ron has probably done as much research on beer as anyone on the planet; to the extent that he is consulted by prestigious brewers wishing to recreate past brews.Ron's statements are the result of decades of painstaking research from contemporary sources and records.

 

Ron Pattinson has the title of "beer historian" when referred to in publications, such as Mitch Steele's IPA. He has set the record straight on many beer myths.

 

Worth noting the difference between a brown ale and a Brown Ale. One is simply a description, one is a style or name.

 

So, he's abusing language to make himself correct. Said poem/song says "nut-brown ale". As in, "nut-brown" is a descriptor, not a style designation. Just because the song used the term "nut-brown ale" before "Nut-Brown Ale" was a style designation does not mean that "nut-brown ale" was not in use before the song. Does this make sense?

 

Hill Farmstead Elaborative #1 was brewed with walnuts. So there's that.

 

Prove it...with contemporary sources and records.