Brewing beer that has a slight peanut flavor

Hi! Long time lurker, first time poster. I'm tossing around the idea of brewing up a batch using Edme Red Ale hopped extract, 5 cups corn sugar to lighten it up a little, and Wyeast American Liquid Ale #1056. I'd like to impart this with a slight hint of peanut aftertaste but from all of my searches it doesn't appear that this has been tried by too many people. Does this just sound to gross or something? Has anyone tried adding a peanut flavor to a homebrewed beer before? Any suggestions on how I would do it? I was thinking I could steep some peanuts in a grain bag but then I'm not sure how much of the peanut flavor would even come out. I thought about using either peanut butter or peanut oil but I'm not sure what kind of effect that would have during fermentation or contamination, especially since I'm sure there are some preservatives in peanut butter at least. What do you think?

Chip

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Chip
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OK, first, yes it does sound gross! ;) One reason you don't want to put peanuts directly in the beer is the oil..it will completely kill any head the beer might have. Why not just eat peanuts when you drink the beer?

--------->Denny

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Denny Conn

Well, to explain a little more, I had a beer one time that had a definitely peanut after taste and at the time I thought it was really pretty awesome. It was just a hint of peanuts in an otherwise basic American lager type beer. Unfortunately I can't remember the brand now and I want to try and recreate that same taste if possible. I know it sounds kind of weird but I think if you tasted it you'd probably like it.

Chip

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Chip

I can't think of any beer style or ingredient that would impart a peanut flavor...I wonder if the brewer did it intentionally?

---------->Denny

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Denny Conn

I kinda doubt it was intentional but who knows. I've been able to find peanut extract that is preservative free but you said something about the oil ruining the head? Would you think that would apply to any oil based additive? I guess I may ust have to try, I just hate to ruin 5 gallons of perfectly good beer if there's no chance it would work. Have you ever heard of any other type of additive that would impart a nutty type of taste? Maybe it was a nutty taste and I just imagined the peanut part of it.

Chip

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I.C. Weener

I'm pretty new to this but I remember reading that oxidation can add a nutty taste to wine, desirable when making a sherry but not a wine. Perhaps the beer you had had oxidised slightly?

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George

Well now there are quite a few specialty toasted malts that can contribute a certain nuttiness. Biscuit malt & Victory malt come to mind...

_Randal

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Randal Chapman

Yep, any kind of oil will kill the head. Back in the old days, when you used to take a pail to the corner bar to get it filled with beer, a favorite trick was to butter the pail first so that there would be no head and you'd get more beer! Nutty flavors can be gooten (to various extents) through the use of lightly roasted malts, like Victory for instance.

-------->Denny

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Denny Conn

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