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Offline fat58hwy

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Adding a big malt flavor to beer
« on: January 24, 2010, 03:40:58 pm »
This may be a bit broad, but what grain would I add to a recipe to add a bigger malt flavor to a beer? I am currently doing partial mash brews and have about 20 brews under my belt. I have made many recipes which I enjoyed the result, but would have liked to have had a bigger malt flavor to some of them; mostly my Ambers and Red's. Any advice would be appreciated.
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Re: Adding a big malt flavor to beer
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2010, 08:20:06 pm »
Munich Malt does the trick for me.
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Re: Adding a big malt flavor to beer
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2010, 09:45:04 pm »
+1, I use 5-10% Munich (the ~8 L stuff) in a lot of things.
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Re: Adding a big malt flavor to beer
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2010, 05:17:12 am »
Yep, Munich is the grain of choice. You might even try a dab of melanoidin. 
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Offline fat58hwy

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Re: Adding a big malt flavor to beer
« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2010, 10:44:34 am »
Excellent. Thanks for the help.
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Re: Adding a big malt flavor to beer
« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2010, 01:19:36 pm »
And less hops.
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Re: Adding a big malt flavor to beer
« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2010, 03:10:04 pm »
Aromatic malt adds a really nice malty aroma and flavor as well.
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