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Offline passlaku

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On my Brown Malt experience
« on: April 30, 2012, 08:58:44 pm »
I came a across a sack of Simpson's Brown Malt (it was free).  I decided to add 12oz to my "west coast red" recipe (5 gallon batch) and much to my chagrin the result is a very hoppy brown ale.  It adds a burnt toast character to the beer and I learned my lesson - only use Brown Malt in English Browns and Bitters and in smaller quantities.   

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Re: On my Brown Malt experience
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2012, 09:37:05 am »
It adds a burnt toast character to the beer and I learned my lesson - only use Brown Malt in English Browns and Bitters and in smaller quantities.

Add Denny's Bourbon Vanilla Imperial Porter to your list.  Uses 1.5# Brown Malt per batch
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On my Brown Malt experience
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2012, 09:48:04 am »
It seems there is variation in brown malt between maltsters.  Some (Crisp, IIRC) use the terms brown malt and amber malt interchangeably for 35L malt.  Others (Fawcett, IIRC) call 70L malt brown malt.  My recipe calls for the 70L stuff.


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Re: On my Brown Malt experience
« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2012, 09:59:41 am »
I also believe its Briess..I could be wrong, but I've also seen Cara-Brown malt and it comes in at 55-65L
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Re: On my Brown Malt experience
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2012, 07:39:08 am »
Well hey... now its "West Coast Brown".

Do you like it in a hoppy brown ale? I've been looking for some malt tweaks to my IBA - tried mild malt, but I wasn't thrilled with it in the recipe.
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Re: On my Brown Malt experience
« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2012, 04:30:04 pm »
Personally, I hate it when "toasty-biscuit" meets hoppy. I don't like hoppy brown-malt rich brown ales or biscuity IPA's or anything like that. I like brown malt in a malt-forward or roasty beer, but I don't care for it (or biscuit malt, special roast, victory malt, or Vienna Malt, for that matter) in hoppy beer.

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Re: On my Brown Malt experience
« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2012, 05:10:20 pm »
Personally, I hate it when "toasty-biscuit" meets hoppy. I don't like hoppy brown-malt rich brown ales or biscuity IPA's or anything like that. I like brown malt in a malt-forward or roasty beer, but I don't care for it (or biscuit malt, special roast, victory malt, or Vienna Malt, for that matter) in hoppy beer.

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Re: On my Brown Malt experience
« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2012, 08:23:40 pm »
It is fascinating.  I used S-05 and I think the neutral Chico yeast makes for a sharper, burnt (almost acrid) taste.  I am speculating that the fruitier English yeast rounds out the Brown Malt flavor.  I am going to cellar the keg and let the hop bitterness mellow out. 

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Re: On my Brown Malt experience
« Reply #8 on: May 03, 2012, 11:07:06 pm »
What do you think of DFH India Brown Ale?

It's been so long since I tried that beer that I couldn't tell you whether or not I liked it.

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On my Brown Malt experience
« Reply #9 on: May 08, 2012, 11:12:18 am »
That's what I was going for with mine. Great beer (and we dont get DFH in Indiana)
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Re: On my Brown Malt experience
« Reply #10 on: May 08, 2012, 11:57:11 am »
It is fascinating.  I used S-05 and I think the neutral Chico yeast makes for a sharper, burnt (almost acrid) taste.  I am speculating that the fruitier English yeast rounds out the Brown Malt flavor.  I am going to cellar the keg and let the hop bitterness mellow out.

Big fan of it with WLP013 London Ale.
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