[chumley]

At a LHBS closing, I bought a 55 lb. sack of Abbey Malt for a fire sale price

http://www.castlemalting.com/CastleMaltingMaltSpecification.asp?Command=QualityParameters2&SpecificationID=137&CropYear=2013&Language=English

With the statement " Up to 10% of the mix" looks like I have a lifetime supply of it. Anyone have much experience with this stuff?  Any recipe suggestions?  It would be nice to make some sort of Belgian Imperial Porter or whatever that I could start using this up.

[HoosierBrew]

At a LHBS closing, I bought a 55 lb. sack of Abbey Malt for a fire sale price

http://www.castlemalting.com/CastleMaltingMaltSpecification.asp?Command=QualityParameters2&SpecificationID=137&CropYear=2013&Language=English

With the statement " Up to 10% of the mix" looks like I have a lifetime supply of it. Anyone have much experience with this stuff?  Any recipe suggestions?  It would be nice to make some sort of Belgian Imperial Porter or whatever that I could start using this up.

I used 7 or 8% in a Dubbel last year and liked it quite a bit. It has some residual sweetness but not like you'd get in a crystal. I think it could be used in a lot of beers.

[kramerog]

I think it is similar to Munich in some ways, or maybe I'm confusing it with MFB's Abbey malt.

[erockrph]

Pretty sure this is Castle's new name for Aromatic malt. If so it's going to take a while to use up a sack of it. I like to think of Aromatic of an amped-up Munich. I love it, but a little goes a long way.

[HoosierBrew]

If that's the case, I normally use ~ 5% Aromatic (when I use it) so the 7 or 8 I used of the Abbey wasn't too far off. It's a good malt but Aromatic does go a long way, if that's what it is.

[chumley]

Yep, I am thinking I will be making a lot of dubbels with this stuff.  Good think I like dubbel. 

Castle's website calls this a "Belgian brown malt".  They make an aromatic and a Munich.  Think of English brown malt, the stuff is so variable between different maltsters, its hard to know exactly what its like.  Guess I am just going to have to brew something.