Membership questions? Log in issues? Email info@brewersassociation.org

Poll

Which base malt would you use at 100% for an APA

Simpson's Golden Promise
8 (29.6%)
Rahr Two Row
7 (25.9%)
Crisp Pale Ale
6 (22.2%)
Simpson's Marris Otter
5 (18.5%)
something else or I would never use 100% base malt for APA
1 (3.7%)

Total Members Voted: 26

Author Topic: 100% base malt for APA  (Read 5377 times)

Offline Iliff Ave

  • Official Poobah of No Life. (I Got Ban Hammered by Drew)
  • *********
  • Posts: 4507
100% base malt for APA
« on: June 27, 2016, 11:49:59 am »
What recommendations do you have? I have been using different combinations of pilsner, vienna, and munich over the last few batches.

Right now I am planning on Golden Promise but have little experience with it.
« Last Edit: June 27, 2016, 11:55:00 am by goschman »
On Tap/Bottled: IPL, Adjunct Vienna, Golden Stout, Honey Lager
Fermenting: IPA
Up Next: mexi lager, Germerican pale ale

Offline hopfenundmalz

  • Global Moderator
  • I must live here
  • *****
  • Posts: 10678
  • Milford, MI
Re: 100% base malt for APA
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2016, 12:07:19 pm »
It all dependsds one the target flavor you want.

Simpsons Golden Promise is about 2L, and has a very nice clean rich malt taste, little toasty flavor. Couple that with certain hops, and you can have a very tasty beer. Founders has sold a lot of Mosaic Promise of late.
Jeff Rankert
AHA Lifetime Member
BJCP National
Ann Arbor Brewers Guild
Home-brewing, not just a hobby, it is a lifestyle!

Offline brewinhard

  • Official Poobah of No Life. (I Got Ban Hammered by Drew)
  • *********
  • Posts: 3272
Re: 100% base malt for APA
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2016, 12:09:05 pm »
I vote Golden Promise or Rahr 2-row.

Offline 69franx

  • Official Poobah of No Life. (I Got Ban Hammered by Drew)
  • *********
  • Posts: 3210
  • Bloatarian Brewing League
Re: 100% base malt for APA
« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2016, 01:31:37 pm »
Voted for the Rahr 2 row, but have not used any Simpson's products to date so it was easy to pick one for me
Frank L.
Fermenting: Nothing (ugh!)
Conditioning: Nothing (UGH!)
In keg: Nothing (Double UGH!)
In the works:  House IPA, Dark Mild, Ballantine Ale clone(still trying to work this one into the schedule)

narvin

  • Guest
Re: 100% base malt for APA
« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2016, 01:33:40 pm »
Oh I'm sorry, I thought this was America.


Offline PrettyBeard

  • Cellarman
  • **
  • Posts: 70
  • A short sturdy creature fond of drink and industry
Re: 100% base malt for APA
« Reply #5 on: June 27, 2016, 02:00:37 pm »
I'll vote for Rahr, since they are local.

Offline Iliff Ave

  • Official Poobah of No Life. (I Got Ban Hammered by Drew)
  • *********
  • Posts: 4507
Re: 100% base malt for APA
« Reply #6 on: June 27, 2016, 02:16:36 pm »
Going with base malts available at my LHBS. I believe they also have rahr pilsner but I think that would likely be too neutral on its own which was sort of my feeling about the rahr two row.

Maybe I will just go with whatever gets the most votes. Cast your vote now!
« Last Edit: June 27, 2016, 02:23:20 pm by goschman »
On Tap/Bottled: IPL, Adjunct Vienna, Golden Stout, Honey Lager
Fermenting: IPA
Up Next: mexi lager, Germerican pale ale

Offline HoosierBrew

  • I must live here
  • **********
  • Posts: 13031
  • Indianapolis,IN
Re: 100% base malt for APA
« Reply #7 on: June 27, 2016, 03:09:19 pm »
I vote Vienna or Golden Promise @ 100%. Either would be excellent.
Jon H.

Offline Iliff Ave

  • Official Poobah of No Life. (I Got Ban Hammered by Drew)
  • *********
  • Posts: 4507
Re: 100% base malt for APA
« Reply #8 on: June 27, 2016, 03:14:11 pm »
I vote Vienna or Golden Promise @ 100%. Either would be excellent.

Thanks Jon. My last version was 95% vienna and 5% carahell so I think I am going to try something other than vienna this go around.
On Tap/Bottled: IPL, Adjunct Vienna, Golden Stout, Honey Lager
Fermenting: IPA
Up Next: mexi lager, Germerican pale ale

Offline HoosierBrew

  • I must live here
  • **********
  • Posts: 13031
  • Indianapolis,IN
Re: 100% base malt for APA
« Reply #9 on: June 27, 2016, 03:19:26 pm »
Cool. And even though it'd be a lot more in the British bitter camp, an all Maris Otter beer has great toasty malt character.
Jon H.

Offline Phil_M

  • Senior Brewmaster
  • ******
  • Posts: 1760
  • Southern Maryland
Re: 100% base malt for APA
« Reply #10 on: June 27, 2016, 03:43:35 pm »
Cool. And even though it'd be a lot more in the British bitter camp, an all Maris Otter beer has great toasty malt character.

I'm sipping my recent bitter, and I'm thinking that next time I'm going to either try Golden Promise as my base malt (with some medium crystal) or a 50/50 blend of Golden Promise/Maris Otter. I love Maris Otter, but this beer needs to be filled out a tad bit more, I think it's a little too toasty. Needs a bit more "normal" malt character IMO.

FWIW, Briess Pale Ale malt isn't bad, I don't get the bad rap it gets. But I wouldn't use it 100% in a beer, it needs a little something else even more than Maris Otter IMO.
Corn is a fine adjunct in beer.

And don't buy stale beer.

Offline TexasHumuluslupulushead

  • Assistant Brewer
  • ***
  • Posts: 120
  • Austin Zealot
Re: 100% base malt for APA
« Reply #11 on: June 27, 2016, 07:34:22 pm »
I do all my SMaSH beers with gooden promise and have had excellent results
I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day.    -- Dean Martin

Offline erockrph

  • I must live here
  • **********
  • Posts: 7788
  • Chepachet, RI
    • The Hop WHisperer
Re: 100% base malt for APA
« Reply #12 on: June 27, 2016, 09:06:56 pm »
My vote was for Golden Promise. I just brewed a SMaSH amber using 100% Golden Promise, some of it being homemade crystal malt made from GP. I wish I could tell you if it was any good, but the keg kicked in record time at my 6-year old's birthday party lol.

Eric B.

Finally got around to starting a homebrewing blog: The Hop Whisperer

Offline santoch

  • Senior Brewmaster
  • ******
  • Posts: 1000
  • Riverview, FL
Re: 100% base malt for APA
« Reply #13 on: June 27, 2016, 09:17:00 pm »
My vote was for Golden Promise. I just brewed a SMaSH amber using 100% Golden Promise, some of it being homemade crystal malt made from GP. I wish I could tell you if it was any good, but the keg kicked in record time at my 6-year old's birthday party lol.

Damn, they are starting younger and younger these days.
Looking for a club near my new house
BJCP GM3/Mead Judge

Offline Iliff Ave

  • Official Poobah of No Life. (I Got Ban Hammered by Drew)
  • *********
  • Posts: 4507
Re: 100% base malt for APA
« Reply #14 on: June 28, 2016, 08:37:23 am »
My vote was for Golden Promise. I just brewed a SMaSH amber using 100% Golden Promise, some of it being homemade crystal malt made from GP. I wish I could tell you if it was any good, but the keg kicked in record time at my 6-year old's birthday party lol.

Out of curiosity what were the hops and yeast?
On Tap/Bottled: IPL, Adjunct Vienna, Golden Stout, Honey Lager
Fermenting: IPA
Up Next: mexi lager, Germerican pale ale