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Offline purduekenn

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Briess Synergy Select Pilsen Malt
« on: September 10, 2020, 06:49:43 pm »
Wondering if anyone has used Briess Synergy Select Pilsen Malt?

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Re: Briess Synergy Select Pilsen Malt
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2020, 05:11:32 am »
I have not and my gut tells me if I’m brewing a lager style beer I should be using Pilsner from Germany. 


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Re: Briess Synergy Select Pilsen Malt
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2020, 07:20:24 am »
I have a couple of times. It seems to have more flavor than the standard Briess pilsen malt.

My wife has been brewing a pilsner over the past year that turns out well. However, she is currently using Belgian and German pilsen malts. We're interested in brewing her pilsner with domestic malts. We plan on using the Synergy Select pilsen malt for part of the grain bill. Now to figure out which other pilsen malt to use.

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Re: Briess Synergy Select Pilsen Malt
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2020, 08:21:27 am »
I have a couple of times. It seems to have more flavor than the standard Briess pilsen malt.

My wife has been brewing a pilsner over the past year that turns out well. However, she is currently using Belgian and German pilsen malts. We're interested in brewing her pilsner with domestic malts. We plan on using the Synergy Select pilsen malt for part of the grain bill. Now to figure out which other pilsen malt to use.

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I made a nice German Pils with Mecca Grade Pelton Pils malt.
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Re: Briess Synergy Select Pilsen Malt
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2020, 05:51:48 pm »
I have used Mecca Pilsner malt and thought it made a great Pilsner. I also tried Briess Full Pint Pilsner malt and it was good also.
Starting to experiment with US Pilsner malt and see what works well.

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Re: Briess Synergy Select Pilsen Malt
« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2020, 06:13:12 pm »
I made a couple of nice lagers with Double Eagle Pilsner malt, grown and malted in eastern PA.  Next up I’m using their Vienna malt.
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Re: Briess Synergy Select Pilsen Malt
« Reply #6 on: October 20, 2020, 10:17:08 pm »
I hear Full Pint is really good.
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Re: Briess Synergy Select Pilsen Malt
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2020, 08:06:13 am »
I hear Full Pint is really good.

It certainly is.
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Re: Briess Synergy Select Pilsen Malt
« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2020, 08:14:44 am »
I hear Full Pint is really good.

It certainly is.
+1. I have used a few sacks of it.


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Re: Briess Synergy Select Pilsen Malt
« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2020, 10:28:18 am »
I hear Full Pint is really good.

It certainly is.

That's surprising to hear coming from you, Denny. I was under the impression that you were not a fan of anything Briess.

I had a sack of the Synergy Select a couple years ago and for whatever reason, every beer I made with it resulted in hazy wort and the beers took forever to clear. Didn't have that issue with any other malts at the time.
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Re: Briess Synergy Select Pilsen Malt
« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2020, 10:47:50 am »
Mecca Grade also uses Full Pint.

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Re: Briess Synergy Select Pilsen Malt
« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2020, 11:20:39 am »
I hear Full Pint is really good.

It certainly is.

That's surprising to hear coming from you, Denny. I was under the impression that you were not a fan of anything Briess.

I had a sack of the Synergy Select a couple years ago and for whatever reason, every beer I made with it resulted in hazy wort and the beers took forever to clear. Didn't have that issue with any other malts at the time.

I was referring to Mecca Grade.  Haven't tried the Briess.
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Re: Briess Synergy Select Pilsen Malt
« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2020, 05:28:00 pm »
I hear Full Pint is really good.

It certainly is.

That's surprising to hear coming from you, Denny. I was under the impression that you were not a fan of anything Briess.

I had a sack of the Synergy Select a couple years ago and for whatever reason, every beer I made with it resulted in hazy wort and the beers took forever to clear. Didn't have that issue with any other malts at the time.

Full Pint is a malting barley variety developed by Oregon State University. Briess markets a pale malt made from it called Full Pint. Mecca Grade uses it for their Pelton Pils and LaMonta Pale malts.
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Re: Briess Synergy Select Pilsen Malt
« Reply #13 on: October 21, 2020, 05:59:46 pm »
I hear Full Pint is really good.

It certainly is.

That's surprising to hear coming from you, Denny. I was under the impression that you were not a fan of anything Briess.

I had a sack of the Synergy Select a couple years ago and for whatever reason, every beer I made with it resulted in hazy wort and the beers took forever to clear. Didn't have that issue with any other malts at the time.

Full Pint is a malting barley variety developed by Oregon State University. Briess markets a pale malt made from it called Full Pint. Mecca Grade uses it for their Pelton Pils and LaMonta Pale malts.
So, has anyone tried the Briess Full Pint Malt? or has everyone just had the Mecca Grade products?

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« Reply #14 on: October 21, 2020, 09:35:04 pm »
I have brewed with Briess Full Pint. I liked it but it’s not easy to find with free shipping. A hydroponics store in New York will ship free but I moved to More Beer for various other reasons and they don’t have it so I moved on.

Great Western also has Full Pint.

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