[Bel Air Brewing]

I will be brewing up a Fuller's London Porter tomorrow. The base malt will be a 50/50 split between Pils and Pale.

How many of you have brewed a Porter using Pils malt?

Someone? Nobody?

If so, what were the results?

[denny]

I've used pils malt in a numbers of styles that usually don't use it.  The difference from pale malt is barely noticeable, it at all.  The caveat I might apply is that you're brewing a British style which would likely use a pale ale malt.  It will be a bit more flavorful than pale or pils.  But I don't think you'll male a bad beer using pils malt in a porter.

[jeffy]

I use Pilsner malt in a lot of beers styles and think it would add a good flavor to a porter.  It may get lost with the other, stronger malt flavors, but it certainly won’t hurt.

[BrewBama]

I have subbed Pils for Pale (standard 2-row) and Pale for Pils in recipes without negative issues.

If it was a single malt beer I probably wouldn’t do it but as long as there are other flavorful C malts or roast malts in the recipe I would.

Pils is used in German Porter (like a Schwarzbier): https://www.weyermann.de/downloads/pdf/German%20Porter_neu.pdf

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[Bel Air Brewing]

Thanks for the input! We are confident that the base malt bill will work just fine!
With the Crystal, Chocolate, and Brown malts.

[BeerfanOz]

I’ve used Vienna malt as the base malt in a porter before with very good results

[Bel Air Brewing]

I’ve used Vienna malt as the base malt in a porter before with very good results

That is interesting...might give that a try!

[scrap iron]

I’ve used Vienna malt as the base malt in a porter before with very good results
[/quote         Good choice.
I used around 30% of the total grain bill of Dark Munich [15 L] along with 50% standard 2- row in an English Porter. It is tasty and sort of adds to the chocolate and crystal malts to mimic  chocolate perception in the beer.

[Bel Air Brewing]

On another website (BYO), it stated that while not traditional, you can use Vienna or Munich malts as 100% of the base with very good results.

[majorvices]

On another website (BYO), it stated that while not traditional, you can use Vienna or Munich malts as 100% of the base with very good results.

I love Munich in my porter - especially dark Munich. In fact, dark Munich is a must in my  porter recipe. It adds an incredible malt depth.

As far as pilsner - I'd rather use pilsner in my Porter that Maris Otter in my Pilsner - just sayin'.

[denny]

On another website (BYO), it stated that while not traditional, you can use Vienna or Munich malts as 100% of the base with very good results.

Sure, in any beer, not just porter.  All depends on your goal.

[Saccharomyces]

At one point, I used pils malt for everything.  If I had to choose just one base malt, it would be pils malt.

[Steve Ruch]

I'd be hard pressed to identify the base grain in a porter.

[Bel Air Brewing]

My wife and I (yes, my wife!) are going to brew up a London Porter this week. Might go with a combination of Vienna / Munich in the base grain bill.
Or maybe Pils / Vienna.

[Megary]

2-row and 20L Munich has worked best for me. I like to chew on my Porters and I find 2-row works best for adjunct-heavy recipes. YMMV.