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Yeah, that’s a bit annoying when they have a different maltster for every ingredient. Sigh.
Personally, I do not go out of my way for a specific brand. Whatever the store carries is fine by me.
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It may not be exactly the same if you replace maltsters. But if you never brewed it that way, you won't know the difference.
that is very confusing brand wise, those are not distributed by the same group. Briess, bestmalz, and bairds are all from country malt group, but weyermann and dingemans are from Brewers supply group. That would be a huge pain in the ass for even me to get my hands on since i primarily deal with CMG.
I go for the cheapest option if multiple are available from CMG. Some things like Special x and Victory are very unique and brand specific, but for general malts i buy what is cheapest. it all adds up. That being said, $.71/lb vs $.82/lb doesnt really make or break me.
as far as crystals go, i couldnt really tell a difference between Bairds and GW. which is probably good since they are discontinuing the Great western crystal malts so i will be forced to buy the bairds.
I generally avoid weyermann malts because their naming scheme pisses me off. i know the malt is quality, but i really dont want to have to look up the difference between carafa 2, carafa 3, carafa 3 extra special, carafa 3.5, carafa 7, and carafa 700x. stop being difficult weyermann.
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I like Barke too. It's has a stronger malt character than Weyermann Pils. I don't know if I could tell you the brand of each malt if I tasted it in a beer, but I know which one has the malt character I want in a beer and most times Barke Pils hits the spot.
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I have never used it because I can't get it. In the breweries I have visited, it does seem to work well in German & other European beers, and I want to say the malt was used in a Rye Pale Ale that was also quite good.
I'm not positive, but I think their 6 row in a Pre Pro Lager when Deadwords Brewing was open got me to fall in love with that style. I made a light and a couple of dark ones, but not with Riverbend.
A light Pre Pro Lager is one I would would LOVE to make with Riverbend..Just the 6 row, a pound of flaked corn, and a 1/2 lb of Carapils..Crystal Hops..34/70.
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I'll post this because I think it's pertinent to the subject of calling out specific malts...
This beer is my hands-down favorite of all the beers that I've had in the Pacific Northwest - and there are many, many great beers there. I'm drinking my last can that I brought back from my summer trip to the PNW and it's just so-o-o damn good!
They list specific malts as well as hops and I think it's interesting that they're using Rahr Pale Ale. I'd expect them to be using the more local Great Western.
https://www.pfriembeer.com/beer/ipa#tasting-notes
This beer is my hands-down favorite of all the beers that I've had in the Pacific Northwest - and there are many, many great beers there.
I'm drinking my last can that I brought back from my summer trip to the PNW and it's just so-o-o damn good!They list specific malts as well as hops and I think it's interesting that they're using Rahr Pale Ale. I'd expect them to be using the more local Great Western.
https://www.pfriembeer.com/beer/ipa#tasting-notes
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The fact that it is featured in a magazine is probably why Matsters are listed specifically for marketing purposes driving revenue.
Hmm. Yes, I can believe that.
I'm at the stage now where im trying to fine tune my ingredients ,which is probably a bit of a mistake.
I try and find the exact same ingredients when I make something for the first time. As the responses on this thread have proved its not that necessary to make great beer. My la fin Du monde tasted nothing like theirs but very good anyway. I've gotten away from the all grain kits because they just don't taste like I want or what I think I want. I always appreciate the time you all take to guide this intermediate brewer through this wonderful hobby. Cheers.
I try and find the exact same ingredients when I make something for the first time. As the responses on this thread have proved its not that necessary to make great beer. My la fin Du monde tasted nothing like theirs but very good anyway. I've gotten away from the all grain kits because they just don't taste like I want or what I think I want. I always appreciate the time you all take to guide this intermediate brewer through this wonderful hobby. Cheers.
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When someone is asking questions like this we all learn from the answers. This is what the hobby is all about if you ask me!
Does anyone else try to buy from smaller local/craft maltsters? I try to support Makers Malt from Saskatchewan and Red Shed Malting from Alberta when I can.
Sometimes Maker's Malt will say what farmer and field the grain came from. I work in Ag and know a lot of the growers in my area and it's fun to know that some of my malt comes from the growers we work with.
Sometimes Maker's Malt will say what farmer and field the grain came from. I work in Ag and know a lot of the growers in my area and it's fun to know that some of my malt comes from the growers we work with.
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It is fun to tweak things to the way you like them. I made something close to a NEIPA without using Citra, and I enjoyed the hell out of it after some guidance on here about the hop additions. The beer I just kegged was me wanting to make a dark pre pro. It was a mix of styles, and I ended up using my Porter base, flaked corn, and a lager yeast. It is a cool beer that would not have been in anyone's kit.
It is fun reading questions, learning from them, and sometimes going, "hmmmm, I want to do that".
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Definitely not a mistake but, just as you said, not necessary. When brewing someone else's recipe for the first time I always try to get the exact ingredients that they specified. But, if my LHBS doesn't have it, I substitute as needed and don't worry about it.
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I always buy Briess Pale Ale malt and usually their caramel grains from my LHBS. Briess has very good products and their malt house is a only couple hours north of me in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
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I buy 90% of my grain from Deer Creek Malthouse in Southeast PA. I really like their malt, and the people are always very accommodating to this small-time homebrewer.
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You would be surprised in a malt forward beer probably not in a IPA
I wish there was a malthouse near me - I would love to buy locally produced malt!
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Last year I did a series of Pilsner
Same beer different malts
Definitely different out of what I used I narrowed it down to Weyerman. The floor malted was good, slight difference but actually not my favorite. I guess it boils down to what you like. But I never use domestic pilsner malt mostly Weyerman or Avengard
