Base Malt Suggestions

[pvt_ak]

I’ve now been through 2 x 25kg bags of Maris Otter.

I’m about ready to order in but fancy giving something different a go to expand my grain knowledge.

Any suggestions ?


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[BeerCat]

Pilsner or lager malt. 100% vienna is also great. Have you used wheat yet or try rye.

 

[AdeDunn]

I absolutely LOVE Dingemans Pilsen malt! It's incredibly pale, and rather expensive, but the beers I have made with it have been delicious.

 

[Clint]

2 x 25kg....tut,tut you greedy boy...Im using malt millers cheapest pale malt at the moment. ..it's OK. Might try maris otter next. A lot of recipes I see use golden promise..

 

[pvt_ak]

Thanks all.
Food for thought.



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[Oneflewover]

I was going to suggest Golden Promise.....

 

[Sadfield]

It all depends on what you brew and how much speciality malt, hops and what yeasts you use. If you brew a narrow range of beers with similar yeasts, you may notice a difference in base malt. Most of us probably experiment more than most traditional commercial brewers, so most of the recommendations you'll get will be good, but their nuances will probably get hidden by other ingredients.

I personally brew many different styles, and have settled on using Extra Pale Propino as it has an all round flavour profile and it's low colour acts a blank canvas or everything from Lager and stout.

Beyond flavour it has other advantages.

From Muntons:

Propino is a Barley Variety such as Maris Ottter, Concerto, Planet or Venture. It is a two-row, spring barley with a high yield and good malting properties.

We have two malt styles made from 100% Propino Barley - Pale (2-2.4L) & Extra Pale(1.7 - 2L). Propino is a traditional English barley that provides high extracts while having fairly low protein levels.

This lets us make a highly modified malt that easily coverts during single infusion mashing. Due to the low level of Beta Glucan and moderate WK units, beers made from this variety have a slightly more malty body to them and cause less problems during runoff and filtration. Using stepped mashing or high temp slow sparging when infusion mashing, the wort will become more attenuable and present drier beer.

All in all it is a very forgiving malt that enables a brewer to shift his focus towards other parts of the brewery, without having to worry about the wort quality.

This might help in selecting an alternative.

@BeerCat makes some good suggestions, if you want to brew something a little different, although I wouldn't want 25Kg of them.



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[pvt_ak]

Thanks mate - good post.
I’m away in Rye this week (no pun intended), I’ve got a couple of brew books in the bag I’m intending on reading to expand the old knowledge. Xmas presents I’ve not got round to reading yet to try and get my knowledge a little further on .


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[Zephyr259]

I've just about finished my original bag of Irish pale ale malt from GEB and was planning on a sack of Maris Otter but changing my mind to Golden Promise as it seems to be a bit more versatile. I don't use pilsner malt often enough to make it worth keeping it on hand and I hear that GP can make a decent substitute as long as you're not expecting it to be identical.

 

[MyQul]

Golden Promise good. I'm coming to the end of my last sack now. As Zephyr says its quite versitile as you can use it for ales as well as light lagers which what I mostly brew

 

[Beersort]

Going to agree with golden promise. It's a touch pricey but you are paying for quality