Brown Malt anyone?

[BeerisGOD]

Does anyone use brown malt instead of Pale? or is this used like a specialty malt. according to Geterbrewed it gives a burnt flavour. not sure kg's or grams with this one...

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[MyQul]

It's a specialty malt. Especially used in Porters

 

[BeerisGOD]

that's knackered that one then. was hoping for a longer thread. least I know now. cheers myqul

 

[Slid]

According to the sage that is the Great GW, Brown Malt would have been the only sort available until circa 1800 when the industrial revolution came to the brewing industry. At around that time, it would become far more practical to turn Barley into Pale Malts.

Despite this, darker beers such as Porter and Stouts would remain popular for many years,

Due to the resurgence of homebrewing, I feel that I am not alone in my occasional preference for a strong-ish, malty, dark beer which is definitely enhanced by a Brown Malt addition.

 

[chuffer]

Yeh I'd never used it before until I brewed my recent porter. It definitely adds a real smoky, burnt flavour to it. I think less is more with this kind of malt and I'd prob swap with a bit more chocolate malt if I were to tweak my porter recipe

 

[chub1]

I have a Mackeson clone on the go with brown malt as one of the ingredients.