Roasted barley question

[strange-steve]

Has anyone tried adding RB near the end of the mash?

I have tried that for a black IPA and it sort of worked, the roasted flavours were there but definitely not as much, and still got the colour.

 

[MrRook]

Originally Posted by MrRook
Maybe my taste buds are just really keen (

) but I have a porter on tap that used black patent and I can certainly tell that it's not roast barley.

Enlighten me. Is that a good thing?

That I used black patent or that I could tell that it wasn't roast barley?

There's an article in the current Brew Your Own that deals with different dark grains and techniques for darkening pale color beers.