smoked malt

[Daz29]

What malt can I use for smoked malt please

 

[An Ankoù]

Smoked malt.
There are a number of kinds: eg, beech smoked malt used for rauchbier and peat smoked malt, used for distilling. You can use a lot of the former in a brew, but only a bit of the latter.

 

[dalecek]

Eventually you can smoke any malt yourself. I tried smoked wheat which was a success

 

[MmmBeer]

Are you planning on smoking some malt yourself, or substituting another malt for smoked malt in a recipe?

If you are planning to smoke some yourself, just use a base malt such as Maris Otter. I have done it on a BBQ, you just need some suitable wood, I used apple wood chunks, soaked in water to promote smoke, added to the charcoal in the BBQ with the lid down.

 

[Daz29]

Smoked malt.
There are a number of kinds: eg, beech smoked malt used for rauchbier and peat smoked malt, used for distilling. You can use a lot of the former in a brew, but only a bit of the latter.

Okay great thank you for your help

 

[chopps]

@PhilBrew might tell you something about peat smoked malt.

 

[Cwrw666]

Best I've had was cherry smoked malt but I haven't seen it since. Beech smoked was pretty good as well, but peat smoked was pretty awful. I won't be using that again.

 

[Daz29]

Eventually you can smoke any malt yourself. I tried smoked wheat which was a success

Okay I will give it a go

 

[crescent city Mike]

I made an all wheat Brown Porter a few years ago which got 46/50 in a competition. I've used peated malt many times but only about 6 oz. for a 5 gallon batch. The phenols are too much for more than that. I've made Gratzers from Weyermann smoked wheat that were quite nice. Briess makes a cherry smoked malt which I haven't tried. There are lots of possibilities.