steeping and mashing

[retourrbx]

Is there any difference in outcome?

Thinking about what Vossy had written a bit ago - make 50 L of pale malt and wheat malt 'base wort' and then split into 2, steeping different grains and boiling with different hops

 

[unclepumble]

Is there any difference in outcome?

Thinking about what Vossy had written a bit ago - make 50 L of pale malt and wheat malt 'base wort' and then split into 2, steeping different grains and boiling with different hops

Of course the outcomes would be different, so would using 2 different yeasts on a split of the same wort, you can get a big difference, even under or over pitching a yeast strain can effect the taste.

UP

 

[prolix]

as UP says you will have two differnet beers

 

[markp]

Steeping and mashing are two totally different proceedures.

A mash is used to convert unfermentables in to sugars that the yeast can then ferment out.
Malts that can be steeped, do not require the enzymatic conversion of the mash proceedure - the steeping proceedure simply 'rinses out' the fermentable sugars.

You could; as you say prepare 50 litres of wort from all pale malt, split this in to 2 or 3 batches and then add the different steeped speciality grains.
The resulting beers will all have their own flavour charachteristics.


Hope that is of use.

 

[retourrbx]

thanks - sorted