Vienna Malt

[jamie72]

I have bought a 500g bag of Vienna malt to use in my next brew. Wondering how much to use alongside 5kg Maris for a 23 litre batch?

 

[clibit]

Around 10% of total is good.

 

[jamie72]

Cheers clibit change of plan though. I said "bought" in the op, should have said buying as I just rang my lhbs and he just sold the last bag dangit!!

Ah well I have a small amount of crystal I can chuck in or just go straight M.O. Not sure yet.... :hmm:Its going to be hopped with Mosaic so will have a think.

 

[GHW]

What does Vienna add? In fact if anyone has a good guide to what different malts add to the finished beer I would find that helpful. So far I've used a few other than MO, (carafa, chocolate, caramalt) but its still an area I don't have much appreciation of.

I've got wheelers and Greg hughes book but they don't go into much detail on what malts add.

 

[jamie72]

My first all grain was the Galaxy Delight kit from Malt Miller and that used Vienna. The malt profile in the finished beer was lovely. Since then my next 4 brews have been either straight MO or MO and crystal and they have slightly lacked that flavour that my first one had.
From what I have read it adds a "biscuity" flavour but again my justification for wanting to use it comes from the flavour profile of my first all grain brew rather than anything I have read....

 

[MyQul]

What does Vienna add? In fact if anyone has a good guide to what different malts add to the finished beer I would find that helpful.....

http://www.brupaks.com/BRUPAKS GRAIN GUIDE WEB.htm