BESTMALTZ

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BESTMALTZ

Post by Rubbery » Wed Dec 09, 2015 3:06 pm

The Homebrew Company is supplying BESTMALZ base malts at a good price. Has anyone tried these?

I am specifically interested in the following base malts:
  • BEST Pale Ale
  • BEST Munich
  • BEST Red X

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Re: BESTMALTZ

Post by Rookie » Thu Dec 10, 2015 12:18 am

I've used their pilsner and munich malts and was quite happy with the results.
I'm just here for the beer.

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Re: BESTMALTZ

Post by McMullan » Thu Dec 10, 2015 10:05 am

I've had a few sacks of their Pale Ale and Heidelberg malt at very reasonable prices. No complaints.

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Re: BESTMALTZ

Post by sbond10 » Thu Dec 10, 2015 10:44 am

Minch is also something worth looking at too but I've too been tempted by red x malt

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Re: BESTMALTZ

Post by Rubbery » Thu Dec 10, 2015 12:23 pm

sbond10 wrote:Minch is also something worth looking at too but I've too been tempted by red x malt
Yes, Minch is Sebatian barley. I have been having good results with Dingemans Pale Ale malt which is the same variety but darker.

The Red X is interesting. I am thinking of a malty red ale with Northern Brewer+Northdown ...or maybe Goldings+Bramling X.

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Re: BESTMALTZ

Post by TheSumOfAllBeers » Thu Dec 10, 2015 1:20 pm

Good to know about Minch being lower colour dingemans pale. I use that malt for everything, but a low colour equivalent would be nice to have.

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Re: BESTMALTZ

Post by Rubbery » Thu Jan 21, 2016 10:32 am

I bought a sack of Red X and a sack of Minch in the end.

The Homebrew Company:
  • Ordering was easy on the web site
  • Free delivery for orders over £70 (I bought a few extras) - they did not charge for excess weight/boxes like they say on web
  • DPD let you know when they are going to deliver - he phoned me when he got lost
  • Packaging was adequate for the long trip - they must have used a whole real of box tape
  • All-in-all a pleasant shopping experience.
I could smell the Red X before I opened the box - like pale chocolate malt. I'm looking forward to trying this. So, next brew will be an Irish red ale. Anyone got a recipe?

I'm thinking...
  • OG 1045
    IBU 25
    100% Red X
    Challenger for bittering and EKG to finish
    wyeast 2112 @ 18C - a good clean yeast, highly flocculant and medium attenuation (expected FG 1012)
Maybe a little wheat for head? ...or a dash of Caramalt for body?

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