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Rubbery
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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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Rookie
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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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McMullan
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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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sbond10
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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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Rubbery
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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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TheSumOfAllBeers
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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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Rubbery
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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?