Bairds pale malt

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Bairds pale malt

Post by sbond10 » Wed Jan 13, 2016 10:43 am

Anyone use this malt l been given a sack to play with. I know it's a 50/50 mix of marris n pearl I think ?. Reviews seem to be a mixed bag, varying from complete crap to good. I biab if this makes a differance

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Re: Bairds pale malt

Post by Goulders » Wed Jan 13, 2016 1:12 pm

Bairds is fine. But I found I was getting much lesser efficiency than the Warminster which I use now using the same methods etc, so be prepared for that. Efficiency isn't an issue as long as you are aware of it. Perhaps work on 5-10% less than you normally cater for. If you get a higher efficiency you can always liquor back

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Re: Bairds pale malt

Post by sbond10 » Wed Jan 13, 2016 1:39 pm

So on a grain bill of 3.5kg ill add say 200g more ? Or there about

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Re: Bairds pale malt

Post by Goulders » Wed Jan 13, 2016 2:42 pm

If your efficiency is usually say 75% for a recipe, calculate for 70% and give that a go. As I say you can always liquor back if the efficiency is better than what you estimated.

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Post by 50quidsoundboy » Wed Feb 03, 2016 12:04 pm

i use them routinely and usually get great extract (~85%)

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Post by sbond10 » Wed Feb 03, 2016 12:14 pm

50quidsoundboy wrote:i use them routinely and usually get great extract (~85%)
Cheers I have a 25kg sack to play with hopefully the high water to malt ratio will work in my favour

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Re: Bairds pale malt

Post by rpt » Wed Feb 03, 2016 10:42 pm

I'd just brew with it as normal. If you find you get less extract then adjust next time. I've often found that some of my tastiest beers have been the weaker ones. I've bought a couple of different base malts when they were cheap from the Malt Miller and found I got exactly the same extract as my usual Crisp Maris Otter. Never tried Bairds though.

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Post by millmaster » Wed Feb 03, 2016 11:18 pm

I use it as my base malt all the time, get it from Brewers Select in Peterborough at about £14 per 25kg ready crushed collected. They still do one sack orders. It is a 50/50 mix of Maris Otter and something else ( might be the cheapest available malting barley at the time ! )

As I never really measure efficiency, I cant comment on that. Never had a stuck mash with it, though

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Re: Bairds pale malt

Post by sbond10 » Wed Feb 03, 2016 11:43 pm

What's delivery like from brewers select for a one off order

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Post by millmaster » Thu Feb 04, 2016 11:07 pm

Work takes me near enough to collect, fortunately

Delivery cost is quite high, I think, about £15.00 minimum, but you'd best check the website to be sure.
However, if you are buying a few sacks I dont think the cost goes up much, which would spread the cost for a bulk buy.

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Re: Bairds pale malt

Post by sbond10 » Fri Feb 05, 2016 10:45 am

Yea I just looked it starts at 12.95 delivery. If bairds had a better rep I'm sure a few around me would consider a bulk buy. I belive a pallet is 35 quid for upto 40 sacks.

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Re: Bairds pale malt

Post by sbond10 » Sat Feb 20, 2016 2:02 pm

Seem to missing about 2-3 points of my expected gravity so gonna try a 5% increase

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