I'm thinking of trying my hand at some Belgian triples and doubles. I have a large sack of golden promise and various lager, plisner and others malts from LBS. I've read a bit about making Belgian beers that all recommend using Belgian malts.These books are also aimed at the USA brewers. How bad will any beer be if I use what malts I've got sitting in my grain tubs?
Can anyone explain how fawcetts (insert any maltsters here) Vienna, pilsner or lager malts vary from continental malts. I understand that the growing conditions will be different but how much difference is there in their malting? Is it that noticible in the final beer?
Andrew
Belgian beer using British grain?
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Use what you've got, you'll make good beer.
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Re: Belgian beer using British grain?
They use sugar.
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Re: Belgian beer using British grain?
I've used MO for dubbel and currently have a triple carbonating that was made with pilsner malt. These are British and German malts, not too geographically distant from what would grown in Belgium. The climate is not too different. I read somewhere once that Britsh and Belgian pale malts aren't too different.
Belgians do add candi sugar (make some at home) for colour and strength but the Belgian bit is more about the yeast. British and or noble hops too. Get a Belgian yeast. Yeast is the key, malts aren't too different.
Did I mention the importance of the yeast for Belgians.
Belgians do add candi sugar (make some at home) for colour and strength but the Belgian bit is more about the yeast. British and or noble hops too. Get a Belgian yeast. Yeast is the key, malts aren't too different.
Did I mention the importance of the yeast for Belgians.
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As above, unless you are looking to make the very lightest of Tripels etc you will be fine with British malts.
Nail the yeast (recommend WLP530 and Belle Saison), fermentation temperature (high and stable) and sugar content (lots) and you can still brew them just fine.
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Nail the yeast (recommend WLP530 and Belle Saison), fermentation temperature (high and stable) and sugar content (lots) and you can still brew them just fine.
Cheers,
Dean.
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Watch out for british munich though, it's quite different.
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Re: Belgian beer using British grain?
Its the yeast that makes it not the malt.
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