Flaked Barley in Stout, whats it do?

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Flaked Barley in Stout, whats it do?

Post by WishboneBrewery » Sun Jul 26, 2009 11:44 am

What does Flaked barley in a stout or other beer actually do, is it all Body and mouthfeel?

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Post by 196osh » Sun Jul 26, 2009 1:59 pm

It is supposed to improve head retention as well.

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Post by WishboneBrewery » Sun Jul 26, 2009 2:27 pm

I did spot the post at the top of the page after posting my question ;)
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Though some personal opinions would be good too ;)

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Post by 196osh » Sun Jul 26, 2009 4:10 pm

Im far too new to give any decent opinions. :lol:

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Post by WishboneBrewery » Sun Jul 26, 2009 4:16 pm

:lol: :lol:

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Post by Invalid Stout » Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:03 pm

pdtnc wrote:What does Flaked barley in a stout or other beer actually do
Makes it cheaper to brew.

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Re: Flaked Barley in Stout, whats it do?

Post by WishboneBrewery » Tue Aug 11, 2009 10:22 pm

Invalid Stout wrote:
pdtnc wrote:What does Flaked barley in a stout or other beer actually do
Makes it cheaper to brew.
Thats just plain cheating then!!! [-X

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Post by Invalid Stout » Tue Aug 11, 2009 10:30 pm

pdtnc wrote:
Invalid Stout wrote:
pdtnc wrote:What does Flaked barley in a stout or other beer actually do
Makes it cheaper to brew.
Thats just plain cheating then!!! [-X
I would never suggest that Guinness ever cheated at anything.

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Post by WishboneBrewery » Tue Aug 11, 2009 10:45 pm

Invalid Stout wrote: I would never suggest that Guinness ever cheated at anything.
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Now that I'm getting educated in this 'ere brewing lark, I can without hesitation say that Guinness is far from a good pint... unless you like to drinking Bland British lager ;)

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Post by floydmeddler » Tue Aug 11, 2009 11:35 pm

IMO it gives the stout excellent head retention and also makes it creamy. The last time I did a stout, I added twice as much as I usually would have and the result was a very creamy stout.

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Post by WishboneBrewery » Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:34 am

I'm going to get some on my next BB order and have an experiment :)

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Post by floydmeddler » Wed Aug 12, 2009 12:37 pm

pdtnc wrote:I'm going to get some on my next BB order and have an experiment :)
Experimenting is the best thing about this hobby!

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Post by Deebee » Thu Aug 27, 2009 8:49 pm

I was speaking with someone about this the other day and advised to double the barey and the oats.

in a worse case scenario it gives the beer a haze! like whos gonna see that .. its a stout.

other then than the general thinking in town is that the stuff makes a nice smooth pint.
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Post by trucker5774 » Thu Aug 27, 2009 9:10 pm

It sounds, from what people are saying, flaked barley is to stout what wheat malt is to other ale. It would be fantastic if anyone could (or has) produced a chart as to which grains do what

eg
1. Wheat malt/torrefied wheat.............................head retention in ale
2. Flaked barley...............................................head retention in stout
3. Flaked maize...............................................flavour
4. Black malt ..................................................colour
5. Rice
6.Chocolate malt
7.Crystal malt
8.Roasted barley
9............................and so on...................

I tend to use the same things most of the time. What could so many of us be missing through lack of knowledge, time and experiments?
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