Christmas Gold 06/10/10

[leedsbrew]

got this one on for Christmas by order of the folks!


ermentables
Ingredient Amount % MCU When
UK Pale Ale Malt - Marris Otter 2.630 kg 80.0 % 2.4 In Mash/Steeped
UK Wheat Malt 0.329 kg 10.0 % 0.2 In Mash/Steeped
UK Munich Malt 0.230 kg 7.0 % 0.5 In Mash/Steeped
UK Medium Crystal 0.099 kg 3.0 % 2.2 In Mash/Steeped


Hops
Variety Alpha Amount IBU Form When
UK First Gold 8.2 % 29 g 30.7 Loose Whole Hops All Of Boil
UK Fuggle 4.1 % 33 g 8.2 Loose Whole Hops 15 Min From End
Slovenian Styrian Goldings 5.2 % 51 g 0.0 Loose Whole Hops At turn off


Yeast
White Labs WLP029-German Ale/Kolsch


Mash is half way through!

[Horatio]

Stupid question alert!!!
I've never tried wheat malt before, (here goes...) does it make the beer taste like a wheat beer?

I ask because the only wheat beer I have ever tried was Hoegarden (spelling?) and it wasn't to my taste at all. Is that the typical taste of wheat malt or am I way off?

[leedsbrew]

there are no stupid questions matey! (well maybee a couple, like why do they call orange jam marmalade! )

I can't detect that level of wheat malt in a beer. It's there for head retention purposes!

Incidentally I don't like the taste of torrified wheat. Thats why I changed to wheat malt!

[Horatio]

Cheers for the answer LB!

I may try some wheat malt myself as I always use torrified for head. I don't think my palate is refined enough to notice the taste from it though.

Good luck with your brewday.

[WishboneBrewery]

I'd say Pale Malt & Wheat Malt are about the same Taste-wise, I think it is supposed to make a softer feeling beer (not sure how that works), and as you've already mentioned its good for head

[coatesg]

Wheat beer flavours generally are a lot yeast derived (like the phenols in a wit like hoegaarden or the banana/clove in a weizen). Wheat malt alone doesn't give a hoegaarden like flavour.

[coatesg]

Pressed submit too quick! Was gonna say this sounds like a goodun - hope it's going well!