Anyone else mix grains?

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Anyone else mix grains?

Post by Rookie » Mon Jun 21, 2021 3:33 pm

Sometimes when brewing a SMASH I'll use the same malt, like maris otter, from different maltting companies to get a bit of complexity while still maintaining the "single malt" aspect.
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Re: Anyone else mix grains?

Post by TheSumOfAllBeers » Mon Jun 21, 2021 8:23 pm

What’s the point though? The single malt is an exercise to see what kind of beer you can pull out of the restriction. It’s a challenge to the brewers skill, and a rediscovery of what your main malt does to a beer.

It doesn’t elevate its status/value in the way that it does for whisky (where it means something different). Blending malts in this way will make your beer ineligible for SMaSH competitions too.

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Anyone else mix grains?

Post by f00b4r » Mon Jun 21, 2021 9:08 pm

The Norwich home brew club did an experiment brewing the same beer with different Maris Otter malts, they came out quite different, so you may be onto something.
But yes it’s no longer a SMASH if that bothers you.

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Re: Anyone else mix grains?

Post by Rookie » Tue Jun 22, 2021 2:26 am

f00b4r wrote:
Mon Jun 21, 2021 9:08 pm
The Norwich home brew club did an experiment brewing the same beer with different Maris Otter malts, they came out quite different, so you may be onto something.
But yes it’s no longer a SMASH if that bothers you.
I think technically it would still be a SMASH as it's all maris otter, just malted differently by the various maltsters.
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Re: Anyone else mix grains?

Post by LeeH » Tue Jun 22, 2021 5:14 am

It’s the same variety, not the same malt so not a SMASH.

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