Vienna malt as substitute for Munich

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Vienna malt as substitute for Munich

Post by cc986 » Fri Oct 21, 2022 9:26 am

Hello,
I'm planning on doing a strong Old Ale using the recipe in Greg Hughes's book as the base. The recipe calls for Munich malt which I don't have, but I do have some Weyermann Vienna that is going out of date soon. Would that work with a dark ale like this?
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Chris

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Re: Vienna malt as substitute for Munich

Post by Cobnut » Fri Oct 21, 2022 1:16 pm

In one of my books, it say, "Vienna malt is lighter and sweeter than Munich malt".

I guess it depends on what % of Munich you are proposing to replace with Vienna. If it's only a few %, then it probably won't make a world of difference.
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Re: Vienna malt as substitute for Munich

Post by cc986 » Fri Oct 21, 2022 1:44 pm

Thanks very much Cobnut. I'll probably increase the pale a bit then and reduce the amount of Vienna.

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