Black Malt
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fraserjaxx
Black Malt
I have made 5 AG brews now and I am beginning to experiment a little with different hops and dark malts.I have also got Beersmith and have designed my last 2 brews using it. I have made a nice dark ale that I tried tonight for the first time using 2.2% black malt,87% pale malt and 10.9% crystalmalt,and it tastes really good even though its not quite ready,but I can taste the black malt as a kind of coffee taste.I want to make a 'black ale' next but using Beersmith I have calculated that I need to add 4% black malt to make it 'black'.Will using this amount of black malt make the brew too 'coffee flavoured' and if so how could I counter act the coffee flavour?
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steve_flack
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David Edge
Our 2-1-2 has about 5% black amongst the following ingredients for 38 litres at 1046
% Amount Name Origin Potential EBC
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78.7 5.63 kg. Pale Maris Otter Great Britain 317.4 7
6.8 0.48 kg. Cara-Pils Dextrine Malt 275.6 5
3.5 0.25 kg. Crystal 55L Great Britian 284.0 120
2.8 0.20 kg. Torrified wheat UK 284.0 3
1.6 0.11 kg. Amber Malt Great Britain 267.3 100
1.9 0.13 kg. Rye Malt America 250.6 8
4.8 0.34 kg. Black Malt Belgium 250.6 1589
Hops
Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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145.00 g. Fuggle 2006 Whole 4.50 33.8 60 min.
30.00 g. Fuggle 2006 Whole 4.50 3.5 15 min.
If it has any coffee taste it doesn't leap out, nor indeed does the roast. We're quite pleased with it although its success may be down to balance rather than any particular ingredient.
% Amount Name Origin Potential EBC
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78.7 5.63 kg. Pale Maris Otter Great Britain 317.4 7
6.8 0.48 kg. Cara-Pils Dextrine Malt 275.6 5
3.5 0.25 kg. Crystal 55L Great Britian 284.0 120
2.8 0.20 kg. Torrified wheat UK 284.0 3
1.6 0.11 kg. Amber Malt Great Britain 267.3 100
1.9 0.13 kg. Rye Malt America 250.6 8
4.8 0.34 kg. Black Malt Belgium 250.6 1589
Hops
Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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145.00 g. Fuggle 2006 Whole 4.50 33.8 60 min.
30.00 g. Fuggle 2006 Whole 4.50 3.5 15 min.
If it has any coffee taste it doesn't leap out, nor indeed does the roast. We're quite pleased with it although its success may be down to balance rather than any particular ingredient.
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fraserjaxx