Soon i would like to brew a belgian dark strong, and i am deciding if using belgian pilsner malt or german pilsner. I have never tried belgian pils and my go to pilsner malt is usually german (barke as favorite). How different are the flavor of the belgian pilsner and the german?.
I honestly don’t think you’ll be able to discern any difference in a BDS ale. On the whole, Belgian pils malt often has a slight grape note where German pils doesn’t. A good strategy is to blend a Belgian pils like Dingemann or Castle 50/50 with a Belgian pale malt, to get a little more depth and complexity.
I agree with Jon. You’ll never know the difference.
Agreed.
Blending is the way to go, Jon nailed it.
+1 - I started using Castle Pils 50-50 or 60-40 with Crisp Maris Otter as my base for dark Belgians and a few years back and I’ve been very happy with my results.