chit, spitz, carapils and carafoam

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It is sprouted enough so that it meets the RHG. It is so under modified, it is almost an adjunct. Bottom of the page.

With that said, my comment regarding the use of flaked barley becomes more salient. Why go to the trouble of sourcing chit malt when it is a less strong version (beta glucan wise) of raw barley? Flaked barley is a gelatanized version of raw barley.

I might have to revisit using a small amount of flaked barley in some of my Pilsners. When I started brewing Pilsners Jeff Renner gave me the advice that a small % of flaked would emulate Chit. Used that for a while, can’t really say why I stopped.

Jeff, I’ve been using around 2% flaked barley in pale beers for about a year FWIW. It contributes to good foam with little impact on flavor at that %. I definitely don’t see chit as any improvement on that and it’s tougher to source than flaked barley.

[hopfenundmalz]

@hopfenundmalz

@mabrungard

@hopfenundmalz

It is sprouted enough so that it meets the RHG. It is so under modified, it is almost an adjunct. Bottom of the page.

With that said, my comment regarding the use of flaked barley becomes more salient. Why go to the trouble of sourcing chit malt when it is a less strong version (beta glucan wise) of raw barley? Flaked barley is a gelatanized version of raw barley.

I might have to revisit using a small amount of flaked barley in some of my Pilsners. When I started brewing Pilsners Jeff Renner gave me the advice that a small % of flaked would emulate Chit. Used that for a while, can’t really say why I stopped.

Jeff, I’ve been using around 2% flaked barley in pale beers for about a year FWIW. It contributes to good foam with little impact on flavor at that %. I definitely don’t see chit as any improvement on that and it’s tougher to source than flaked barley.

That is the advice I got from Jeff Renner about 10 years back when there was no Chit Malt available.

[jonhughey_att.net (HoosierBrew)]

To finish the story, I bought a few lbs of chit from Brew Brothers last year and have tried both. When the chit runs out I’ll just switch to flaked barley.