Next month I’m picking up my malt CSA from the local maltster. This is locally grown and malted and I want to make the most of it. So rather than relying on my own feeble brains I thought I would invite thoughts from all your feeble brains ;).
Please give me ideas for these grains. I would like to only use these malts so please don’t add any additional specialty malts.
Here it is:
For base malt we will have 2-row NY Winter-grown Wintmalt. This is a 8.9% protein barley that is easily modified to give extracts averaging 82% fg. We are now kilning our Pale base malt at a higher temperature to bring out some delicious flavor. Because this will be a summer made malt it will also have a higher color averaging 4-5L.
For specialty malts we are planning on the following:
5 lbs Vienna
5 lbs Harris Heirloom White Wheat
2 lbs Biscuit Wheat
2 lbs Acidulated Warthog Wheat
2 lbs Acidulated Danko Rye
Naturally Acidulated Malts are and R&D project here at Valley Malt. We are fascinated by the flavors that comes from this process and encourage brewers to use as your palate leads you. Perhaps in a saison, gose, or just to even out ph in you beer.