I recently acquired some g w brumalt to try out.
I’m probably going to do a pale mild/ordinary bitter kind of beer.
2 gallons
1.5 lbs golden light dme
8 ozs maris otter
6-8 ozs brumalt
maybe a little victory and/or oatmeal
15-20 IBUs EKG
S-189
Went with 2 lbs light dme, 8.5 ozs maris otter, 6 ozs brumalt, 1 oz victory, and 1 oz pale chocolate.
Took a gravity reading after eight days. It went from 1.040 to 1.009, it’s fairly clear already and the hydrometer sample tasted pretty good.
Did you get any tangy/tart kind of flavor?
No. I got a mildly sweet flavor, not too different than when I used crystal malt in the recipe. I plan to bottle at about the two week mark and am anxious to taste it carbed.
You’d have to be a pretty good taster to find a tangy/tart flavor from 6 oz of GW behind the dme, maris otter, victory, and pale chocolate… don’t you think?
Maybe, but with close to 11% being the brumalt it should be noticeable unless it’s REALLY subtle. I don’t get any, and my wife, who’s much better at tasting, doesn’t either.
It’s possible I may get more from it once it’s carbed.
I thought maybe I got it, but it was so low I can’t be sure it wasn’t confirmation bias
Maybe it takes a lot more than 10-11% to get it. Which works for me as I will use it again, but most likely no larger an amount than 10%.
I had some after it carbed. The carbonation took a little bit of the edge off the sweetness to make it well balanced. I definitely get a bit of honey-like flavor and no tartness.
Drew and I discussed your beer for the podcast coming up Wed. We both agreed that we didn’t detect any tartness, either.
Cool, my 15 minutes begins Wednesday.
Experimental 114?
Yep. Today’s episode…in the brewery section
Where can you purchase Great Western Brumalt? I have not found a source yet.
That’s good question…I’ll see if I can find out, or you can email Great Western.