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Hi everyone, I'm curious to hear anyone's comments on victory malt. I've used it twice and am not sure if what I'm tasting is consistent with it's qualities.
Here are the 2 recipes and the tasting notes: English/ Scottish pale ale
1st use:
8lb 2-row pale
1lb victory malt
3 oz british peated
8 oz american crystal
8 oz honey malt
60 min mash (152f)
Kent golding (bittering)
Fuggles (flavor and aroma)
Ibu 28
srm 8
og 1.048
fg 1.011
s-04 yeast
68 f fermentation
Notes: 3 weeks in bottle..A touch sweet and thin, a little bland actually despite the complex grain bill, a touch band aid like....peat malt...but pleasant. Nice aroma, solid head, a bit cloying on the side of the tongue. finish is not very dry.
After tasting this, I wanted to tone down the sweetness and the peat flavor, so I eliminated the honey malt and cut the peat in half. My ibus were ok with the OG for the style, so for batch 2 I came up with this:
7 lb english pale
2 lb victory malt
8 oz british crystal
1.5 oz british peated
Same hop schedule as above, but added .5 oz fuggles for a dry hop.
Same mash,yeast, and fermentation schedule
Tasting notes: 3 weeks in bottle: Nice malty flavor, hop aroma. Peat is in the background, , but still getting a cloying tang.....thought skipping honey malt would eliminate it. Something hitting the side of the tongue. finish is still off.
I expected a more biscuit like quality from victory malt with a cleaner finish. Ibu's are fine with the style and my preferences. Any thoughts on this malt? Sorry for the long post. Thanks, Dave
Here are the 2 recipes and the tasting notes: English/ Scottish pale ale
1st use:
8lb 2-row pale
1lb victory malt
3 oz british peated
8 oz american crystal
8 oz honey malt
60 min mash (152f)
Kent golding (bittering)
Fuggles (flavor and aroma)
Ibu 28
srm 8
og 1.048
fg 1.011
s-04 yeast
68 f fermentation
Notes: 3 weeks in bottle..A touch sweet and thin, a little bland actually despite the complex grain bill, a touch band aid like....peat malt...but pleasant. Nice aroma, solid head, a bit cloying on the side of the tongue. finish is not very dry.
After tasting this, I wanted to tone down the sweetness and the peat flavor, so I eliminated the honey malt and cut the peat in half. My ibus were ok with the OG for the style, so for batch 2 I came up with this:
7 lb english pale
2 lb victory malt
8 oz british crystal
1.5 oz british peated
Same hop schedule as above, but added .5 oz fuggles for a dry hop.
Same mash,yeast, and fermentation schedule
Tasting notes: 3 weeks in bottle: Nice malty flavor, hop aroma. Peat is in the background, , but still getting a cloying tang.....thought skipping honey malt would eliminate it. Something hitting the side of the tongue. finish is still off.
I expected a more biscuit like quality from victory malt with a cleaner finish. Ibu's are fine with the style and my preferences. Any thoughts on this malt? Sorry for the long post. Thanks, Dave