Victory Malt

lostspring · Jul 2, 2009

I made a mistake when coping down a recipe. I copied Victory Malt instead of Vienna. So, does anyone have a good recipe using Victory malt. I have four lbs. I don't expect to use it in one batch but I am looking for some suggestions. Beersmith says it is used in nut brown ales and porters. I have two batches of porter fermenting so I really don't need anymore right now and have never tasted a nut brown ale.
So, what's your favorite?

Yooper · Jul 2, 2009

lostspring said:
I made a mistake when coping down a recipe. I copied Victory Malt instead of Vienna. So, does anyone have a good recipe using Victory malt. I have four lbs. I don't expect to use it in one batch but I am looking for some suggestions. Beersmith says it is used in nut brown ales and porters. I have two batches of porter fermenting so I really don't need anymore right now and have never tasted a nut brown ale.
So, what's your favorite?

Hmmm. I'm trying to think of all the ways I've used victory malt in the past. Are you AG or extract?

enderwig · Jul 2, 2009

Some victory, maybe a pound or so, is always a welcome addition to an APA if you ask me!

SisterThelonious · Jul 2, 2009

Brewing Classic Styles has quite a few recipes using victory...an amber and a red to mention a few. You can check them out at:
Fred's Home Brew Pages

lostspring · Jul 2, 2009

My next batch will be my 4th AG brew. Five extract and three AG sofar.

Yooper · Jul 2, 2009

lostspring said:
My next batch will be my 4th AG brew. Five extract and three AG sofar.

I just did a quick look, and I use victory malt in the Fat Tire clone, the California common, English IPA, ESB and an amber ale. It's a toasty flavor, sort of like biscust malt or toasted malt.

Let me know if you need any recipes for those.

r2eng · Jul 2, 2009

My best IPA to date had 1.5lbs of it in a 5-gallon batch. All-grain.

It's good stuff to balance hops, or to add a toasty flavor to stouts/porters...

mmmm... Toasty!

Jaybird · Jul 3, 2009

Mmmmm Victory! Close tie w/ honey malt as the best specialty grain out there IMHO. I think you can add a 1/2 # to just about everything north of a Pilsner and be ok.
Just my.02

Laughing_Gnome_Invisible · Jul 3, 2009

Any pale ale IMO. Victory is yummy.

AnOldUR · Jul 3, 2009

For one of my first AG batched I subbed two pounds of Victory for the home toasted malt in Dudes Lake Walk Pale Ale. Fantastic Beer!

mkling · Jul 3, 2009

Just remember, Victory is the closest commercial grain to lightly home-toasted malt (325 for 20 minutes). Any beer that you'd use toasted in would be great with Victory. I recently made an IPA with 10 lbs 2 row, 1 lb Victory, and 1 lb 15L crystal and it is fantastic -- the malts are an awesome balance to the hops.

BrewBrain · Jul 3, 2009

It's the grape nuts of grain.

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