Funkenjaeger
Well-Known Member
I recently ran out of base grain and ordered a sack of maris otter, at the recommendation of some people here, particularly Evan!. I'm thinking of ordering another sack of grain as well, because I now realize how quickly a single sack of base grain can fly by, especially since I'm contemplating doing some higher-gravity brews and hopefully trying some 10-gallon batches soon as well.
I've been thinking about pilsner malt, but I'm torn. I can't lager, so I don't have too much use for pilsner malt, however I see it's called for in a lot of belgian recipes, and I'd like to try brewing some belgians. Is it reasonable to substitute pale malt for pilsner in a belgian? And is pilsner malt more useful than I realize, outside of lagers and belgians? It's just that if belgians are the only thing I use pilsner malt for, I'm not sure I would be able to go through a whole sack of it in a reasonable amount of time, in which case pale malt would be a better investment, at least until some time when I have more spare cash.
I'm still highly tempted to instead get pale malt, either 2-row or a second sack of maris otter. In that case, would it be worth it to have both 2-row and MO on hand, or do you maris otter lovers generally use it exclusively?
So... Opinions?
I've been thinking about pilsner malt, but I'm torn. I can't lager, so I don't have too much use for pilsner malt, however I see it's called for in a lot of belgian recipes, and I'd like to try brewing some belgians. Is it reasonable to substitute pale malt for pilsner in a belgian? And is pilsner malt more useful than I realize, outside of lagers and belgians? It's just that if belgians are the only thing I use pilsner malt for, I'm not sure I would be able to go through a whole sack of it in a reasonable amount of time, in which case pale malt would be a better investment, at least until some time when I have more spare cash.
I'm still highly tempted to instead get pale malt, either 2-row or a second sack of maris otter. In that case, would it be worth it to have both 2-row and MO on hand, or do you maris otter lovers generally use it exclusively?
So... Opinions?