Maris Otter or Golden Promise

Lothian said:

I'm planning a 100% pale malt, all homegrown goldings English IPA to highlight this year's goldings harvest, and I'm wondering whether Maris Otter or Golden Promise would be better. I know its subjective, I'm just curious what peoples opinions are. Maybe Ashburne? Any thoughts on this, or any other suggestions would be much appreciated. I plan to use Safale S-04, and go relatively easy on gravity and bitterness. (maybe 1.058-60), with appropriate to IPA, but not crazy bitterness.

-Lothian

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DannPM said:

Golden Promise for sure. Support the Scotts, and f*ck the British!

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DannPM said:

You do know the Scotish part of the UK absolutely hates the British proper in the south don't you? That's the overwhelming opinion I found when I visited. They resent being part of the UK and consider themselves to be a separate people, it's been that way for centuries.

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monkeydan said:

Everyone hates the English, although this isn't particularly relevant as Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are still part of Britain. Now, if you'd said support the Scots and f*ck the English, that would have made sense

I lived in Scotland for a year and generally visit 3 or 4 times a year as I have a lot of family up there.

Anyways, to keep this thread on track, what do people consider the differences between Maris Otter and Golden Promise to be?

And is there a significant difference between US 2-row and something like Maris Otter? Per my previous post, MO is pretty much the most widely used pale malt in UK homebrewing as far as I can gather, but I see recipes on this site call for a few ounces of MO in a predominantly US 2-row grain bill. Does it really impart that much of a flavour?

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