killian
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I brewed a vienna lager last weekend and used about 90% vienna malt, has any one else tried using mostly vienna?
vienna as a base malt
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My Vienna Lager is 100% vienna malt. It's tasty tasty tasty! 
B-Dub
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I make a Pale with 80%. Turns out real nice. A little more depth than pale malt, but not as toasty as Munich.
enderwig
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I have a recipe that is 80% vienna 20% pils, and its the best beer I make. Some people don't consider vienna and munich as base malts, I am not one of those people!
chefmike
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Any recipes folks? I would love to see them. I am a huge vienna fan. I used it in my wheat beer (5 lbs wheat malt, 2 lbs 2row, 2lbs vienna, hefe iv yeast) and it is fab!
enderwig
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Yooper posted this in the database, I had the original recipe and she made a change or 2 to fit what she had on hand. I think mine was the best beer I have ever made, and yooper enjoyed hers as well. Fizzy Yellow Beer There is a link to the original in that database posting as well!
chefmike
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I knew there was a reason I bought a whole sack of vienna... other than because I could....
Mine is in my recipe dropdown. Pretty simple though, 100% vienna and a hops of your choice. Use an ale yeast like Nottingham if you can't lager.
Use an ale yeast like Nottingham if you can't lager.killian
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my recipe was,
10 Gallon
22.5 lb vienna
1 lb munich
.5 lb melanoidin
2 oz styrian golding 4% AA @ 60 min
2 oz saaz 3.5% AA @ 10 min
4 pks saflager s-23
O.G 1.052
10 Gallon
22.5 lb vienna
1 lb munich
.5 lb melanoidin
2 oz styrian golding 4% AA @ 60 min
2 oz saaz 3.5% AA @ 10 min
4 pks saflager s-23
O.G 1.052
Budzu
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One of my best recipes has 53% vienna, 27% munich. It's a great all late-hopped amber. The big malty flavors go amazingly with the huge hop flavor.
killian
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I just brewed a flanders with 15lbs of vienna as the base malt.
BarleyWater
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I have a nice slightly hoppy vienna lager. It's one of my regular brews, very nice on a hot summer day watching some baseball.
9 lbs Vienna Malt
4.0 oz Carafa III
4.0 oz Melanoiden Malt
1.00 oz Tradition [6.20 %] (60 min) Hops 18.6 IBU
0.50 oz Crystal [3.50 %] (60 min) Hops 5.2 IBU
1.00 oz Crystal [3.50 %] (10 min) Hops 3.8 IBU
0.50 oz Crystal [3.50 %] (0 min) Hops -
White Labs #WLP838
9 lbs Vienna Malt
4.0 oz Carafa III
4.0 oz Melanoiden Malt
1.00 oz Tradition [6.20 %] (60 min) Hops 18.6 IBU
0.50 oz Crystal [3.50 %] (60 min) Hops 5.2 IBU
1.00 oz Crystal [3.50 %] (10 min) Hops 3.8 IBU
0.50 oz Crystal [3.50 %] (0 min) Hops -
White Labs #WLP838
desertbronze
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I have brewed an APA several times - 85% Vienna - 15% CaraRed. Hop it with Nugget and Cascade or Amarillo - or all Amarillo - or your favorite hop combination. A good change of pace from 2-row base malt.
Yankeehillbrewer
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My last two brews have used Vienna as the base, Vienna SMaSH with Simcoe, and an attempt at a red ale with 8 3/4lbs Vienna,1/2lb Crystal 40,1/2lb Wheat,3/4oz Black Patent. Can't say that it will really be red, but I have to wait and see the finished product in a glass.It's still in primary. These are my first go around with Vienna, but I've heard nothing but good things about it.
mhenry41h
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I have found the thought of using a Vienna base as very intriguing. In fact, Im considering an pseudo-IPA using Vienna and Rye. Code name vIPAr.
77.4% Weyermann Vienna 12.75 lbs
15.2% Weyermann Rye 2.50 lbs
07.6% Weyermann CaraHell 1.25 lbs
1 Oz Magnum 60 Mins - 41.6 IBU
1 Oz Chinook 20 Mins - 18.9 IBU
1 Oz Cluster 10 Mins - 7.4 IBU
1 Oz Cascade 2 Mins - 1.5 IBU
1 Oz Cluster dry-hop
1Oz Cascase dry-hop
White Labs WLP041
I have found the thought of using a Vienna base as very intriguing. In fact, Im considering an pseudo-IPA using Vienna and Rye. Code name vIPAr.
77.4% Weyermann Vienna 12.75 lbs
15.2% Weyermann Rye 2.50 lbs
07.6% Weyermann CaraHell 1.25 lbs
1 Oz Magnum 60 Mins - 41.6 IBU
1 Oz Chinook 20 Mins - 18.9 IBU
1 Oz Cluster 10 Mins - 7.4 IBU
1 Oz Cascade 2 Mins - 1.5 IBU
1 Oz Cluster dry-hop
1Oz Cascase dry-hop
White Labs WLP041
ne0t0ky0
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That looks awesome... I'm interested in how that turns out.
BetterSense
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I just made a 1.050 Vienna SMASH with Centennial hops. It's good, but it's fairly 1-dimensional...it tastes like Vienna malt.
bwomp313
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i use vienna as my base malt constantly. love the stuff.
hadabar
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I have a saison with nothing but vienna...awesome....
paraordnance
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I made Vienna/Tettnang SMASH lager once and for some reason I didn't care much for it.
I planing to brew a triple with just vienna, cane sugar and wy3787. I hope it turns out well.
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