Adam's Apples
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I'm really starting to enjoy beers with a nice malt flavour and want to try creating the same in some of my brews. It seems easy to make hoppy, IPA style beers, with all the hop choices, but I'm not as sure about making the malt flavour stand out.
I am an extract and steep brewer for now and I have used chocolate malt, black patent and crystal malts, which have all added something, but not the flavour I'm trying to achieve. Does most of the malt flavour come from the base malt (in my case, usually extra light DME) or the grains I steep? I'm thinking the grains add the flavour as I heard medium and dark DME are just light DME with crystal or other malts added.
I know I can just reduce the hops, but I would like to create different malt flavours, like one can create different hop flavours or aromas with the vast array of hop choices.
I'm interested in using other grains, but am limited in those I can use by just steeping. I want to try aromatic malt and biscuit malt, but I know liitle about either. I think both can be steeped and don't require mashing.
I know that the information I have given may make any specific recommendations difficult, since I haven't really described the flavour I want in detail. This is because I am not exactly sure how to describe the flavour I'm after...but I'm enjoying the sweeter, heavy, malty beers that are rich and wholesome, without the hop bite.
Any pointers or tips/techniques for adding a malt flavour that you have found works will be appreciated.
I am an extract and steep brewer for now and I have used chocolate malt, black patent and crystal malts, which have all added something, but not the flavour I'm trying to achieve. Does most of the malt flavour come from the base malt (in my case, usually extra light DME) or the grains I steep? I'm thinking the grains add the flavour as I heard medium and dark DME are just light DME with crystal or other malts added.
I know I can just reduce the hops, but I would like to create different malt flavours, like one can create different hop flavours or aromas with the vast array of hop choices.
I'm interested in using other grains, but am limited in those I can use by just steeping. I want to try aromatic malt and biscuit malt, but I know liitle about either. I think both can be steeped and don't require mashing.
I know that the information I have given may make any specific recommendations difficult, since I haven't really described the flavour I want in detail. This is because I am not exactly sure how to describe the flavour I'm after...but I'm enjoying the sweeter, heavy, malty beers that are rich and wholesome, without the hop bite.
Any pointers or tips/techniques for adding a malt flavour that you have found works will be appreciated.