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Great. Thanks guys!

So, a beer is "malty" if you can taste the malted grains that were used? I'm assuming this is a subtle character, not exactly in your face malt flavor? Like I said, I like the taste of malted grain. But aside from maybe the coffee or chocolate malts, I can't say I taste the same chewed grain...

Commercial beer examples are, "okay," but I'd really like to hear how you would describe the flavor "malty." Is it the dominant flavor in chewing malted barley? Is it sweet? Bready? I've tried googling, but malty, flavor, describe, taste etc are simply too generic words to return helpful...

Thanks for the link. Nice little anecdote. I didn't say I always get "poor tasting beer." I said, "none have been overly pleasant." Budweiser isn't overly pleasant either... :shrug: My first 4 brews are barely drinkable, to me. But the rest turned out okay; preferable to Bud. I've...

I could have sworn I tried brewers friend, but I must have been mistaken. Yes, theirs DOES take gravity into account. MrMalty, unless I just don't see it, doesn't have a place to indicate starter gravity.

Okay, so this is about my tenth attempt at making ale. I can't say any so far have been overly pleasant to drink. Some have been okay. So, my next batch I decided to pay more attention to yeast pitch rates. Perusing the net on the topic, I'm only more confused. There seems to be a lot of...

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