malts

Hey! I'm looking for an advice how to impart strong dark bread/pumpernickel flavours into a beer. Which malts, and how much? Any particular style comes to your minds? (I heard about strong bready maltiness in dunkles bock, but unfortunately my experience doesn't really match that so far - I got...

Back in June I think, I asked members to post their 5 must have hops and I learned a lot based on the many answers. Tried a few hops I never used before and I suspect I might have another top 5 hops today. If you haven't added your 2 cents - by all means, tell us your 5 must have hops here...

I read up a bit on the many forms of brewing with coffee e.g. stouts, porters, cream ales, even IPAs. But I'd like to ask what techniques, ingredients, etc. you all would think is best if I'm trying to capture the most natural coffee flavors. I can think of brewing something using very lightly...