Any advice, old ale?

[blackstrat5]

Any advice to adding smoked malt to an old ale and how much? I've never used smoked malt in anything before and I'm just not sure how much to add to give it a touch of smoke in the background. Thanks in advance.

 

[lumpher]

2 oz would probably be good to have a background hint

 

[VonRunkel]

I used a pound of peated malt in a porter, after a bit of aging it was the best beer I ever made. I would imagine an ale would need less though.

 

[lowtones84]

I used 6 oz. in a porter recently. It was a little too much but I had ginger in the recipe too and those two flavors balanced well and complimented each other after 4+ weeks in the bottle. If you just want a bit of smoked character I would go with 4 oz. or less in a 5 gallon batch.

 

[blackstrat5]

Thanks.

I'm doing a holiday ale with some spices. The base was going to be an old ale, but I'm not sure that's the best base or if I should go for a scotch ale base. Any opinions?

 

[BrewerinBR]

I use a brown ale as the base for my holiday beers. I make a Brown Christmas Ale using fresh cranberries, ginger, clove and cinnamon.