Only reason I ask is that I have a beer that I brew once a year. A MaiBock Helles. Brought it to NHC in Philly 2 years ago, and a prominent figure in the Home Brew world tried it and was impressed. So impressed he was bragging to his buddy that it was a gold medal, but I didn't enter it. Along with a lot of fellow home brewers, I to was very impressed with that years batch. Now, last year I brewed it, but I went to 1 quart of water per lb. of grain. Different then what I normally do for just this one beer. 1.25 quartsa of water per lb. of grain. Don't know why I changed the grist ratio, but I did. And it came out different. Yup, it was good, but it was not my normal "Bread in a glass" of beer. Can the grist ratio have that much of an affect of the maltyness of a beer?