Pale Ale - 2 row or pale ale malt

[Saunassa]

So for Big Brew day tomorrow I am going to do a 3 gallon batch of pale ale. It will have 3 oz of hops added over the last 15 minutes of the boil. No early bittering charge. My question is should I use my Viking pale ale malt or Breiss 2-row Brewers malt?

 

[madscientist451]

You'd have to do a side by side comparison to see which one you like better.
But with 3 oz of hops in 3 gallons of beer, you might not be able to tell the difference anyway (depends on what hops you're using).

 

[kingmatt]

I've never used Viking Pale malt but I'd wager you probably wouldn't be able to tell much of a difference.

 

[Saunassa]

Cascade, Amarillo and Mosaic added at 15, 10 and 1
I had something like this as an extract kit and used Pilsen which I liked a lot so trying to duplicate as all grain. Maybe I will use the 2 row to lighten things up.

 

[ncbrewer]

100% pale ale malt makes a good pale ale.

 

[LostHopper]

I brewed a Bells Two Hearted all grain kit and it was delicious.
It uses both pale ale malt (22%) and 2 row (74%). Plus 4% Crystal 40

 

[Saunassa]

Well finished the brew up and into the fermenter midnight Saturday. Pitched us-05 and the airlock started bubbling Sunday morning and by Sunday afternoon a.nice krausen had formed.

 

[Kaz15]

Not sure what you ended up using, but I have used the Viking pale ale malt quite a bit. I bought a 55lbs bag of it. Perhaps you got the same $25 deal I did. I typically use it in my lower ABV hoppy pale ales to boost the malt profile. I have no complaints with the Viking at all.

Based on the grain bill you have, it should turn out nicely. I'm personally not a big fan of crystal malt in my pale ales, but that's just my preference.

Prost!

 

[bracconiere]

Well finished the brew up and into the fermenter midnight Saturday.

this thread started may 2nd....for the brew day 'tomorrow'? get distracted,

 

[Kaz15]

Not sure what you ended up using...

I prefaced my entire post, knowing they had already brewed it. ;-)

 

[bracconiere]

I prefaced my entire post, knowing they had already brewed it. ;-)

the OP didn't post back until yesterday? i didn't look at your post, sorry?

 

[Saunassa]

the OP didn't post back until yesterday? i didn't look at your post, sorry?

Well what happened was life got in the way so I had to put it off a week. Upside was I had a chance to read everyone's comments. Ended up making a five gallon batch using all pale ale malt.
Upped the grain bill to get desired 1.050 OG, used 2 oz Cascade @15, 2 oz Amarillo @5 and 2 ounce Mosaic @ 0

 

[smata67]

Can't imagine this beer turning out any less than very good. I've had some issues with lack of flavor using pilsner malt in something like this, so good call on the use of pale.

 

[Saunassa]

Bottled half and for the first time I kegged a beer. 2.5 gal keg so I will be able to see what the difference is between the two.
It tastes great at bottling, took forever for the foam to settle in the hygrometer. My wife tasted part of the sample, smiled and said that it was very good.
Was a touch sweet even though it finished at 1.006. now to see how it carbs up.

 

[jrgtr42]

Can't imagine this beer turning out any less than very good. I've had some issues with lack of flavor using pilsner malt in something like this, so good call on the use of pale.

Honestly, I've had the opposite happen - I have a pale ale recipe, it was using 2-row pale, I liked it, but it was a bit bland. One time brewing, my LHBS was out of the 2-row (weird, yes.) and I used Pilsner instead - it definitely upped the malt flavor on that beer.

 

[Jag75]

@Saunassa - any difference in using 100% pale vs 2 Row?

 

[Saunassa]

Slightly darker since it is Viking pale ale malt and I think it seemed a touch sweeter and more malty versus beers where I used straight 2-row Breiss pale malt.

 

[Saunassa]

Honestly, I've had the opposite happen - I have a pale ale recipe, it was using 2-row pale, I liked it, but it was a bit bland. One time brewing, my LHBS was out of the 2-row (weird, yes.) and I used Pilsner instead - it definitely upped the malt flavor on that beer.

No 2-row? Whoa. I have found that adding in a pound of Vienna or a few pounds of pilsner to 2-row pale really upped the malt flavor of my Kveik beers.

 

[Saunassa]

This came out really good and will be brewing it again.
It has dropped nice and clear and was going to post a pic if it but this one looks cool