Pale ale malt uses

[kingmatt]

I have never tried Viking malt and have heard some mixed reviews on it. I use Weyermann pale malt as my base in 90% of my beers (anything that doesn't call for Pils or Vienna/Munich basically) and love it. I buy it in 55lb sacks and, while it is definitely more expensive than the Viking or some other brands, to me, the quality in the finished product is worth it.

Here is an interesting thread from Mer-man that does a side-by-side comparison of the Viking and Weyermann pale malts:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/...sner-and-pale-ale-and-viking-pale-ale.639319/

His conclusion on the flavor of the Weyermann pale jives with the flavors I get (and is why I use it!).

 

[DVCNick]

Edit: 100% pale ale malt to an OG in the 1.060's would be great for a Bells two hearted style beer (not a clone). Give it a try with the same hop schedule you normally use.

I'm going to brew this up today... 14.5lb Viking Pale Ale, ounce of Centennial at 45 and 30min, four oz dry hop and see how it comes out.

 

[Saunassa]

Viking is darker but still come out good,
Blonde with 53% pale ale, 38% pilsner, 4.8% 20L crystal all Viking. Balance was carapils and acidulated. Not a light blonde but tasty. Slight orange color in sunlight.

 

[DVCNick]

I'm going to brew this up today... 14.5lb Viking Pale Ale, ounce of Centennial at 45 and 30min, four oz dry hop and see how it comes out.

Kegged this yesterday... it is carbing up and should be ready to try by mid next week. If it goes like my others it will start off hazy and clear up a lot about the time the keg kicks (probably I'm just drinking it too fast)

Aroma of the sample was good, maybe a little sweeter than my normal Two Hearted clone if memory serves. I think I'll still drink it up no problem though. Finished at 1.014, a couple points higher than my normal Two Hearted clone as well.

 

[odie]

I just ordered some Viking "brewer's malt" is this pale malt? I always wondered what "brewers malt" means...

anyway, wish I knew about that $40 deal...I think my order was about $55 shipped :/

 

[CascadesBrewer]

I just ordered some Viking "brewer's malt" is this pale malt? I always wondered what "brewers malt" means...

Not sure. Briess is the only one that I am aware of that uses the name "Brewers Malt". In their case it is a standard "American 2-Row Pale Malt" designed as beer base malt.

 

[DVCNick]

Well I was going to wait a couple more days but couldn't resist and just popped it.

Going off memory, I think it is just a touch sweeter and darker than my normal two hearted clone. Overall not bad. it has a just a touch of lingering bitterness on the end that I'm not sure what it is, I won't pretend I can identify off flavors but hopefully it's just green or something. Definitelya drinkable as is though.

 

[DVCNick]

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[RM-MN]

I just ordered some Viking "brewer's malt" is this pale malt? I always wondered what "brewers malt" means...

anyway, wish I knew about that $40 deal...I think my order was about $55 shipped :/

Look for the different colors that the malts are. Here is a chart that Briess put out and the color numbers are the right most column.
http://brewingwithbriess.com/Assets/PDFs/Briess_TypicalAnalysis_Malts.pdf

 

[bracconiere]

(probably I'm just drinking it too fast)

this is a english speaking forum....

 

[DVCNick]

Fortunately I'm not writing a technical document at this moment.

 

[DVCNick]

For those saying they are sorry they missed the deal, looks like it is on sale again:

https://www.morebeer.com/products/m...227369313&mc_cid=4408393a58&mc_eid=9952682ad4

I still have 30some pounds left and really nowhere to store it; otherwise I would order more.

 

[CodeSection]

^^^^ I guess their 17.5% off isn't that much of a deal for me. Shipping to Arizona is $26.01...thus total price is $59.

I can buy GW 2-Row at my LHBS for $53 and Rahr 2-Row from NB for $54.99 including shipping. Plus, with GW and Rahr, I don't have to worry about color nor do I have to worry about efficiency since both of those DPs are twice as much as the Viking.....

 

[DVCNick]

Ah ok. This sale probably isn't as good as the last one then... I don't remember the exact details, but I know the bag made it to my door for ~$42

 

[DVCNick]

FWIW my calculator says 76.6% extract efficiency in the smash above, with rollers set to .035"

 

[CodeSection]

Ah ok. This sale probably isn't as good as the last one then... I don't remember the exact details, but I know the bag made it to my door for ~$42

I appreciate you posting the sale....17.5% off is still a savings. The shipping cost is the killer even though I am right next door state wise.

For me, I will be sticking with GW and gradually switching over to Rahr 2-row (I have 150lbs of GW) to use as my base grain. Their diastatic powers are 141 and 131 respectively as compared with Vikings 60-65ish that was posted as coming from Viking.

It sounds like you are having success in using Viking!

 

[brewbama]

I just ordered some Viking "brewer's malt" is this pale malt? I always wondered what "brewers malt" means...

anyway, wish I knew about that $40 deal...I think my order was about $55 shipped :/

‘Brewers Malt’ is usually the term a maltster uses for their lightest color offering. It serves as a base malt ‘blank slate’ to build the beer recipe upon. It can be used as a suitable substitute for ‘Pilsner’ malt, ‘Lager’ Malt, or ‘2-row’ which are names used by various maltster for their lightest color offering.

 

[Robert65]

‘Brewers Malt’ is usually the term a maltster uses for their lightest color offering. It serves as a base malt ‘blank slate’ to build the beer recipe upon. It can be used as a suitable substitute for ‘Pilsner’ malt, ‘Lager’ Malt, or ‘2-row’ which are names used by various maltster for their lightest color offering.

"Brewers Malt" or "Lager Malt" will also be their most enzymatic and most highly modified if there are multiple offerings of the same very light color, making it suitable for adjunct brewing, while a similar color malt with a lower modification and enzyme level intended specifically for all malt brewing may be designated as "Pilsner Malt."

 

[CascadesBrewer]

Here is my 100% Viking Pale Ale Malt brew. I has quite a nice color and the flavor is...okay. A bit one dimensional and thin but some of that could just be my bias knowing the ingredients.

I have a plan to brew several Single Malt Pale Ale batches with a variety of base grains, and this is my first. I did a 2.5 gal batch hopped with Columbus, Amarillo and Citra. It was my first time using WLP051 California Ale V. I might need to scale back the hops a little due to the lack of sweetness in the grain bill.

 

[DVCNick]

How many pounds of grain was it?
Mine was 14.5lb in a 5gal batch; "thin" is not how I would have described mine. I think mine was a little darker too.

 

[TurnipGreen]

Looking at the pictures i bet you could make a SMASH California steam beer.

 

[CascadesBrewer]

How many pounds of grain was it?
Mine was 14.5lb in a 5gal batch; "thin" is not how I would have described mine. I think mine was a little darker too.

5 lbs in a 2.5 gal batch. OG was 1.047, FG 1.012, ABV 4.6%. (I planned for 1.051 but messed up my strike water volume by half a gallon.) Overall I figured it would be a bit bland without any specialty malts in there. I need to drink up the Porter in my other small keg and brew another batch...Maris Otter, Golden Promise, Briess 2-Row and Pilsner are planned.

 

[Mer-man]

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Viking is darker but still come out good,
Blonde with 53% pale ale, 38% pilsner, 4.8% 20L crystal all Viking. Balance was carapils and acidulated. Not a light blonde but tasty. Slight orange color in sunlight.

And what % was the dark crystal? Chocolate malt? That's super dark

 

[dwhite60]

Here is my 100% Viking Pale Ale Malt brew. I has quite a nice color and the flavor is...okay. A bit one dimensional and thin but some of that could just be my bias knowing the ingredients.

I have a plan to brew several Single Malt Pale Ale batches with a variety of base grains, and this is my first. I did a 2.5 gal batch hopped with Columbus, Amarillo and Citra. It was my first time using WLP051 California Ale V. I might need to scale back the hops a little due to the lack of sweetness in the grain bill.

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That's good looking beer. Congratulations.

Unless using Munich or Vienna seems most SMaSH beers would come out kind of thin and bland.

All the Best,
D. White

 

[Saunassa]

And what % was the dark crystal? Chocolate malt? That's super dark

No dark crystal or chocolate malts. Only Crystal was 20L Viking equivalent. Probably too dark for a blonde due to using the Viking pale ale malt but oh well it still tasted good.