@BruceH, you may have hit the nail on the head for Vienna Malt. A blend of 75% Pilsner and 25% Weyermann Munich II should be nigh-on a dead ringer for Vienna Malt as to flavor based on a quick glance at the Weyermann flavor wheels. Color should balance also.
Larry, you are seriously scaring me.
Vienna tastes NOTHING like a pils/munich blend. Have you actually tasted them?
We live in the time and age, where, in the time it took you to create said series of posts you could have emailed Weyermann and got the correct response. Infact, I did that! When this nonsense came out years ago.
Greetings all! Fröhliche Weihnachten
I just wanted to ask as there is a rumor going around here in the US and I thought I would go to the source. Can you speak to any of this?
"I work at a brewery in Germany and the Brewmaster told me that a classmate of his (from brewing school) took a job at Weyermann after their studies and this classmate apparently told my boss that the Vienna malt is just Munich 1 blended off with their Pale Ale. Could have been ********, obviously, but why would he lie about something like that. I’ll ask my boss about it again today."
[later]
"So, my boss confirmed that was what his former classmate told him. Apparently, Weyermann just blend off a base malt (he couldn’t remember if it was Pale or Pils) with Munich until the blend reaches the correct EBC. To speculate further, their Barke line consists of Pils, Munich and Vienna. Coincidence?"
Comment by another person:
"On a tour of the Stamag maltings in Vienna, the maltser told us that nowadays Vienna is a blend of Munich and Pilsner. We were surprised about this but he insisted this was the case everywhere. I assume he was referring to maltings in the German-speaking world. I asked some brewers about this after, and one of them said that he had heard this before from another brewer."
Thanks for your time
Richter, Andreas <[email protected]>
Jan 8, 2018, 3:44 AM
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Thomas,
Marina,
Lisa, me, Andrea
Dear Bryan,
Thank you for your email.
Weyermann® produces different Pale Malt Types (e.g. Weyermann® Pilsner Malt, Weyermann® Premium® Pilsner Malt , Weyermann® Barke® Pilsner Malt, Weyermann® Bohemian® Malt) as well as Weyermann® Pale Ale Malt and Weyermann® Pilsner Malt and Weyermann® Barke® Pilsner Malt, Weyermann® Barke® Vienna Malt, Weyermann® Vienna Malt.
All these products (just like ALL Weyermann® products) are produced, stored and packed separately.
For color correction in Pale Ale Malt and Vienna Malt a minor blending with Munich Malt or Pilsner Malt might be necessary.
Kind regards from Bamberg
Sourcing and context with accurate data is king.
@Paulaner