Simplest recipe for malt liqour

[Brew2Be]

Hi everyone!

I have been looking around for the simplest malt liqour recipe I could find but all of them seem to be rather extensive... Can any of you point me to a recipe? I just want it simple. OE-style. I already saw another thread about malt liqour on here, it had a recipe with:

LongHorn Malt Licca (Get the Hoooorn) :rockin:
2# Amber DME
10# Corn Sugar
1 oz. Hallertau at 60 minutes

Nottingham yeast.

Should give you a nice 8% Malt Liquor.

Is it possible to get it any simpler? Is it possible to brew it without Hallertau? I'm very new to brewing beer.

Thanks.

 

[joeybeer]

How could it get any simpler ? It's sugar, hops and yeast ?

 

[Brew2Be]

In regards of drinkability (and personal taste, of course) does it matter which malt and hops you use? Or will mixing any malt, hops, sugar and water and fermenting to 8% give you malt liqour?

 

[McGarnigle]

Malt liquor is a somewhat vaguely defined style, and I don't think BJCP recognizes it. I think you have some choices on ingredients, but it should a higher gravity lager, light in color and taste.

The link below is pretty interesting, and a long ways down is a section in what exactly it is. It talks about using alpha-amalyse enzyme and corn sugar or even grits.

http://home.earthlink.net/~ggghostie/maltliquor.html

 

[samc]

I used to really like Elephant ML.

Recipe I saw in one of the clone books used Hallertau for bittering, a second add of Hallertau for flavor & finished with Saaz aroma. Also used Danish lager yeast.

btw - what is available in the recent past 10 years or so is not what it was back 20 years or so.

 

[Brew2Be]

Thanks for the replies guys And thanks for the link too!