steeping dark grains

[hexangel013]

anyone have any information about the differences between cold steeping and hot steeping dark grains?

I'm planning on brewing my ris on Monday and am planning to use the second runnings for a table sour.

usually I just mash everything together,but I don't want to do another dark sour

pat

 

[TheBrewingChemist]

Color contribution is pretty close between hot and cold steeping, but hot steeping some of the very high lovibond dark grains can sometimes extract some more astringent tannic flavors. If you are looking for color without these flavors I would suggest trying some of the dehusked wheat malts like Midnight Wheat from Briess.