Top 10 Malts - pick your "Must Have" grains

[bwible]

You can use small amounts of acid malt for adjusting mash ph if you don’t have 88% lactic acid. Or you would use acid malt I guess to brew sours, which I don’t do

 

[bwible]

and…

Table sugar!

It has its uses. Table sugar, corn sugar, brown sugar.

I think this is another one of the old wives tales about not using sugar because it will make your beer “cidery”.

Once upon a time, probably before homebrewing was even legal, they sold cans of liquid malt extract with instructions that said something like “do not dissolve this in water with x pounds of sugar, boil with hops and add yeast.”

Sugar is fine as an adjuct as long as you’re not using 7 lbs with a can of malt extract. Maybe up to 6 or 7%?

 

[BrewnWKopperKat]

Top 10 'always available' malts
1. an American 'brewers' (~ 2L) base malt (Briess, Great Western, Rahr)
2. a American 'pale ale' (~ 4L) base malt (Briess, Great Western)
3. a Munich (~ 10L) malt
4. aciduated malt
5. biscuit malt (Victory, Special Roast, ...)
6. "English Medium" / American 40L & 60L
7. "English Dark" / American 75L & 80L
8. Simpsons DRC
9. Chocolate (350L)
10. Black malt (di-bittered)

'Guest' and 'curiosity' malts
1. Maris Otter
2. Golden Promise
3. Carapils
4. Crystal 120L
5. Crystal Red (Briess)
6. English Pale Chocolate
7. Roasted Barley

Previous 'guest' and 'curiosity' malts that may return
1. Crystal Rye
2. Crystal Wheat

 

[Kickass]

7. "English Dark" / American 75L & 80L
8. Simpsons DRC
9. Chocolate (350L)
10. Black malt (di-bittered)

Love the possibilities of so many dark house brews! What’s your common tap list?

 

[BrewnWKopperKat]

Love the possibilities of so many dark house brews! What’s your common tap list?

At the moment, dark crystal for American Browns (these are 'clone' recipes), DRC for American Ambers; chocolate in small amounts for additional flavors; and black for small color adjustments.

 

[kevin58]

I keep my brewing simple unless making a specific recipe that calls for a bigger grain bill so I don't have 10 malts.

Bought in 50# sacks:
1) Briess 2-Row Brewers Malt
2) Maris Otter
3) Pilsner

Bought as needed:
4) Brown Malt
5) Black Malt

 

[Broken Crow]

Until I get my own mill, I don't keep much on hand but I feel left-out so I'm instead gonna brag about my great luck:
When I get into my van, I light a cigarette then drive. By the time I've finished the cigarette, I've just parked at my LHBS which carries just about every grain and has a deal where you pay bulk price for a whole sack that you never pick up, but instead order how much of it you want and how you want it milled...You always get it fresh so I've only bothered to 'reserve' 2-row base and Marris Otter, ordering only small quantites of whatever else I want at that moment.