Wow! MoreBeer Viking Pale Malt $25 55lb sack

[Tobor_8thMan]

Use code PALESALE.

Important note. Shipping is not free on this item. For me, by the time shipping is added, I'm only saving approximately $5.00 off the regular price.

 

[Jordan Logo]

How is Viking Malt? What is it, and what can it be used for?

 

[Konadog]

How is Viking Malt? What is it, and what can it be used for?

It's a European 2 row, so I would assume you can use it just like any 2 row. I haven't used it so I can't comment on how good it is.

 

[bracconiere]

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[Ridenour64]

I got mine, thanks!

 

[deadwolfbones]

$42/sack for me shipped, or $0.76/lb. Not bad.

 

[deadwolfbones]

...of course I'd also need to buy a mill...

 

[Johnny_Duck]

I jumped on it. $39 shipped to Southwest Ohio.

 

[OG-wan Kenobi]

$41.94 to Long Island

 

[IslandLizard]

Shipping for me (Baltimore area, Maryland) is $12.50 a sack, any sack for that matter. That's darn good price for shipping whole sacks already. Fedex ground is the only option.

With this deal, it puts sacks of this malt on my doorstep for $37.50 each!

That's even better than a sack of Rahr 2-row or pale malt at our group buy, which needs to be picked up, alas together with other sacks and stuff of course.

I don't know about Viking Malts, but this could be a legitimate deal for many homebrewers.

 

[IslandLizard]

Use code PALESALE.

Important note. Shipping is not free on this item. For me, by the time shipping is added, I'm only saving approximately $5.00 off the regular price.

Mind you, you'll need to add shipping to the regular price sack too, whole sacks do not ship for free.

Apples to apples, malt to malt.

 

[Carolina_Matt]

Mind you, you'll need to add shipping to the regular price sack too, whole sacks do not ship for free.

Apples to apples, malt to malt.

But you can buy 10 pound bags for $8 with free shipping. Or just wait for their semi-routine 10% off sale and get them for $7.20.

At $0.80/lb, it would be $44 for 55 pounds in 10 pound increments (although obviously you'd need to buy 50 or 60 pounds - not 55 on the nose). There's the added benefit of not having to store a sack, and just being able to store 10 pound sealed bags.

If shipping isn't bad, this is a very good deal (if you like this malt). For me, it would be about $42 with shipping so I'd be better off just waiting for a deal on the 10 pound bag and buying at that point.

But I had mixed results with this, so I'll just stick with Briess or Great Western.

 

[Jayjay1976]

I bought 5 of the 10lb bags a few weeks back when it was on sale but I haven't brewed with it yet. I would like to know how it stacks up against the continental maltsters like bestmalz and avangard before I jump on this awesome deal. I'd like to stock up just don't want to do it with "meh" malt. I'd also like to hang the empty sack on the wall in my garage, didn't get that with the 10lb bags...

 

[Nate R]

I love morebeer but i wonder if they just didnt move this viking malt and this is a blow-out before it expires sale?

(Edit: i seem to recall they made a big deal adding Viking about a year ago or so)

I have read (on the morebeer website under reviews) that generally this malt yields 5-8% less efficency. Not a huge deal if you just up the grain bill and at this price why not?

 

[OpenSights]

Just ordered one. $44.04 shipped. First time buying from them. How is the packaging of the sacks? We’ve been having a lot of rain here lately, and my fedex guy is slightly, well, let’s say special. He likes to deliver to my back porch (corner lot) and not my front covered porch.

And like @deadwolfbones, I need to get a mil. For now I can use a friend’s mill.

 

[Stand]

I love morebeer but i wonder if they just didnt move this viking malt and this is a blow-out before it expires sale?

(Edit: i seem to recall they made a big deal adding Viking about a year ago or so)

I have read (on the morebeer website under reviews) that generally this malt yields 5-8% less efficency. Not a huge deal if you just up the grain bill and at this price why not?

Efficiency isn't lower, but they are bigger, so you need to adjust mill.

They are WAY darker though. I bet that is why they are replacing them with the xtra pale.

I have made 4 beers so far with them, and I like them a lot (I have only made Belgian styles).

Just beware the color is much darker than advertised.

I usually throw some Vienna in, but I removed it from recipes using the pale.

 

[Stand]

Left to right: Great Western 2 row, Viking Pils, Viking Pale

 

[Ridenour64]

I’ve read multiple threads where people are saying it’s darker, but is it actually darker than a typical pale malt? Because pale is supposed to be a bit darker than 2 row. I’ll be brewing my first batch with it this weekend.

I notice they both say 2 row pale.

 

[cswant88]

I’ve read multiple threads where people are saying it’s darker, but is it actually darker than a typical pale malt? Because pale is supposed to be a bit darker than 2 row. I’ll be brewing my first batch with it this weekend.

I notice they both say 2 row pale.

I see pale malt and 2-row used interchangeably. In beersmith, there is no option for either or, it is Pale Malt (2 Row), not to be confused with pale ale malt, which IS darker.

 

[Ridenour64]

Hmmm. I was confusing the two. I bought this malt thinking it was a pale ale malt. Hope that doesn’t change the recipe too much lol.

 

[Stand]

I’ve read multiple threads where people are saying it’s darker, but is it actually darker than a typical pale malt? Because pale is supposed to be a bit darker than 2 row. I’ll be brewing my first batch with it this weekend.

I notice they both say 2 row pale.

My understanding is that Pale means different things. If it says 2 row it is 2 row pale and it is probably lighter. 2 row pale the same.

If it just says pale malt it is probably darker.

If it is pale malt from Europe it is darkest of those three. All of them are 2 row.

Feel free to correct me if I missed something.

Viking Pale is just now starting to come to US market, and they probably aren't up on our marketing lingo.

That said every malt I have received from them seems darker than I expected including the wheat malt.

 

[Stand]

OK, so I pulled down Viking pale, Vienna, Munich light, Munich dark. I can't tell the difference between any of them.

I really don't know if they will look that way in the beer. Not saying that.

 

[Tobor_8thMan]

I see pale malt and 2-row used interchangeably. In beersmith, there is no option for either or, it is Pale Malt (2 Row), not to be confused with pale ale malt, which IS darker.

Believe a similar question was asked and answered recently in BYO. I'll look for the issue and post their reply unless someone beats me to it.

 

[OpenSights]

 

[Tobor_8thMan]

Believe a similar question was asked and answered recently in BYO. I'll look for the issue and post their reply unless someone beats me to it.

OK. Please see the following.

http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/forum/index.php?topic=24100.0

http://byo.com/article/grain-on-the-brain/

http://byo.com/article/understanding-base-malt/

Hope these help.

 

[Tobor_8thMan]

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SRM a bit high, but typical of European malt. Should be fine with British ales, European Ales, etc. If desiring lighter SRM go Pils Malt or domestic malt.

 

[arsenic]

Thanks for posting Op. Picked up a sack.

 

[smata67]

Left to right: Great Western 2 row, Viking Pils, Viking PaleView attachment 631144

Nice pic. You can tell the grain size is somewhat larger for the Viking Malt. Now, I hear people saying to adjust the mill, but shouldn't the mill output the same size crush with the same gap? Same gap=same crush, I would think.

Also, this appears to be GW Pale Malt (ASBC 3 per their specs) and Viking Pale Malt (ASBC 3.5 per their specs). Briess's Pale is 3.5. So it is documented as being somewhat darker than the GW it is shown beside, which might explain it looking darker, but keep in mind the ASBC is for the color of the WORT not the color of the GRAIN, so it would be more apt to compare the color of the resulting wort than the grain.

 

[Stand]

Nice pic. You can tell the grain size is somewhat larger for the Viking Malt. Now, I hear people saying to adjust the mill, but shouldn't the mill output the same size crush with the same gap? Same gap=same crush, I would think.

Also, this appears to be GW Pale Malt (ASBC 3 per their specs) and Viking Pale Malt (ASBC 3.5 per their specs). Briess's Pale is 3.5. So it is documented as being somewhat darker than the GW it is shown beside, which might explain it looking darker, but keep in mind the ASBC is for the color of the WORT not the color of the GRAIN, so it would be more apt to compare the color of the resulting wort than the grain.

I had to widen my gap because it wouldn't feed at all with the gap I was using typically. Ir more to the point it would spin, but grain wouldn't move. It really is mill dependent.

I bet the shape of the grain through the mill will change the final crush as well, but I have no idea how. The viking malts are rounder. I hit my numbers for the 5th time on viking malts with my most recent beer.

As to the SRM, I ended the last post by saying I couldn't say how it worked in a final beer on the pale malt from viking, which I can't.

What I can say is that their Pilsner malt is noticeably darker than weyermann's because I have made the same recipe with both.

*shrug. I like their malt and the price is great. I plan to continue to use it for most things unless I need Maris Otter or a really light Pilsner malt.

 

[balrog]

...of course I'd also need to buy a mill...

JAnd like @deadwolfbones, I need to get a mil. For now I can use a friend’s mill.

All I can say is (dates me some) Ooh, my little pretty one, my pretty one, MY CORONA

Corona mill.