Can someone have a look at this recipe?

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Permalink Reply by JoKing on October 7, 2008 at 1:11pm

I'd use 80-100g of Amber malt in total. Overuse of this malt can make your beer difficult to drink.

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Permalink Reply by Rusty Chch on October 7, 2008 at 1:32pm

Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by jt on October 8, 2008 at 8:30am

I used amber in some extract ales a few years ago, haven't got around to using it in a grain beer.
I thought it needed someting to complement it - bit of crystal or touch of chocolate.

Would you include it with the Munich / Vienna in this quaffer Joking ?

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Permalink Reply by JoKing on October 8, 2008 at 9:11am

For sure: I have included it in a number of styles, and it is a good substitute for belgian biscuit malt. It needs to be used in moderation though. Here is an extract about the malt:

Amber malt: This material has a light, biscuity dry flavour and can be used to produce some Bitter and Mild Ales and sweet Stouts in the UK, as well as the traditional London Porters that have come back into favour recently. The flavour is quite intense and caution in the use of this material is required.

The material is manufactured by roasting kilned malt - a Lager malt of good modification is best - progressively raising the temperature of the material from ambient to 150/160°C. Because there is no saccharification stage the non-enzymic browning reactions follow a different pattern, and the end products are nitrogen containing heterocycles of the pyrrole and pyrazine type, the pyrazines being mainly responsible for the bitterness.

Weyermann CaraAmber is a good one to try first, it is no where near as harsh as the English Amber malts.

Permalink Reply by jt on October 8, 2008 at 9:17am

Yea, maybe that's why I always think of it as a malt for more substantial ales, not a quaffer

Permalink Reply by HerrSchnapps on October 7, 2008 at 1:24pm

Hopefully they've fixed their grain crusher, we went around yesterday and they had only just got the roller back :(

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Permalink Reply by Rusty Chch on October 7, 2008 at 1:31pm

Ah, no worries.

I was in the area and I rang to see if I could get over there. Worst thing that could have was that I'd come away with a couple of riggers!

Tangentially, Paul mentioned that Dakota Dark was changed from a dark lager to a stout recently. Should make for good drinking!

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Permalink Reply by HerrSchnapps on October 7, 2008 at 1:36pm

I had the Dark the other day actually, bought maybe 3 weeks back. Didn't like it much, tasted maybe too crisp and clean and didn't go well with the dark grains. Hopefully it'll be better now?

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Permalink Reply by Rusty Chch on October 7, 2008 at 2:14pm

I'm not certain, i'd like to try it again at stout temperature.

Are you fellas planning a run over there again this week?

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Permalink Reply by James P on October 7, 2008 at 3:33pm

I am this week, need to make a celebration ale! :)

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Permalink Reply by Rusty Chch on October 7, 2008 at 4:25pm

Ah, does that mean that you've got a new brewing assistant?

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Permalink Reply by James P on October 7, 2008 at 7:52pm

Yes, a little off topic, however brewing assistant number two is a healthy 7lb 5 oz girl named Danika Jean. Looking forward to getting them home, hopefully tomorrow if mum's blood pressure is stable.

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