12/25/2023 0 Comments Pale chocolate malt beersmith![]() Still, the fact Gladfield does not dehusk their malt leaves me skeptical this is the answer. I also wondered if the lack of a noticeable difference between the beers might have something to do with the malt source, perhaps Gladfield Malt’s Chocolate Light malt somehow has a smoother character than other commonly used chocolate malts. It is entirely possible this relatively small amount made it such that any impact of the malts were covered up by other beer characteristics, though given the yeast and hops used, this is difficult for me to accept. "In considering reasons for these particular findings, the fact each beer was made with only 12 oz/340 g of either malt came to mind. Surprisingly, not only were participants unable to reliably distinguish between a beer made with Carafa Special II and one made with the same amount of chocolate malt, but I couldn’t either, they tasted exactly the same to me. For this reason, I settled on a Schwarzbier for this xBmt and admittedly expected to see significant results. "Despite this experience, I remained convinced the dehusked nature of Carafa Special malts did serve a purpose and used them in the same way many do, to darken lagers without imparting the more pungent roast character typically associated with Porter and Stout. Slightly annoyed with the “fact” my Stout wasn’t going to have the roast character I desired, I pressed on and 3 weeks later began drinking the beer only to realize it possessed all the characteristics of… Stout. It wasn’t until making the substitution in BeerSmith after mashing in the next day that I read up on what exactly Carafa Special malts were intended for. Unfamiliar with Carafa, and pressed for time, I paid for the bag of grains and figured I’d roll with it. As he was ringing me up, he realized he’d mistakenly used Carafa Special III instead of the Raosted Barley that was printed on the sheet. ![]() "Many years ago, I brought a recipe sheet for a Stout I’d designed into my local homebrew shop and let the dude who worked there gather and mill the grains for me. Bit surprising! I'd expect similar, but different. Apparently its impossible to tell the difference! In two schwarzbiers, anyway, with 340g.
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