Muggus
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G'day folks,
So I purchased some malted Rye and Naked Oats a couple of months back, a kilo of each, and have been toying with the idea of putting them in all sorts of brews, but i've really wanted to make something completely different which accentuates the grains themselves.
My idea was to make a 4 grain beer, 1kg each of Barley malt, wheat malt, rye malt and oat malt (i think it's malted?).
No doubt the mash is going to be quite thick and oily and hard to deal with, i'll get over that bridge when I get to it, my only questions are:
Is it worth while doing a step mash for such a beer? Or should I stick with single infusion?
What kind of yeast would suit this beer? I was thinking hefeweizen, so it would almost be like some sort of roggenbier, but I also have some Belgian ale on standby. Or should I stick with a neutral ale yeast and lets the grains speak for themselves?
Any input, critisism, anecdotes, war stories, etc, are welcome.
Cheers
Mike...who gets inspiration for beer recipes of bread packets.
So I purchased some malted Rye and Naked Oats a couple of months back, a kilo of each, and have been toying with the idea of putting them in all sorts of brews, but i've really wanted to make something completely different which accentuates the grains themselves.
My idea was to make a 4 grain beer, 1kg each of Barley malt, wheat malt, rye malt and oat malt (i think it's malted?).
No doubt the mash is going to be quite thick and oily and hard to deal with, i'll get over that bridge when I get to it, my only questions are:
Is it worth while doing a step mash for such a beer? Or should I stick with single infusion?
What kind of yeast would suit this beer? I was thinking hefeweizen, so it would almost be like some sort of roggenbier, but I also have some Belgian ale on standby. Or should I stick with a neutral ale yeast and lets the grains speak for themselves?
Any input, critisism, anecdotes, war stories, etc, are welcome.
Cheers
Mike...who gets inspiration for beer recipes of bread packets.