Barrett Burston Malt?

[SJW]

Just wondering what Barrett Burston Ale malt is like as I have never used it before? Also what does it perform like. I would normally use German Pils Malt and either MO Ale or JW Ale malt. Any info would be great.

Steve

 

[devo]

I found it to be quite good and up to scratch considering it is relatively cheaper than other brand ale malts.

 

[SJW]

Would u recomend the pale or the ale malt for doing English bitters and Porters

 

[devo]

Ahh yes, the problem with the BB descriptions is that BB pale is actually lager malt not ale. Galaxy is pilsner malt and ale is "ale"!?!

 

[blackbock]

I found there is a fair bit of non-grain material in the bags i.e stems etc. Not really a problem considering the price though.

 

[domonsura]

I use BB grain, have used Ale and Galaxy for the last couple of brews, gets my vote.

 

[Ross]

I found there is a fair bit of non-grain material in the bags i.e stems etc. Not really a problem considering the price though.

Interesting - I handle over a tonne a month of this grain & have never experienced your findings. I've certainly found in Powells malts though, but not Barrett Burstons.

cheers Ross

 

[tangent]

i've actually had a load of sh!t in Weyermann malts lately, including a lump of white stone that just about took the knurling off the rollers in one spot.

I tried BB Ale when I was making Pommy style Ales and I thought it was great.

 

[Pumpy]

Just wondering what Barrett Burston Ale malt is like as I have never used it before? Also what does it perform like. I would normally use German Pils Malt and either MO Ale or JW Ale malt. Any info would be great.

Steve

I bought a bag from Ross of the Pale Malt and used it in all my ales , I wish I had bought four bags now it was great Steve .

I prefered it over the JWM IMO

Pumpy

 

[jayse]

.....also think the BB ale malt is awesome, the pale malts a bit so so nothing special to see here move along in someways but have made great beer out of it. The ale malt like everyone has said makes awesome beers.

 

[Darren]

Nothing wrong with BB ale. Actually, I wouldn't spend the extra for the pommie malts.

cheers

Darren

 

[redmond]

I have used the galaxy malt to make a stout recently with pretty good results. I got a bronze medal at the recent BABBs annual comp with it. I have gone through one 25 kg bag and onto my second. I will certainly keep using it for the price.

 

[NickB]

Ditto the above replies, just emptied my first sack of Ale, and it's tops stuff.

Cheers

 

[SJW]

Great new on the BB Pale "ALE" front. Just wondering what this decription implies? Is it undermodified?

Good pale 2-row base spring malting grade barley. Well-modified and kilned malt is required.

Steve

 

[blackbock]

Interesting - I handle over a tonne a month of this grain & have never experienced your findings. I've certainly found in Powells malts though, but not Barrett Burstons.

cheers Ross

Just going on what I skimmed from the mash Ross. If you find it clean, then maybe I just got dregs a couple of times (I've only used BB three times.) Powells I have found quite clean, but had some poor extraction with their Pilsner malt.

 

[Hogan]

Great new on the BB Pale "ALE" front. Just wondering what this decription implies? Is it undermodified?

Good pale 2-row base spring malting grade barley. Well-modified and kilned malt is required.

Steve

It's an aussie malt so should be well modified. I found it produced very good results. A bit more prone to boil overs though.

Cheers, Hoges.

 

[alamout]

did up a pale ale the other week with 10kg of BB Ale and 500g of light crystal, tasted amazing however was very very cloudy after 2 1/2 weeks in the fermenter and cold crashed for 2-3 days.
anyone else seen this in pales with the BB?

my guess is actually my poorly made and too small mash tun into which i shoehorned 10.5kg of grain and it didn't clear up even after 10-15 * 500ml's of recycling before i ran it off. tend to think in hindsight the crush had a lot of flour in it too which probably didn't help.

 

[domonsura]

did up a pale ale the other week with 10kg of BB Ale and 500g of light crystal, tasted amazing however was very very cloudy after 2 1/2 weeks in the fermenter and cold crashed for 2-3 days.
anyone else seen this in pales with the BB?

my guess is actually my poorly made and too small mash tun into which i shoehorned 10.5kg of grain and it didn't clear up even after 10-15 * 500ml's of recycling before i ran it off. tend to think in hindsight the crush had a lot of flour in it too which probably didn't help.

Your guess sounds pretty accurate to me, the ales I have made with BB Ale have ended up bright as. Wait and see it might drop a bit clearer with a little time maybe?

 

[redbeard]

I heard some opinions recently that cloudy mashtun runoff doesnt lead to cloudy beer, but that its more attributiable to temp & ph and how big the rolling boil is. do u use any whirlfloc in boiling ? is BB a one step infusion type malt (sorry never used it) or does it benefit from steps ?

cheers

 

[tangent]

single infuse (from memory) was fine