Grain Substitutions

[hewy]

Hi All,

Just after some advise on possible grain substitutions for the below. I am looking to brew a nth english brown and am using the recipe from Brewing classic styles.

I have done a bit of research and came up with the following (any suggestions are appreciated):

Special roast ~ brown malt?

Victory malt ~ caraamber? (is this a crystal or not??)

The recipe also calls for pale chocolate, I was just going to use JWM chocolate - seems to be a little darker, maybe I should cut down the amount?

Advice from more experienced brewers would really be appreciated

Cheers
Hewy

 

[Rossy]

I just had a go at an AG brown ale and used 500gm of JW chocolate in a 23L batch
All I can say is Ooops! I think 200gm would be enough

 

[blackbock]

Hi All,

Just after some advise on possible grain substitutions for the below. I am looking to brew a nth english brown and am using the recipe from Brewing classic styles.

I have done a bit of research and came up with the following (any suggestions are appreciated):

Special roast ~ brown malt?

Victory malt ~ caraamber? (is this a crystal or not??)

The recipe also calls for pale chocolate, I was just going to use JWM chocolate - seems to be a little darker, maybe I should cut down the amount?

Advice from more experienced brewers would really be appreciated

Cheers
Hewy

Hewy don't sub the JW. It's quite different to Pale Choc. If it's just an addition for colour, you could sub some Carafa special type I ( smoother than roasted malt) If it calls for a larger amount, you would be best to find the real deal.

I think I remember people saying that regular amber malt can be used in place of Victory at a pinch.

Edit: here's a link to a similar thread] Have a look here

 

[hewy]

Thanks for the link!