Back Yard Brewer
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First of all can someone tell me if peated malt is the same as smoked malt??
Moving along to my next question: I have just sat down and started to flick through/read a book called " Brewing Classic Styles" by none other than Jamil Zainasheff & John J Palmer. Of interest is the comment on page 131 that states peat-smoked malt should not be used in Scottish ales & Strong Scotch Ale. I have just brewed a beer from the book "Beer Captured" named "McEwan's No.1 Cham[ion Ale" which called for peated malt.Currently into its second week of fermenting and currently tatsing quite nice.(It has a touch of smoke which was not evident at the start) To top that off, after reading the style guidelines for SABSOSA 2008 one of the style guidelines for the Scottish Ale states that a mild smoky character may be detected.
What if any, do other brewers think about peated/smoked malt in beer. Obviously one would only use it in small amounts.
BYB
Moving along to my next question: I have just sat down and started to flick through/read a book called " Brewing Classic Styles" by none other than Jamil Zainasheff & John J Palmer. Of interest is the comment on page 131 that states peat-smoked malt should not be used in Scottish ales & Strong Scotch Ale. I have just brewed a beer from the book "Beer Captured" named "McEwan's No.1 Cham[ion Ale" which called for peated malt.Currently into its second week of fermenting and currently tatsing quite nice.(It has a touch of smoke which was not evident at the start) To top that off, after reading the style guidelines for SABSOSA 2008 one of the style guidelines for the Scottish Ale states that a mild smoky character may be detected.
What if any, do other brewers think about peated/smoked malt in beer. Obviously one would only use it in small amounts.
BYB