New subject: "Trick" Ingredients

17 Oct 2002

Higher quality is a fairly nebulous term.  Lower protein, color,
moisture, Kolbach index???  Better flavor?  Hey, I used Maris Otter for 4
years.  I wouldn't have switched to Minnesota Malting if I didn't think
the beer was better.
That holds for base malts.  Specialty malts, on the other hand, are a
different matter.
On Thu, 17 Oct 2002 13:11:33 -0700 (PDT) Will Holway &lt;brew987(a)yahoo.com&gt;
writes:
...

 Iy just so happens that malt from those places tends
 to be of a higher quality than that which is
 domestically produced (in my opinion) ...
 --- David H Berg &lt;bergbrew(a)juno.com&gt; wrote:

 Ok, I'll sock you!  While I agree with the overall
 statement about using
 the best, cost and quality are not necessarily
 related.  Shipping
 ingredients from England, Germany, etc is obviously
 going to raise the
 cost.  So because you are paying for the extra
 freight costs, the product
 is better?  Damn engineers!  You don't work for the
 US government, do
 you? ;^)
 On Thu, 17 Oct 2002 11:34:39 -0500 "Rick Larson"
 &lt;rick(a)mnbrewers.com&gt;
 writes:

 Al asks:
  What's your favorite "trick"
ingredients?
 ie...
 Carapils malt... for Body
 Wheat malt... for Head
 - Al 
 Some might say cardamon in Saisons but I wouldn't  have this
  spice in the same room as the brewery let alone
 use it.

 Cumin in wits and Saisons might be found in some  homebrewed
  examples.
 I've heard vanilla in English pale ales.
 I could be just making this up...
 rick
 ps.  There is no reason not to use the best base  malts,
  hops and yeasts in a homebrew.  Spend the extra
 $$.  The
  cheap stuff is for the professional brewer
(I'm  going to
  get socked for saying this ;-).

 David Berg
 President, Minnesota Craft Brewer's Guild
 Head Brewer, Water Tower Brewing Company
 http://www.mncraftbrew.org
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