Castle Malting

[ManseMasher]

http://www.castlemalting.com/CastleMaltingBeerRecipes.asp?Language=English

Whilst looking for some ideas for my latest brew I came across this site (Castle Malting supply some very nice ingredients to home brew shops). I am not of course endorsing their recipes for spirits for obvious reasons, but there are some nice ideas for different Belgian styles.

 

[BeerCat]

Cheers Manse, that's bookmarked for future reference. :)

 

[FatDad]

Thanks for that. I checked out the recipes section and at this stage I wonder how I actually passed physics and chemistry at school. Mind blown. :electric:

But of course it's all easy-peasy for many of you.

 

[nbpicklesno2]

I do like some of those recipes and I've never tried stepped mashing before.

Maybe it's time to give it a go for that authentic Belgium taste.

 

[peebee]

At first glance some good looking recipes... but has anyone noticed something odd about them?

The quantities are for 100L (1HL) runs, but they don't add up! Of the two recipes I've tried to add to Beersmith the grain bill I've had to multiply by 1.5, and the hops by 5! And a recipe containing 20-25% Special-B can't be right? Hum... user beware. Still, some fine inspirations, but as marketing of Castle Malting stuff, I'm not so sure!

 

[serum]

I'd been looking for somewhere that sells their malt and geterbrewed has it (listed as chateau malt). Going to get some for my Belgian and French beers

 

[ManseMasher]

I'd been looking for somewhere that sells their malt and geterbrewed has it (listed as chateau malt). Going to get some for my Belgian and French beers

HBC have a good selection too, and if you get it from their .ie site you can get the excellent euro/sterling exchange rate benefits....

 

[serum]

HBC have a good selection too, and if you get it from their .ie site you can get the excellent euro/sterling exchange rate benefits....

Oh right, what's their site? Might have to look into that

 

[ManseMasher]

https://www.thehomebrewcompany.ie/crushed-grain-crushed-base-malts-c-69_231_70.html

You also get 5% discount for being an HBF member. Their VAT is 23%, postage (I think) €4.95 to UK.

Oh right, what's their site? Might have to look into that

 

[serum]

https://www.thehomebrewcompany.ie/crushed-grain-crushed-base-malts-c-69_231_70.html

You also get 5% discount for being an HBF member. Their VAT is 23%, postage (I think) €4.95 to UK.

Top stuff, thanks

 

[peebee]

A bit of perseverance and I got some recipes to "behave". Seems I made some bad choices to start with; "Dark Dubbel Beer" still doesn't add up.

Still find the hop rates pretty suspect!

Thanks "Serum" for the supplier suggestion; got some stuff ordered from "Geterbrew".

Should be an interesting test of my new system to try out these stepped temperature mashes; looks manageable, unlike full-on decoction mashing.

 

[ManseMasher]

A bit of perseverance and I got some recipes to "behave". Seems I made some bad choices to start with; "Dark Dubbel Beer" still doesn't add up.

Still find the hop rates pretty suspect!

Thanks "Serum" for the supplier suggestion; got some stuff ordered from "Geterbrew".

Should be an interesting test of my new system to try out these stepped temperature mashes; looks manageable, unlike full-on decoction mashing.

Maybe they translated them a bit haphazardly, maybe that is the actual recipe they use, who knows? Either way, I doubt they use Beersmith or any other such recipe generator, rather more following recipes that they've used for decades I should imagine.