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raymondo

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As per title - planning to add about 10% to a porter - any advantages, or has anyone used in other types?
Thanks,
Raymondo
 
Simpson's Imperial is amazing. You can add much more than 10% and as it's fully diastatic, I've used 100%- a bit much, I have to say, but I've made some great bitters with Imperial as base malt and caramalt and a bit of coloured malt. If you look at the Durden Park recipes, which call for pale amber malt, I use Imperial instead and it's amazing in their Simonds, Reading Bitter.
 
I've used it at 15% of the grist of a tried and tested recipe and it did improved the beer
 
Just checked the price and it's £2 per kilo at MM and Edinburgh Brewstore not available from GEB, THBC or WHS. Anyone know any other cheaper sources?
 
Just got a couple sacks of their lager malt and MO delivered but never used their grain before. Please to read people rate their malt, that’s a relief 👍
 
Just checked the price and it's £2 per kilo at MM and Edinburgh Brewstore not available from GEB, THBC or WHS. Anyone know any other cheaper sources?
Had an order from MM of a 25 Kg sack crushed for £31.50. Of course, using a sackful takes a bit of forward planning.
Edit: that was January this year.
 
Had an order from MM of a 25 Kg sack crushed for £31.50. Of course, using a sackful takes a bit of forward planning.
Edit: that was January this year.
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That's a good price I thought it would be £50. Is it also a substitute for Munich malt?
 
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I had to phone up for that price as a 25 kg sack wasn't on the inventory. I don't recall a single kilo being quite as much as £2, either, but I might be wrong.
The colour range of Imperial is 40-50 ebc while even dark Munich is only 25. Moreover, it's tastes more like an amber malt, even though it's lighter. I don't know whether you could get away with using one third of the amount of Munich called for in a recipe; it would taste nice, but it would be different, I think. Also, I suspect Imperial is made from Pale Ale malt while Munich is made from Pilsner, so even if they were both roast to the same colour, I would expect the Imperial to be "maltier".
 
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