Minch Lager Malt

[Qs]

Has anyone tried this yet? Have a few recipes coming up I was going to use pilsner malt in but the price for this is good I'm thinking of trying it instead.

Any reviews?

[Bart]

Is it not the same thing coming from different distributors?
http://www.brew.is/files/malt.html

[Qs]

Well more or less yeah but I was just wondering seeing as its Irish how people found the colour, efficiency, taste, etc from this stuff vs say German pilsner.

[Simon_]

Bump. Would be nice to get a review of this grain or of the Minch grains in general. It seems like good value.

[bier]

I have been using both the lager malt and the ale malt. I find it good and am getting great efficiency from it. I haven't noticed any great change in flavour.
The only complaint was on my first bag of ale malt - there were some small stones in the grain which was not healthy for my mill. However I haven't had this in my second bag.
So overall I'm happy with it and it's nice to use Irish malt.

[Qs]

Did you do 90 or 60 minute boils bier? I've been using both too and I find them really good but I'm still doing 90 minute boils on both just in case. I think I'm going to try a 60 minute boil on the pale malt next time I use it.

[bier]

Generally 90 mins boil and 70 min mash. Mostly habit rather than any other reason

[Qs]

I like a 90 minute boil but in the hot weather the amount of boil off can be problematic. Really I just need a bigger pot.

[bier]

HBC now have Minch speciality malts in stock. These are malted in UK and France. Have ordered some of the roast barley to try it out in a stout I'm brewing on Saturday. Great price on them too.