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General Discussions => Brewing Communities => Wee County Brewers => Topic started by: Ed on September 28, 2015, 01:43:18 PM

Title: Viking Pilsner malt trial
Post by: Ed on September 28, 2015, 01:43:18 PM
Hi lads,

The Viking malt generously provided to the club by Homebrewwest for feedback had arrived, specs here;

http://www.homebrewwest.ie/viking-2-row-pilsner-malt-28-to-45-ebc-25-kg-5558-p.asp

The sack will be split into five 5Kg bags for those interested (Full members only) and whoever uses it should be prepared to provide some simple feedback e.g. efficiency of the mash was? OG vs other malts, what did it taste like?, would you use it again?, etc

The raffle will be made at the brewday (4th October), delivery TBC (I'm not sure if I can make it to the brewday :( ) 

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Title: Re: Viking Pilsner malt trial
Post by: itsclinto on September 28, 2015, 02:02:59 PM
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Title: Re: Viking Pilsner malt trial
Post by: helmet on September 28, 2015, 02:36:41 PM

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Title: Re: Viking Pilsner malt trial
Post by: danger_zone on September 28, 2015, 03:11:27 PM
Quote from: helmet on September 28, 2015, 02:36:41 PM

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Title: Re: Viking Pilsner malt trial
Post by: HomeBrewWest on December 08, 2015, 05:00:47 PM
Hi lads, and chance of some feedback on the Viking pilsner malt?
Title: Re: Viking Pilsner malt trial
Post by: helmet on December 08, 2015, 07:04:24 PM
I used 4kg for a Dortmunder, recipe attached. Estimated OG was 1053 and it came in at 1052. Will update whenever it's bottled and ready for drinking.
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Title: Re: Viking Pilsner malt trial
Post by: danger_zone on January 09, 2016, 12:11:09 PM
I used 3.5kg pilsner malt for a stout. Estimated OG was 1063, actual OG came in at 1060. Boiled for 90 mins. Super impressed with how the beer turned out. Crushed it extra fine to increase my BIAB efficiency. Probably the best efficiency I've achieved. I'd definitely use the malt again
Title: Re: Viking Pilsner malt trial
Post by: itsclinto on February 28, 2016, 05:14:35 PM
Used this malt over the weekend for a Heineken clone. I hit my target of 1.052 and 70% efficiency. The malt bill was 5kg of pilsner and 0.2kg of crystal. It came out crystal clear and i would definitely use it again