Honey Malt Substitute?
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 3:35 am
by State St.
I'm going to be brewing Jamil's 60 Shilling, but my brew shop doesn't carry Honey Malt, is there anything I can substitute? Maybe a crystal 20Lov?
Re: Honey Malt Substitute?
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:33 am
by seanhagerty
I would use Crystal 10 or 20. Not an exact sub, but close.
Sean
Re: Honey Malt Substitute?
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:53 am
by SacoDeToro
Like Sean said, C20 is the closest, but honey malt is worth seeking out, IMO. It has a unique honey-like flavor that is tough to duplicate with crystal malts.
Honey malt is sprouted in a low oxygen environment, which leads to sweeter sugars after kilning, absent of the "edge" that many crystal malts can have.
When I mentioned Gambrinus honey malt to a Weyermann sales rep, he claimed their melanoidin malt was roughly equivalent. I'm not sure I buy that, but that's what he said.
Re: Honey Malt Substitute?
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 7:57 am
by boobookittyfuk
even the use of honey will not have the same effect as using honey malt. Honey malt leaves more of a honey flavor than honey does....unless you used insane amounts of honey, but then your OG would be high.
Re: Honey Malt Substitute?
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 5:10 pm
by uncle_bad_touches
I would suggest belgian aromatic malt as a substitute. although not the same aroma, it's in the ballpark, and unlike crystal malt is digestible by the yeast.
Re: Honey Malt Substitute?
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:12 am
by Piotr
I've read somewhere in the net, that weyermanns melanoidin malt is a descent honey malt substitute