Drinking one of these (quote below), it's great. The smoke is stronger then it would have been with Weyermann malts, but it's at a level that I still like a lot, it is a mellow sweet smoke, and plays really nice against the apple and pear esters from the Westmalle yeast.
But because of this, I'll probably wimp out and make my future Grodziskie more like a recipe I found for a commercial German "Grätzer Bier" from the 19th century which was partially Pilsner malt instead of nothing but Oak Smoked wheat. Because although I like this, I don't think I'd like it 100% of the grain bill, it would be too rauchbier like at that level, and I really don't like rauchbier all that much.
mashani wrote:
"Rustic Patersbier" (rustic because of * marked malts to make it more Holy Roman Empire like, but I'm using hops not herbs so it's not a real Holy Roman style Belgian).
7# Pilsner (Viking Malts)
1.5# Flaked Oats * (Holy Roman Empire like Belgians might have been 50% or even 60% malted oats depending on what kind they were)
1# Oak Smoked Wheat (Viking Malts) * gives it a slight sweet smoke to simulate grains roasted in a kiln over a fire like back in the day. Note that I do not really LIKE smoked beers, but I like this stuff, the smoke is sweeter/mellower and not like "bacon".
8oz Acid malt for PH adjustment.
My water adjusted to be like Flanders water.
1.5oz Saaz FWH
0.5oz Saaz @10
Imperial Yeast Triple Dubbel (Westmalle yeast, same as 3787/WLP530).
Did it in the Mash & Boil, and yes, I sparged! Whoh!
It's boiling now.
I'll start at 68 and let it free rise up to as much as 80 if it wants to.
This is the first time I'm using Viking malts brand, so we will see, but the Oak Smoked wheat tasted similar to the other type I had before, maybe just a tiny bit stronger, but not a lot.