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[Big Nake]

I stopped by one of the LHBSs a couple weeks ago mainly because I was close and because they always have a wide selection of grains you can buy by the sack. I picked up a 50# bag of Rahr Pale Ale malt and then looked through some other stuff that this particular place bags up ahead of time so you can buy 5# of Best Munich without weighing it out or 10# of Vienna, etc. They happened to be a little short on stock and Dingeman's Belgian Pilsen Malt was the only prepackaged pilsner they had. I bought a 10# bag of it realizing that I don't know that I have ever used it. What's it like in comparison to Best or Weyermann and what's a good application for it?

[Bklmt2000]

Any beer where you'd normally use Best or Weyermann pils malts.

 

I recall using Dingeman's pils malt several years ago; it was a good malt, but my LHBS charges a lot more for it than other pils malts, like Weyermann or Avangard, so that kept me from using it more often.

[denny]

Yep, Dingemann's is good. I used to use it a lot.  I prefer others but that's not to say it isn't a good malt.

[Big Nake]

So should I use it in something like a pilsner, helles or other gold lager where the Dingeman's would come through or should I bury it in a hoppy amber lager, dunkel or other dark lager or does it not matter? Sometimes when I make a dark lager I'll use 2-row or pale ale malt instead of pilsner malt because I assume the pilsner character will get lost in such a dark beer and I'll save the good pilsner malt for more pale styles where its character can come through.

[Bklmt2000]

So should I use it in something like a pilsner, helles or other gold lager where the Dingeman's would come through or should I bury it in a hoppy amber lager, dunkel or other dark lager or does it not matter? Sometimes when I make a dark lager I'll use 2-row or pale ale malt instead of pilsner malt because I assume the pilsner character will get lost in such a dark beer and I'll save the good pilsner malt for more pale styles where its character can come through.

 

I'd say it doesn't really matter.  That said, you could try something like a pils/helles for the first batch with this malt, where the malt character can shine a bit more, so you can better decide if you like it or not.

[Mya]

I'd say it doesn't really matter.  That said, you could try something like a pils/helles for the first batch with this malt, where the malt character can shine a bit more, so you can better decide if you like it or not.

this, use it like a featured pils malt, it's decent stuff

[armagh]

Great for Belgian styles, but then, you don't much care for those beers.   Send it to me if you'd like.

[denny]

I'd say it doesn't really matter.  That said, you could try something like a pils/helles for the first batch with this malt, where the malt character can shine a bit more, so you can better decide if you like it or not.

 

Agreed

[Big Nake]

Okay, good stuff. Thanks gang.

[positiveContact]

Great for Belgian styles, but then, you don't much care for those beers.   Send it to me if you'd like.

 

for proper disposal obviously.