Malt that tastes the most like shortbread

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  1. gameface23

    gameface23 Pundit (849) Jun 27, 2008 Massachusetts

    I want to brew a Twix inspired stout. I already know how to obtain the chocolate and caramel flavor profiles, but I have never used any of the "toasty/biscuity" malts before. Which one, in your experiences, lends the most shortbread-like flavor?

    Thanks in advance!
     
    #1 gameface23, Apr 29, 2013
  2. WickedSluggy

    WickedSluggy Savant (1,129) Nov 21, 2008 Texas

    10# Golden Promise
    .5# biscuit malt
    .5# caramel 60L
    .33# Carafa II
    .25# brown malt
    .5# lactose

    Neutral bittering hops
    FO with Fuggles

    wlp002
    Ferment at 68F for three days
    On Day 4 bring down to 65F
    No diacetyl rest
     
    #2 WickedSluggy, Apr 29, 2013
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  3. GregoryVII

    GregoryVII Initiate (0) Jan 30, 2006 Michigan

    Not the same kind of beer, but Short's uses biscuit malt and lactose in their Strawberry Short's Cake.
     
    #3 GregoryVII, Apr 29, 2013
  4. VikeMan

    VikeMan Grand Pooh-Bah (3,067) Jul 12, 2009 Pennsylvania
    Pooh-Bah

    Victory comes to mind for a biscuity flavor.
     
    #4 VikeMan, Apr 29, 2013
  5. inchrisin

    inchrisin Pooh-Bah (2,013) Sep 25, 2008 Indiana
    Pooh-Bah

    What, no honey malt?! 0.5#
     
    #5 inchrisin, May 1, 2013
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