What specialty grains should I use?

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  1. ipas-for-life

    ipas-for-life Savant (1,041) Feb 28, 2012 Virginia

    I want to make an extract recipe for an Chocolate Imperial Stout and an English Barley wine. I am going to use the same base malt for both(light DME). I only want to use 3 to 4 specialty grains for each. What would you use? Thanks in advance.
     
    #1 ipas-for-life, Sep 20, 2012
  2. MaxSpang

    MaxSpang Initiate (0) Jan 28, 2011 Ohio
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    The Imperial Stout needs roasted barley, and you might want to throw in some chocolate malt. Lots of imperial stout recipes have oats, special b, crystal 80l or so, etc.
     
    #2 MaxSpang, Sep 20, 2012
  3. carteravebrew

    carteravebrew Initiate (0) Jan 21, 2010 Colorado

    For an extract batch of imperial stout, I would use some roasted barley, black malt, chocolate malt, and probably some crystal for some sweetness.
    For an extract barley wine, keep it simple. I would recommend using a Maris Otter extract if you can find it, but if you're set on light dme maybe some crystal with a pinch of chocolate malt for color? Depends how dark you like your barley wines.
     
    #3 carteravebrew, Sep 20, 2012
  4. Homebrew42

    Homebrew42 Initiate (0) Dec 20, 2006 New York

    For the imperial stout I'd recommend roasted barley, chocolate malt, +/- crystal malt, +/- black patent. For the barlywine I'd recommend a touch of English crystal malt (like carastan), and that's about it.
     
    #4 Homebrew42, Sep 20, 2012
  5. mikehartigan

    mikehartigan Maven (1,421) Apr 9, 2007 Illinois

    I like a bit of Special B in my Imperial Stouts. But go easy on it - maybe 4 oz in a 5 gal batch. Roasted Barley is a no-brainer and maybe some Chocolate malt. I'll go with the consensus on the Barleywine. Keep it simple.
     
    #5 mikehartigan, Sep 20, 2012
  6. AlCaponeJunior

    AlCaponeJunior Grand Pooh-Bah (3,452) May 21, 2010 Texas
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    Oats for the stout. :grinning:
     
    #6 AlCaponeJunior, Sep 21, 2012
  7. Homebrew42

    Homebrew42 Initiate (0) Dec 20, 2006 New York

    In order to utilize oats properly they really need to be mashed.
     
    #7 Homebrew42, Sep 21, 2012
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  8. ipas-for-life

    ipas-for-life Savant (1,041) Feb 28, 2012 Virginia

    Thanks for the good info everyone
     
    #8 ipas-for-life, Sep 21, 2012
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