3rd of 5 brewing question. How do you make different styles of beer with barley malt.?

Question

Just getting some exposure and opinions. My husband is going to brew all grain and I want to impress him a bit.

Answer 1

It is just a matter of obtaining recipes for the styles you want to brew and doing it. From that experience you will begin to see more of beer styles are brewed.

Also books, web sites, and home brewing clubs are great sources for information and experiences of beer styles.

Different styles are made by increasing or decreasing the amount and types (there are many) og barley malt in the beer recipe. You can get guidelined from the BJCP site given above to focus on a particular style. Keep in mind the the hops and yeast also influnces the style you are making.

Answer 2

Any combination of malt bills, hopping regimens, yeast strains, mash schedules, sparging practices, water profiles, adjunct additions, and a nearly infinite number of factors is going to play in to making different beer styles.

You can check sites such as the BJCP for guidelines but at the end of the day that's all they are, guidelines not laws.  The beauty of homebrewing is that you don't have to follow the rules.  There's a rather large contingency of beer drinkers that are wholeheartedly against the concept of "beer styles" actually.

http://www.bjcp.org/stylecenter.html

You could also download the demo version of Beersmith brewing software which allows you to load beer styles and it will tell you if the ingredients and quantities you are adding are within the parameters of the given style.  It doesn't really have a way of calculating or indicating flavor but you will at least get ballpark strength and bitterness.

http://www.beersmith.com/

Answer 3

I am still on the extract brewing. But it is a matter of how much of any kind of malt used. Plenty of recipes on the web to choose from.

Answer 4

What can I say? I am late for class. I agree with all in that it is a matter of grain choice, the temp. and time in the mash, and research the styles desired to brew.

Answer 5

Vary the yeast used, for one.