What flavors come from malts & roasted malts?

Question

references please

Answer 1

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/101/malts

http://www.brewingtechniques.com/library...

This topic is very complex. As not only does different malts contribute different flavors to beer but also the way they are roasted will increase the complex flavors. Also again, the brewer using a mixture of malts and temperatures increase the variables of malt flavors in beer.

The sites give (saves me effort) some general ideas of certain malts contributions to beer flavors. They can vary from green-grass to roasted coffee and from sweet caramel to nutty notes.

Answer 2

Flavors derived from barley malt are actually vast. They can range from a raw cereal to a bread dough to bread crust flavors. Barley also has a grainy and astringency which adds to beer's malt characteristics. They become more vast as specialty malts are used which can contribute sweeter nut, caramel, chocolate, coffee, smokey, with variations within and among each of these. In whiskey/whisky these malt flavors are vastly different than in beer. Also consider that malt flavors do not dwell in a beer alone but are intermingled with many other compounds derived from hops, water, and yeast. In new specialty beers and whisky further flavors are realized with the interaction of malt compounds with that of the wood aging.

http://www.mbaa.com/techquarterly/Abstra...

http://www.keystonehomebrew.com/bjcpclas...

http://byo.com/mrwizard/1472.html

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http://www.keystonehomebrew.com/bjcpclas...

Answer 3

http://www.howtobrew.com/section2/chapte...

That's a lot of info about many different types of malts for the purpose of brewing beer.  There's a brief description for just about every type you can think of.