Anyone used Midwest's Maris Otter Extract before?

[boydster]

I've seen this online before, but for some reason never noticed until now that it says it doesn't have any additional cara-malts or anything - "100% Maris Otter, with no added caramel malts or simple sugars" - check it out: http://www.midwestsupplies.com/maris-otter-unhopped-liquid-malt-extract.html

Just wondering if anyone else has used it and can comment on it? I'm planning out a chocolate milk stout soon and thinking about using this with it instead of the usual Briess Golden Light w/ steeping grains that I've been doing.

Might this be a potential avenue for an extract brewer to explore true SMaSH brews? The DME's I have used before have Cara-Pils in them, I am told (and believe) and so they don't really hold true to the SMaSH paradigm. I wonder if this particular extract would?

 

[BansheeRider]

I've seen this online before, but for some reason never noticed until now that it says it doesn't have any additional cara-malts or anything - "100% Maris Otter, with no added caramel malts or simple sugars" - check it out: http://www.midwestsupplies.com/maris-otter-unhopped-liquid-malt-extract.html

Just wondering if anyone else has used it and can comment on it? I'm planning out a chocolate milk stout soon and thinking about using this with it instead of the usual Briess Golden Light w/ steeping grains that I've been doing.

Might this be a potential avenue for an extract brewer to explore true SMaSH brews? The DME's I have used before have Cara-Pils in them, I am told (and believe) and so they don't really hold true to the SMaSH paradigm. I wonder if this particular extract would?

I used the northern brewer version and it was great. Here's the link...http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/northern-brewer-maris-otter-malt-syrup.html

 

[unionrdr]

Or you could mix-n-match extracts with the MO LME if you like. Would be kinda the same as I do with grain malts. Like mixing Marris Otter with Pale malt,both from Crisp in the UK. Add a little carapils & a lil bit of chocolate malt for a pale ale/IPA.

 

[tmac2050]

I've just opened the SMaSH that I made with Northern Brewer's Maris Otter Extract and Fuggle Hops. Turned out well. Flavorful, crisp beer that my wife thought was a great brew for the summer. Nice and earthy. I'll post the recipe and a picture the next time I open one.

 

[boydster]

Cool thanks for the feedback. Think I'll put in an order for some of the MO and try it out.

 

[unionrdr]

I think it's maltier & breadier myself. I def like using it for some classic English ale flavor. Especially when combined with pal ale malt,both from Crisp in the UK.

 

[boydster]

The recipe I'm putting together has both MO and some Briess Golden Light. I think I'll still make something with only MO at some point, but for now I want to make a Chocolate Milk Stout and the MO seemed immediately like a good complement to the light stuff I'd been using before. Too bad I can't find the MO at my LHBS but them's the breaks I suppose. Here's what I'm thinking about brewing:

6 lbs MO LME
4 lbs Briess Golden Light DME
1 lb Chocolate Malt
1 lb Lactose
8 oz Cara-Pils
8 oz C120
8 oz Roasted Barley
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1 oz Mt Hood @ 60
1 oz Mt Hood @ 30
6 oz Cocoa Nibs @ 5
1 split Vanilla Bean (vodka soaked) in primary 7 days before bottling

Safale S-04 to bring it all to life, hoping to get a full 5 gallons into bottles (5.5 - 6 gallons into primary initially)

 

[unionrdr]

Looks good so far. Give it a whirl & let us know how it turns out.