Anyone know which is the REAL "Thomas Fawcett Pale Chocolate Malt"?
On the left, is some I just bagged myself at the NB store. In the middle is some that I got from Ritebrew back in November. And on the right, is some Weyermann chocolate rye, that I also just bagged myself at the NB store! I chomped a couple grains of the middle and right, and would be hard pressed to describe any difference between them - both just taste burnt and a little ashy.
What's weird, is Ritebrew doesn't even SELL chocolate rye! And what's annoying, is I've made some really tasty beers with the (middle) mystery grain, and I'm not sure I'll be able to replicate them now. At any rate, if my hunch is correct, and middle and right are both chocolate rye, then chocolate rye adds a real "are you sure there's no actual chocolate in this beer" note, to my palate at least. But now I have no clue what Fawcett Pale Chocolate is actually going to taste like in my recipes.
On the left, is some I just bagged myself at the NB store. In the middle is some that I got from Ritebrew back in November. And on the right, is some Weyermann chocolate rye, that I also just bagged myself at the NB store! I chomped a couple grains of the middle and right, and would be hard pressed to describe any difference between them - both just taste burnt and a little ashy.
What's weird, is Ritebrew doesn't even SELL chocolate rye! And what's annoying, is I've made some really tasty beers with the (middle) mystery grain, and I'm not sure I'll be able to replicate them now. At any rate, if my hunch is correct, and middle and right are both chocolate rye, then chocolate rye adds a real "are you sure there's no actual chocolate in this beer" note, to my palate at least. But now I have no clue what Fawcett Pale Chocolate is actually going to taste like in my recipes.