malted vs unmalted

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crtbc
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malted vs unmalted

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I am thinking of doing an all single malt barley only ferment

I have been loking around and the parent website says to use unmalted and malted barley

It seems many of the main distillers (belvenie single malt, and I think redbreast) use 100% malted barley

would there be any difference in finished product

Would there be a difference in mashing technique??

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Dnderhead
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Re: malted vs unmalted

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a single malt is all malt,nothing other can be added,, I thank all malt has more and better flavor.
a single grain can be raw grain and malted grain of the same type.this seems to be lighter in flavor.
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Re: malted vs unmalted

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Dnderhead wrote:a single malt is all malt,nothing other can be added,, I thank all malt has more and better flavor.
a single grain can be raw grain and malted grain of the same type.this seems to be lighter in flavor.
so is it correct to say then that:

malted = more and stronger flavour.
unmalted = less and weeker flavour,
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Re: malted vs unmalted

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git a sample form a brewbuddy try raw grain then some malted.
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