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Anyone ever make a brew with all or mostly Vienna? If so what are your tasting notes on it? I'm interested to see what kind of flavor it would have.

I remember really enjoying x's Vienna lager at hoptoberfest a few years ago... I made an Oktoberfest in early July which was I think 100% Vienna malt, well see how it tastes in another month or so!

Jeramy (know1) made a tasty Vienna Lager that he brought to the potluck. Tasty beer.

The beer I have in the primary right now is a Vienna Ale of sorts with 70% Vienna and 30% Pilsner (fermenting it on WLP080 Cream Ale Blend instead of US-05 though).

I'm pretty sure Trevor Whyte made the same recipe last fall and might be willing to comment on it.

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I might be doing that this fall. I've made a few Vienna lagers already, but they were both blends of Vienna, Munich and pilsener malts.

mumblecrunch wrote:The beer I have in the primary right now is a Vienna Ale of sorts with 70% Vienna and 30% Pilsner (fermenting it on WLP080 Cream Ale Blend instead of US-05 though).

I'm pretty sure Trevor Whyte made the same recipe last fall and might be willing to comment on it.

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The Fizzy Yellow Beer recipe that Aaron is referring to is awesome. I had a flood in my house shortly after kegging and carbing it and it sat in my shed just above freezing for a month. When I got back and tapped it it was crystal clear and tasted like a lager. I'd definitely do it again. I actually have a Vienna/Cascade SMaSH lined up for the fall in my "To brew" lineup.

To answer the question above I found it added just a bit more complexity and an awesome deep yellow, almost orange colour to the beer. It's not necessarily more malty or grainy as I'd read, just a little "richer" tasting for lack of a better word. I used Weyermann Vienna in mine.

Delicious. Breaddy. Not too sweet. Ive made a 50 percent or more Vienna lager and was really good.

Sent from the brew timer.

I'm thinking of doing 95.2% Vienna and 4.8% caravienna with Galena for bittering and some at 5 mins for flavor/aroma