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Melanoidin is a kilned specialty malt that helps promote flavor stability, add body, and produce a smooth mouthfeel. With an intense malt aroma and unique brewing characteristics it has a high degree of modification of both proteins and starches, excellent friability, low ß-glucan values, and high acidity. Melanoidin malt adds a deep amber to red-brown color to your finished beer. With rich malt flavor having notes of honey and biscuit, Melanoidin malt is best used in dark or red-colored beers such as amber ales, Scottish ales, Irish red ales, bocks, and Kellerbier.

So what does that mean? Melanoidin Malt helps improve the red coloration and intensifies malt flavors in your beer.

Genral Info

• Malt Type: Specialty
• Grain Origin: Germany
• Color: 23-31 °Lovibond (60-80 EBC)
• Protein:
• Moisture: 4.5% max.
• Extract (dry): 75% min.
• Diastatic Power:
• Usage: 20% max.

This is a great choice for a 2-Row base malt that is grow right here in America, Montana to be specific. The malt works well with single infusion mashes and has no problem handling adjuncts.

General Info

• Color: 1.8
• Potential: 1.038
• Yield: 82%
• Moisture: 3.5%
• Diastatic: 84 (min) 96 (max)
• Protein: 4%

Styles

• Any - All

Looking for a solid Pilsen style base malt? This grain has your name on it. A versatile grain that can be used for lager, pilsners, Belgian, German styles and many more. It produces a clean, crisp, light colored wort that really lets the specialty grains shine through.  

General Info

• Malt Style: Base malt
• Flavor: Clean, sweet, delicate malty flavor
• Color: Very light color contribution Lightest colored base malt available

Styles

• Any - All

At 1-10% of your overall grain bill 2 Row Chocolate Malt makes produces a fantastic warm brown colors and light chocolate flavor to your finished brew.

General Info

• Malt Type: Roasted
• Grain Origin: North America
• Wort Color: 350 °Lovibond (932 EBC)
• Protein:
• Moisture: 5.5% max.
• Extract (dry):
• Diastatic Power: 0 °Lintner
• Usage: 10% max.

Styles

• Porters
• Stouts
• Brown Ales
• Dunkels

2 Row Black in small quantities (1-3%) is great for adding a dark brown to black color to your wort, but should be used in higher quantities only in conjunction with other grains to minimize it's bitter qualities. 

General Info

• Malt Type: Roasted
• Grain Origin: North America
• Wort Color: 500 °Lovibond (1330 EBC)
• Protein:
• Moisture: 6.0% max.
• Extract (dry):
• Diastatic Power: 0 °Lintner
• Usage: 10% max.
• Flavors: Chocolate, Coffee, Cocoa

Styles

• Porters
• Stouts

Solids 97% Fermentability 75% FAN (syrup As-Is) 4400

Color at 8 deg Plato 30.0 Lovibond

German Northern Brewer Hops Pellets are an English bred offspring of Brewer's Gold with some ancestry from American Wild Hops. In Germany it's known primarily as a bittering hop but it is dual purpose aiding in hop aroma as well. 

This hop defines the term "Hoppy".

Flavor Profile

• Spicey
• Woods
• Wild Fruit

General Info:

• Hop Type: Dual-Purpose
• Origin: Germany
• Alpha Acid: 6.0 - 10.0%
• Similar Varieties: Chinook, Columbus, Galena, Magnum
• Common Styles: Continental Lagers, Belgian Ale, Trappist Ale, Farmhouse Styles

Nottingham Beer Dry Yeast is highly flocculant and has relatively full attenuation properties. It has a high alcohol tolerance and is great for specialty beers. It creates low concentrations of fruity and estery aromas, and is considered neutral as an ale yeast, allowing the full natural flavor of malts and hops to develop. 

Recommended Fermentation Temperature: 14° to 21°C (57° to 70°F) with a good tolerance to low fermentation temperatures (12°C/54°F) that allow this strain to be used in lager-style beer.

General Info

• Highly flocculant
• Full attenuation properties
• High alcohol Tolerance
• Considered Neutral
• Creates Low Fruity Aromas
• Styles: Lagers, High Proof Beers