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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

White wheat malt is one of the many taste of spring. Softer than red wheat and easier to mill, White Wheat Malt is one of the malts adding the characteristic haze you find in Belgian White Beers, and wheat beers.

General Info

• Malt Type: Base
• Grain Origin: North America
• Wort Color: 3.0-3.5 °Lovibond (6.4-7.9 EBC)
• Protein: 12%
• Moisture: 4.5% max.
• Extract (dry): 85.0% min.
• Diastatic Power:
• Usage: 50% max.

Styles

• Belgian White Beers
• Wheat Beers

Easily tempered with black or chocolate malts, Roasted Barley has the intense bitterness and dry, coffee flavors that really compliments a stout. 

General Info

• Malt Type: Adjunct
• Grain Origin: North America
• Wort Color: 300 °Lovibond (800 EBC)
• Moisture: 5.0% max.
• Extract (dry): 72%
• Diastatic Power: 0
• Usage: 7% max.

Styles

• Stouts
• Some Porters

Just like other de-husked varieties Carafa Type 1 (de-husked) lacks the astringent quality obtained through roasting husks. It has an espresso like quality with notes of chocolate and a mild roasted aftertaste. It provides a coffee brown color to your beer and is perfect in dark ales and lagers.

General Info

• Origin: Germany
• EBC: 800-900
• Lovibond: 300-340
• Usage: to 5%
• Moisture: 3.5% max
• Total Nitrogen: N/A
• Extract% (dry basis): 70 min
• Soluble Nitrogen Ratio: N/A

Styles

• Altbier
• Bock
• Doppelbock
• Schwarzbier
• Porters
• Stouts
• Dark Beers

CaraAroma Malt is a specialty malt that helps contribute a full body and improve malt aromas to your beer. It also adds a deep, saturated red color and is most commonly used in Stouts, Porters, Reds, Dunkels and Bocks.

General Info

• Malt Type: Caramel/Crystal
• Grain Origin: Germany
• Color: 115ºL - 150ºLovibond
• Usage: 15% max.

Styles

• Stouts
• Porters
• Bocks
• Reds
• Dunkels

UK Challenger Hops are a dual purpose hop variety owing it's lineage to Northern Brewer Hops. Used for bittering as it has a spicy, woody aroma and flavor, look to use these hops in English Ales, some styles of American IPAs, as well as early/late kettle hopping. 

General Info

• Origin: United Kingdom
• Hop Type: Dual-Purpose
• Alpha Acid: 6.5 - 8.5%
• Similar Varieties: East Kent Goldings, Perle, Styrian Goldings
• Common Styles: British-style Ale and Lager