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Light Dry Malt Extract adds extra body and richness to your beer. Great for lighter beers like lagers and pilsners.

General Info

• Protein: 5.5%
• Max: 7.5%
• pH: 5 - 6

Styles

• Lighter Beers
• Lagers
• Pilsners

Want to improve the head of your beer without changing taste, color, or aroma? Use 2 Row Carapils Malt for up to 5% of your grain bill and it will do just that. Totally devoid of enzymes, steep it in hot water or mash it in. 

General Info

• Malt Type: Specialty
• Grain Origin: North America
• Wort Color: 1.5 °Lovibond (2.0 EBC)
• Protein:
• Moisture: 6.5% max.
• Extract (dry): 75% min.
• Diastatic Power: 0 °Lintner
• Usage: 5% max.

Styles

• Any and All!

Carahell Malt is a drum-roasted caramel malt made from German two-row that provides a fuller body. Carahell also adds a full, round flavor and deep saturated color. Carahell will increase the richness and intensify the malt aromas in German style beers. It's also a very versatile malt and can be used in pale ales, Oktoberfests, Maibocks, and Hefeweizens, but it's most commonly found in Pilsners, Wheats, and any lighter style of beer.

General Info

• Malt Type: Caramel/Crystal
• Grain Origin: Germany
• Color: 8.1-11.8 °Lovibond ( 20-30 EBC)
• Moisture: 6.5%-7.5% max.
• Extract (dry): 74-79% min.
• Diastatic Power:
• Usage: 50% max.

Styles

• Pilsners
• Wheats
• German style beers

Biscuit Malt is aptly named. Contributing a warm bread/biscuit flavor and garnet brown color, this malt must be mashed with other malts containing an excess of diastatic power. Use 5-10% max.

General Info

• Malt Type: Lightly Kilned / Toasted Malt
• Origin: Belgium
• Variety: 6-row winterbarley
• 47 – 70 EBC, Lovibond: 18-27
• Extract : 70%
• Moisture: 4.5%
• Total Protein :11.5%
• Flavors: Nutty, Toasty, Bread...y, Bisctuit...y

Styles

• IPAs
• Nut Brown Ales
• Any Beer where a Nutty Addition would be nice

A great malt for adding body and improving head retention, Weyermann Caramunich Type 2 Malt is a two row malt that contributes a dark amber - copper hue and a rich malt flavor with notes of biscuit and an intense caramel aroma. Perfect in any beer where these qualities would be welcomed.

General Info

• Malt Type: Crystal/Caramel
• Grain Origin: Germany
• Color: 42-49 °Lovibond (110-130 EBC)
• Protein:
• Moisture: 6.5% max.
• Extract (dry): 73% min.
• Diastatic Power: 0 °Lintner
• Usage: 10% max.

Styles

• October Beer
• Bockbier
• Dark Beer
• Porter
• Stout
• Malt Beer
• Nourishing Beer
• Schankbier
• Red Ale
• Brown Ale
• Malt-Liquor
• Amber

Created at Yakima Chief Ranches, this hop provides both bittering and hop aromas and improves the flavoring of other hops while producing a mellow pine and citrus flavor. This hop is great in American Ales and IPAs.

Flavor Profile

• Passionfruit
• Pine
• Earth
• Citrus

Typical Alpha Acid: 12.0%-14.0%