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6 Row Malt is great for any beer and style where you're using a lot of specialty malts, adjuncts, and wheat malts as they lack the enzymatic power themselves. A lightly colored base malt blended from several American 6-Row varieties, and keep in mind that using large amounts of 6 Row Malt may require a protein rest in mashing. 

General Info

• Malt Type: Base
• Grain Origin: North America
• Wort Color: 2.1-2.5 °Lovibond (4.0-5.3 EBC)
• Protein: 15.0%
• Moisture: 4.2% max.
• Extract (dry): 79.0% min.
• Usage: 100% max.

Styles

• American Lagers
• American Wheat Beers
• Beers with Large Amounts of Specialty Malt
• Styles Predating the wide use of 2-Row

2 Row Caramel 10L Malt is gently cooked during the malting process. Why? Cooking kicks off the enzymatic conversion of starches into fermentable sugars and ensures some of the sugar will survive the yeast making for a sweeter finished beer. Imparting a candy like sweetness, mild caramel tones and a golden color while improving mouth feel and retention, use this in balanced Pislner, Dark Ales, Porters or Stouts.

General Info

• Malt Type: Crystal/Caramel
• Grain Origin: North America
• Wort Color: 10 °Lovibond
• Protein:
• Moisture: 7.0% max.
• Extract (dry): 77.0% min.
• Diastatic Power: 0 °Lintner
• Usage: 15% max.

Styles

• Pilsners
• Dark Ales
• Porters
• Stouts

Rice hulls are a great solution for preventing stuck mash as it works as a mesh to improve your filter bed performance.

General Info

• Filtering Medium
• Used for Preventing Stuck Mash
• Typically Usedin Wheat Beers

The German Tettnang hops are a landrace variety of noble hops with a spicy, floral, fruity flavor and aroma. The go to hop for many German Ales and lagers, It gets it's name from the region where it originally started growing, Tettnang 

General Info

• Origin: Germany
• Hop Type: Dual-Purpose
• Alpha Acid: 2.5 - 5.5%
• Similar Varieties: Saaz, Crystal, Spalter Select, Hersbrucker
• Common Styles: German and Belgian styles

Owing it's origins to a land race variety, the Noble Czech Saaz Hop has been a part of brewing tradition since it was first cultivated in the Czech Republic. Full of the classic flavors found in noble hops, is has a soft, refined spice and herbal flavor. Use this in Bohemian Pilsners, Belgian Ales, Farm House Ales, and Lambics. This is the hop that provides Pilsner Urquell it's unique flavor. 

General Info

• Origin: Czech Republic
• Hop Type: Aroma
• Alpha Acid: 3.0 - 6.0%
• Similar Varieties: Crystal, Tettnang, Sterling
• Common Styles: Traditional Pilsners, Wheat beers, Belgian-style Ales

This famous yeast strain from Weihenstephan in Germany is used world-wide within the brewing industry. SafLager W-34/70 allows to brew beers with a good balance of floral and fruity aromas and gives clean flavors and high drinkable beers.

FERMENTATION: ideally 12-15°C (53.6-59°F)

PITCHING: 80 to 120 g/hl for fermentation at 12°C – 15°C (53.6-59°F). increase pitching for fermentation lower than 12°C (53°F), up to 200 to 300 g/hl at 9°C (48°F)