Munich Malt has a malty sweet flavor characteristic and adds a red or amber color to the beer. It has enough diastatic power to convert itself, but needs help from other malts (2-row malt for example) to convert other grains.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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US Cluster Hops are one of the oldest American hop varieties. Formerly accounting for the bulk of the hops grown in the US, it has given way to other hops as we expand our beer needs but it is still a must have hop for anyone looking to recreate traditional American Lager styles.
Cultivated from the Dutch and British settlers from indigenous hops, this is a strong and very underrated hop. Being duel purpose it serves to both bitter and provide hop aroma to your brew.
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