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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.

General Info

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

Styles

• Any - All

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.

Contributing sweet pronounced caramel flavors to your beer, 2 Row Caramel 60L is a medium crystal malt made with 2-row barley. It imbues a deep gold and reddish hue while improving body and head retention. The more you use the more depth of color and caramel flavors come out, so us this at max 15% of your overall grain bill. Substantially less for a balanced Pilsner.

General Info

• Malt Type: Crystal/Caramel
• Grain Origin: North America
• Wort Color: 60 °Lovibond (160 EBC)
• Moisture: 5.0% max.
• Extract (dry): 77.0% min.
• Diastatic Power: 0 °Lintner
• Usage: 15% max.

Styles

• Dark Ales
• Stouts
• Porters

2 Row Caramel 120L is dark. Not Tarantino dark, but still pretty dark. The more you add (up to 15%) the more burnt sugar, caramel, and raisiny and prune flavors you're going to get from it while adding a deep red color and improving body and head retention.

It is gently cooked during the malting process to produce glassy, crystallized sugars which will add sweetness to your final product.

General Info

• Malt Type: Crystal/Caramel
• Grain Origin: North America
• Wort Color: 120 °Lovibond (318 EBC)
• Protein:
• Moisture: 3.0% max.
• Extract (dry): 75.0% min.
• Diastatic Power: 0 °Lintner
• Usage: 15% max.

Style

• Stouts
• Porters
• Dark Ales

Fuggles are the classic English aroma hop. Providing a sweet, earthy aroma and flavor, these have been used in brewing since 1861.

General Info

• Origin: United Kingdom
• Hop Type: Aroma
• Alpha Acid: 3.0 - 5.6%
• Similar Varieties: Willamette, Styrian Goldings
• Common Styles: Mild Ale, Bitter Ale, Porter

A classic British ale profile with good flocculation and malty flavor characteristics. It will finish crisp, clean and fairly dry.

General Info

• Flocculation: High
• Attenuation: 73-76%
• Temperature Range: 63-75F, 17-24C
• Alcohol Tolerance: 10% ABV

Styles:

• Ordinary and Special Bitters
• ESB
• Northern English Brown
• Brown Porter
• Dry Stout
• English IPA
• English Barley Wine
• Strong/Old Ale
• English Barley Wine
• Cream Ale
• Irish Red Ale