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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

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

Suitable for all styles of beer where dark amber to copper hue and rich malt accent with notes of biscuit and caramel are desired. Weyermann Caramunich Type 3 also adds to the body while improving head retention.

General Info

• Malt Type: Crystal/Caramel
• Grain Origin: Germany
• Color: 53-60.5 °Lovibond (140-160 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

Carafa Type 2 (de-husked) is a top quality spring barley that's roasted sans husk to keep the astringent qualities of this malt to a minimum. Great in smaller amounts as a color addition, use this in most any dark beer to add great coffee and cocoa flavor and color.

General Info

• Origin: Germany
• EBC: 1000-1200
• Lovibond: 375-450
• Usage: to 5%
• Moisture: 3.5% max
• Total Nitrogen: N/A
• Extract% (dry basis): 70 min
• Soluble Nitrogen Ratio: N/A

Styles

• Altbier
• Bock
• Porter
• Schwartzbier
• Stout
• Dark Beer Styles

An unmalted and dried barley that gives a rich and grainy flavor. Used primarily in stouts as well as German-style pilsners and improves your beer's head formation. 

General Info

• Unmalted
• Dried Barley
• Used Primarily in Stouts and German-style Pilsners
• Improves Beer's Head Formation

Making an Oatmeal Stout? You're going to need Flaked Oats or you're just making a stout...not that there's anything wrong with that. 

General Info

• Pre-Gelatinized
• For use with Oatmeal Stouts
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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

Smooth and sweet, Goldings are recognized as having the most typical English profile. This hop is in demand for copper-hopping and dry hopping of traditional ales. Use Golding hops in combination with Fuggles for a time-honored taste. Kent Goldins are also useful for late hopping lagers, when a delicate aroma is required.

Average Alpha: 4.5-6.5%
Substitutes: Styrian Goldings

Safale US-05 Beer Yeast is one of the defining yeast of the American Homebrewing movement. It provides low to moderate sedimentation with moderate FG and is used to create crisp American beers we've all come to know and love. No hydration required, it's ready to pitch!

General Info

• Ready to Pitch (NoHydration Required)
• Low to Moderate Sedimentation
• Moderate Final Gravity
• Styles: Ale