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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!

Developed in Cambridge by Dr.Bell, Pale Maris Otter is 2 row winter barley perfect for British Ales. Developed in order to preserve the traditional flavors found in British Ales of all sorts Pale Maris Otter offer a rich, slightly nutty flavor with an orange tinted wort.  

General Info

• EBC: 4.5-6.5
• Lovibond: 2.15-2.90
• Usage: to 100%
• Moisture: 3.5 max %
• Total Nitrogen: 1.55 max %
• Extract% (dry basis): min 80.5%
• Soluble Nitrogen Ratio:37-41

Styles

• IPA
• Ales
• Bitter
• Mild
• Porter
• Stout

Cooked during the malting process which crystallizes the sugars and makes for a sweeter finished beer, 2 Row Caramel 40L Malt light crystal malt is made with 2-row barley, and adds a deep golden color with mild caramel and toffee flavors.

General Info

• Malt Type: Crystal/Caramel
• Grain Origin: North America
• Wort Color: 40 °Lovibond (110 EBC)
• Protein:
• Moisture: 5.5% max.
• Extract (dry): 77.0% min.
• Diastatic Power: 0 °Lintner
• Usage: 15% max.

Styles

• Dark Ales
• Porters
• Stouts

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

Wyeast Scottish Ale 1728 is the perfect yeast for heavier Scottish Ales. A clean and neutral fermenter, this yeast produces an increased ester profile when fermented at higher temperatures. In small quantities esters produce light fruit flavors akin to bananas pears and roses but when used in large qualities it produces a solvent type quality to the finished product. 

General Info

• Origin: Britain
• Flocculation: high
• Attenuation: 69-73%
• Temperature Range: 55-75° F (13-24° C)
• Alcohol Tolerance: approximately 12% ABV