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Vienna Malt is a kiln-dried barley malt that's darker than pale ale malt, but not quite as dark as Munich Malt for example. It adds a golden color and a toasty or biscuity malt aroma to the beer and is used in a variety of styles from dark to light ales and even lagers.

General Info

• Malt type: Base malt or specialty malt
• Flavor Contribution: Enhanced malt flavor and aroma, slightly toasty
• Color/Appearance: Rich, dark golden

Styles

• Any - All

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

Aromatic Kiln is a strong malt by most measures. Providing a strong malt aroma and deep malt coloring as a product of it's kilning you can use Aromatic Kiln for up to 30% of your grain bill, but it is on the low side of diastatic enzymes (one of the enzymes converting starches into sugars so the yeast can convert those sugars to booze!) so most prefer to use it as a specialty malt aiding in styles like Ambers and Reds to get the darker coloration.  

General Info

• Origin: Belgium
• Type: Lightly Kilned Toasted Malt
• Variety : 2- row summerbarley
• Moisture : max 4.5 %
• Color : 40 - 60 EBC
• Lovibond: 17-21
• Extract fine D.M. : min 79 %
• Total protein : max 12.0 %
• pH : 5.2 – 5.7

Styles

• Abbey Ales
• Ambers
• Ales
• Bocks
• Trappist

Midnight Wheat Malt is a bitterless black malt that is subtle and smooth. You'll be surprised how this 550L adds a tremendous amount of color without adding the dry flavors of a black or chocolate malt. It starts slightly sweet with hints of roasted flavor and finishes clean. Midnight wheat is the smoothest source of black color of any malt available.

General Info

• Malt Type: Bitterless Black Malt
• Color: 550 °Lovibond
• Protein: 0%
• Moisture: 6.5% max.
• Extract (dry): 0%
• Diastatic Power: 0 °Lintner
• Usage: 10% max.

Styles

• Black IPAs
• Schwarzbiers
• Other beers for color adjustment

German Northern Brewer Hops Pellets are an English bred offspring of Brewer's Gold with some ancestry from American Wild Hops. In Germany it's known primarily as a bittering hop but it is dual purpose aiding in hop aroma as well. 

This hop defines the term "Hoppy".

Flavor Profile

• Spicey
• Woods
• Wild Fruit

General Info:

• Hop Type: Dual-Purpose
• Origin: Germany
• Alpha Acid: 6.0 - 10.0%
• Similar Varieties: Chinook, Columbus, Galena, Magnum
• Common Styles: Continental Lagers, Belgian Ale, Trappist Ale, Farmhouse 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

One of the noble German Hops to lend it's qualities to continental lagers and European Ales, the Hallertau Mittelfruh Hop enjoys world renown for it's elegant, sweet and earthy aromas merged with a harmonic bitterness. 

General Info

• Origin: Germany
• Hop Type: Aroma
• Alpha Acid: 3.0 - 5.5%
• Similar Varieties: Tradition, Hersbrucker, Mount Hood, Liberty
• Common Styles: Continental Lagers and Wheat Beers, German Pilsner, Altbier