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A pleasant floral aroma and sweet taste makes 2 Row Malt perfect for any beer style. Darker than most lager malts but lighter than most pale ale malts 2 Row Malt is American grown and American malted. This is one of our favorite brewing malts, perfect for a variety of brews. 

General Info

• Malt Type: Base
• Grain Origin: North America
• Wort Color: 1.7-2.0 °Lovibond (3.0-3.9 EBC)
• Protein: 11.0-12.0%
• Moisture: 4.0% max.
• Extract (dry): 80.0% min.
• Diastatic Power:
• Usage: 100% max.

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

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!

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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Greatly increases head retention and body.  Use 4 to 6 ounces in a 5 gallon batch.  

General Info

• Unmalted
• Dried Wheat
• Improves Beer's Head Formation

With this mineral you are able to increase the hardness of the water you are adding to. Gypsum will also lower the mash PH making this very useful for brewers that use distilled water.

We recomend 1 teaspoon per 5 gal.

• Lowers Mash PH
• Increases Water Hardness
• Sold by 2oz packages

This strain is commonly know as the  "Brewer Patriot" strain. The Neutral flavor of the WLP008 is very similar to the WLP001 California Ale, the differential factor is that this strain accents less on hop bitterness and adds a light tart finish. Use this strain in you pale ales, golden ales, and blondes. 

General Info

• Attenuation: 70-75%
• Flocculation: Medium-to-Low
• Optimum Ferm Temp: 68-73°F
• Alcohol Tolerance: Medium