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Caramel 20L is a light crystal malt made with 6-row barley. It imparts a golden color, candy-like sweetness, and mild caramel flavor. Crystal malts also add body and improve head retention. Usage is progressive, starting light to balance pilsners and reaching the maxiumum 15% to impart color and sweetness to darker ales, stouts, and porters.
Crystal malts are gently cooked during the malting process. Cooking initiates the enzymatic conversion of starches into fermentable sugars, and caramelizes some of the sugars as the malt reaches its final color. This eliminates the need to mash crystal malt, and ensures that some of the sugars will survive fermentation to sweeten the beer. Briess caramel malts are roaster produced to create glassy, crystallized sugars with rich flavor and color.

General Info

• Malt Type: Crystal/Caramel
• Grain Origin: North America
• Wort Color: 20 °Lovibond
• Protein:
• Moisture: 6.0% max.
• Extract (dry): 76.0% min.
• Diastatic Power: 0 °Lintner
• Usage: 15% max.

Styles

• Pilsners
• Dark Ales
• Porters
• Stouts

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

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

Coming from our brewing friends down under, the Galaxy Hop is a frequently used as a late addition due to it's gentle citrus and passion fruit notes. With intense grassy qualities this is a pungent hop.

General Info

• Origin: Australia
• Hop Type: Dual-Purpose
• Alpha Acid: 13.5-15.0%
• Similar Varieties: Citra
• Styles: IPA, Double IPA, Intensely Hoppy Styles

This New Zealend Hop is great in Pale Ales and Lagers. Deriving it's name from Sauvignon Blanc, the taste profile most recognized when using this hop, Nelson Sauvin hops have a distinct fruitiness and white wine quality.

Flavor Profiles

• White Wine (Sauvignon Blanc)
• Fruitiness
• Gooseberry
• Black Pepper
• Mace
• Allspice

General Info

• Country of Origin: New Zealend
• Commonly Found in: Belgian Ales, Pale Ales, Pale Lagers, and Weizenbocks.

Pislners and Lagers require the perfect yeast. Something that can ferment at lower temperatures without just stopping altogether. That's where Fermentis Saflager S-23 comes in. Able to ferment at (46-50 °F) with excellent attenuation it is the perfect yeast for low temp. ferments.

General Info

• Origin: Germany
• Attenuation: Low
• Flocculation: High
• Optimum Ferm Temp:48.2-71.6°F, ideally 53.6-59°F
• Flavor: Fruity, Estery

Styles

• Lagers
• Pilsners