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Melanoidin is a kilned specialty malt that helps promote flavor stability, add body, and produce a smooth mouthfeel. With an intense malt aroma and unique brewing characteristics it has a high degree of modification of both proteins and starches, excellent friability, low ß-glucan values, and high acidity. Melanoidin malt adds a deep amber to red-brown color to your finished beer. With rich malt flavor having notes of honey and biscuit, Melanoidin malt is best used in dark or red-colored beers such as amber ales, Scottish ales, Irish red ales, bocks, and Kellerbier.

So what does that mean? Melanoidin Malt helps improve the red coloration and intensifies malt flavors in your beer.

Genral Info

• Malt Type: Specialty
• Grain Origin: Germany
• Color: 23-31 °Lovibond (60-80 EBC)
• Protein:
• Moisture: 4.5% max.
• Extract (dry): 75% min.
• Diastatic Power:
• Usage: 20% max.

The German Tettnang hops are a landrace variety of noble hops with a spicy, floral, fruity flavor and aroma. The go to hop for many German Ales and lagers, It gets it's name from the region where it originally started growing, Tettnang 

General Info

• Origin: Germany
• Hop Type: Dual-Purpose
• Alpha Acid: 2.5 - 5.5%
• Similar Varieties: Saaz, Crystal, Spalter Select, Hersbrucker
• Common Styles: German and Belgian styles

This famous yeast strain from Weihenstephan in Germany is used world-wide within the brewing industry. SafLager W-34/70 allows to brew beers with a good balance of floral and fruity aromas and gives clean flavors and high drinkable beers.

FERMENTATION: ideally 12-15°C (53.6-59°F)

PITCHING: 80 to 120 g/hl for fermentation at 12°C – 15°C (53.6-59°F). increase pitching for fermentation lower than 12°C (53°F), up to 200 to 300 g/hl at 9°C (48°F)