Base Malts and Specialty Grains

Base malts provide the foundation of fermentable sugars for beer, while specialty grains add color, flavor, and character. From pale 2-row barley to rich crystal malts and roasted grains, these ingredients form the backbone of your beer recipe.

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America

American Chocolate Malt

Use in all types to adjust color and add nutty, toasted flavor. Chocolate flavor.

  • Yield: 27.2 oe
  • Color: 350 L

America

American Munich

Munich Dunkels. Adds color/nutty flavor. Sometimes called Aromatic.

  • Yield: 32.9 oe
  • Color: 10 L

America

American Victory

Provides a deep golden to brown color. Use in nut brown ales, IPAs and Scottish ales.

  • Yield: 32.0 oe
  • Color: 25 L

America

American Vienna

Increases malty flavor, provides balance. Use in Vienna, Märzen and Oktoberfest.

  • Yield: 32.9 oe
  • Color: 4 L

Castle Malting • Belgium

Aroma 100 EBC Malt

Features: Belgian aromatic malt. High germination temperature, kilning up to 115°C, to develop much aroma. Usage: Special very aromatic beers. Recommended proportion: up to 20%. Characteristics: Aroma malt provides rich malty aroma and flavour to amber and dark lager beers. Compared to other traditional coloured malts, is still high in diastatic power and imparts a smoother bitterness.

  • Yield: 34.3 oe
  • Color: 38.2 L

Simpsons • United Kingdom

Aromatic Barley Malt

Flavour reminiscent of raisins. Could be used for body in low ABV bitters.

  • Yield: 33.0 oe
  • Color: 30.4569 L

Briess • North America

Aromatic Malt

Golden rich color and a smooth malty flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • Munich-style malt that will contribute an intensely malty flavor and aroma. • Use in any beer style for additional maltiness. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.

  • Yield: 34.3 oe
  • Color: 20 L

Dingemans

Aromatic Malt (Amber 50)

Dingemans Aromatic is a mildly kilned malt that will add a strong malt aroma and deep color when used as a specialty malt. This malt can make up to 100% of the grain bill, but it is fairly low in surplus diastatic enzymes.

  • Yield: 34.6 oe
  • Color: 19 L

Briess • North America

Ashburne® Mild Malt

Golden rich color with a malty sweetness. Characteristics & Applications: • Well suited for mild ale beers for color and maltiness. • Imparts smooth sweet flavor while also adding a full malty flavor. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.

  • Yield: 34.3 oe
  • Color: 5.8 L

Gladfield • New Zealand

Aurora Malt

Aurora has been developed to produce rich bready, fruit cake aroma and orange/red colour. It has a long traditional germination process to create complex sugars and amino acids which react during a careful kilning regime. The resulting maillard reaction is responsible for the colour and flavour. It is ideal for dark ales, Belgium style and high alcohol beers. If you want to make that big malty, rich beer then this is a great malt to use along with our Crystals and Red Back.

  • Yield: 35.8 oe
  • Color: 20.3046 L

Australia

Australian Pale Malt

A principal ingredient of cask ales using heritage barleys.

  • Yield: 35.2 oe
  • Color: 1.66 L

Australia

Australian Pilsner

Well modified, good attenuation.

  • Yield: 35.6 oe
  • Color: 1.55 L

Australia

Australian Traditional Ale

Well modified, full flavour.

  • Yield: 35.5 oe
  • Color: 2.3 L

Australia

Australian Wheat Malt

Malted wheat for use in Wheat beers.

  • Yield: 35.1 oe
  • Color: 1.35 L

Weyermann® • German

Barke® Munich Malt

Weyermann® Barke® Munich Malt brings forth enhanced body and dark-beer aroma, and richly malt-aromatic with notes of honey, and biscuit. Weyermann® Barke® Munich Malt brings forth enhanced body and dark-beer aroma, and richly malt-aromatic with notes of honey, and biscuit.  Barke® Munich malt, like the other Barke® Line malts possess excellent process characteristics in the brew house and during filtration, along with increased extract efficiency, strong malt flavor and classic characteristics for original Munich Dunkels. Suitable for Dark Beers, “Schwarzbier”, “Festbier”, Bock Beer, Octoberfest styles, Belgian Dubbels, “Kellerbier”, Stouts, and Munich Dunkels. SKU: MWEY1014

  • Yield: 34.6 oe
  • Color: 7.8 L

Weyermann® • German

Barke® Pilsner Malt

Weyermann® Barke® Pilsner malt is perfect for creating authentic lager style beers. It enhances body and mouthfeel substantially in the finished beer, while imparting intense malt aromas. Weyermann® Barke® Pilsner malt is perfect for creating authentic lager style beers. It enhances body and mouthfeel substantially in the finished beer, while imparting intense malt aromas. What also sets Barke® Pilsner malt apart is it’s excellent process characteristics in the brew-house and during filtration, coupled with increased extract efficiency. Suitable for Pilsners, Bavarian Helles, Lagers of various styles and “Kellerbier”. SKU: MWEY1012

  • Yield: 35.3 oe
  • Color: 1.75 L

Weyermann® • German

Barke® Vienna Malt

Weyermann® Barke® Vienna Malt creates full-bodied beer, with golden color, smooth taste, and intensely malty-sweet flavors. Weyermann® Barke® Vienna Malt creates full-bodied beer, with  golden color, smooth taste, and intensely malty-sweet flavors.  Gentle notes of honey and nuts (almond and hazelnut) also come through when using this malt.  Excellent process characteristics in the brew house and during filtration, along with  increased extract efficiency set Barke® Vienna Malt apart. Weyermann® Barke® Vienna Malt is the malt for authentic lagers. Perfect for Bavarian Dunkel, “Festbier”, “Maerzenbier”, Pale Ale / IPA, Lager, Stouts and of course Vienna Lager. SKU: MWEY1013

  • Yield: 34.5 oe
  • Color: 3.25 L

Gambrinus Malting • Canada

BC Pale

This is our Pale malt and has all the same characteristics as our traditional Pale, except we are using only BC grown grain.

  • Yield: 35.6 oe
  • Color: 2.3 L

Weyermann® • Germany

Beech Smoked Barley Malt

Produced from quality two-row spring barley. Unique in the world. Initially formulated specifically for the traditional Bamberg Rauchbier (Bamberg Smoked Beer). Can be used for any kind of lager or ale with a complex flavor. Carefully dried over hot, smoky ambers of well-aged beech wood to achieve characteristic smoky flavor, while preserving relatively pale color. Flavor: characteristic, well-rounded aroma of beech wood smoke; malty-sweet; notes of vanilla and honey.

  • Yield: 33.8 oe
  • Color: 2.9 L

Belgium

Belgian Aromatic

Imparts a big malt aroma. Use in brown ales, Belgian dubbels and tripels.

  • Yield: 33.9 oe
  • Color: 26 L