Shovelling malt by hand -We only buy the best malts

Grains for Beermaking

MALTED GRAINS BULK . It's all floor malted and we have regular deliveries so it's in excellent condition.. We'd recommend that you buy the crushed, all our shop customers do. If you keep it cool and dry it lasts for ages anyway. For those of you who prefer uncrushed malt we now keep whole malt in stock. Maris Otter seems to be the most popular, it's our favourite as well.

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As always if we don't have what you want please ask, it may be in stock or we will put it into stock for you..

Most of our malts are the two row barleys. Maris Otter and Halcyon are both two row barley malt.

5.2 Ph Stabiliser

Keeps the mash 5.2, like magic, impressive stuff!

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Maris Otter Crushed Malt

If you just want a pale crush malt then it's this one!

This is our most popular malt and it provides the staple malt for most beers.

EBC 5 -7

Halcyon Pale Crushed malt (Pale Crush Malt)

Maris Otter has taken the place of Halcyon with most brews.

The flavour difference is subtle and you have to try it really.

EBC 5-7

Golden Promise Crush Malt

Used by Timothy Taylors amongst others Seems to produce slightly sweeter rounder beers

EBC 5- 7

Pilsner Malt Crushed

We're now using Schill pIlsner malt- It's great quality and produces lovely golden lagers and pilsners.

EBC Under 2

Low Colour Maris Otter Crushed Malt

EBC of 3-4.5

Much paler than the normal maris for those very pale beers we're all making.

Less malt flavour and allows the intense hop flavours through

UK Lager Malt Crushed

Malted and crushed in the UK. A true lager malt not just a pale crush!

This is our best selling lager malt and provides the basis for most lager type beers.

EBC 3-4.5

Mild Malt Crushed

A true mild malt. Using halcyon grain but malted to a darker colour.

Typically 7.25 EBC with 4% moisture

Munich Malt Crushed

Uk Malted Munich malt

Typically 25 EBC 3.6% moisture

One of the darker pale malts if you know what I mean!

Used for the nice dark Munich beers, some of the shop customers use this malt for their bitters. It gives a nice intense maltiness

Crystal Malt Crushed

Crystal malt is the most poular adjunct.

If the recipe just says crystal then this is what you want

Caramel with toffee flavours, also a slight nutiiness

Colour 120 EBC moisture 4.3%

Crystal malt is often used with liquid malts as it does not need mashing

Chocolate Malt Crushed

Dark malt, no chocolate in it of course! It's just the colour is a nice chocolate one

Does impart a sort of chocolate flavour if you use your imagination-We'd say more of a coffee flavour

1000 EBC moisture 3.3%

Tastes like burnt toast, for dark milds and stouts.

Malt Mills for crushing whole grain

You'll find these in the Mashing Equipment section

Malt Mills

Wheat Malt Crushed

For Wheat beers ! Most recipes seem to use a ratio of 7 to 1 normal to wheat but we have used much higher ratios and got excellent results.

Roast Barley Crushed

This is the unmalted roasted barley, it's very dark. Almost black and has an intense flavour.

Mainly for guiness style stouts etc. But is used in old ales

EBC 1300-1600

Patent Black Malt (Black Malt)

Another very dark malt. Used in stouts dark milds etc

Burnt coffee to burnt toast flavour

colour EBC 1000

Torrefied Wheat

Torrified barley is no longer available. This is the only torrified grain we can obtain

It's been heated up very fast so it pops, you can do your own in a hot saucepan, it's fun but a bit unpredictable as to flavour, the commercial stuff tastes roughly the same each time!

Used to help the life and creaminess of the head, helps give that that lace effect in the glass

Delivery on a full sack may be a couple of weeks- please ask

EBC 3 -4.5

Flaked Barley

The whole un-malted barley grain rolled. This is untreated grain just rolled flat, same stuff you see in breakfast muesli. If it's healthy in cereal it must be healthy for us as well....

Adds body and helps head retention. You only need it as about 10% of the total grain. It does need to go in with other grain in the mash.

EBC 3-4.5

Flaked Maize

Maize is known in the UK as Sweet Corn. It's high in sugar but produces a thin bodied brew. Used as an adjunct it adds interesting flavours to your brew.

This is the yellow maize, it's not the denatured cheap alternative which has had the sugars removed.

It 's the whole grain, it's more ground than flaked but does the same job and has a much better flavour

EBC 3-4.5

Less Common Malts Listed Below- Most of the 3Kg are in stock 25 Kg may take a week

The Malts below are available in 500g 3kg or 25 kg.

The 25 kg sack may take a week to obtain.

The 500g and 3 kg are mostly in stock.

They're now arranged alphabetically to make them easier to find

Abbey Malt Crushed in 3Kg

Used in Belgian Trappist beers and abbey ales. EBC of 50 so quite dark

Aromatic Malt Crush

Increases the malty smell and taste, a bit too powerful in large amounts so you'd normally add at the rate of about 10% of total grains

Amber Malt Crushed

It;s almost the colour of crystal malt but a much toastier /biscuity flavour

Acid Malt Crushed

Acid malt is specialty stuff, as a rough guide 1% of acid malt will lower PH by 0.1%.

Belgian Pale Malt Crushed

1 week delivery on the 25 Kg Sack

Bohemian Pilsner Malt EBC 3 3Kg Crushed

Bohemian Pilsners are ranked as the best in the world, this is German Pilsner malt and makes the difference!

The Bohemian was one associated with free love and poverty... Not sure how that applies to the malt but you can keep the poverty.

Belgian Diastatic Amber Malt Crush

It's a roasted malt so it's got the extra flavours but retains it's diastatic ability. Used in Belgian beers and special recipes recreating old style English beers

Biscuit Malt Crushed

Adds that elusive biscuit aroma. Use at about 10% of total grain

We're using Chateau Biscuit malt now-- look under c!

Brown Crushed Malt

Was traditionally a smoked malt, it's now malted in the modern way so no smokiness! It's used in darker ales and has been popular in the last year. Nuuty, dark toast with bitter chocolate edge.

EBC Typically 150

Carahells Malt Crushed

It's the Vienna malt version of crystal malt- It's kilned at mashing temperature then roasted. This means most of the starch is converted before roasting, the sugars are partly caramalised giving the flavours and colours needed for the darker heavier pilsners.

Carafa Special 1 Crushed and Dehusked

A very dark malt with an intense flavour. The de husking reduces the bitterness which allows for dark pale ales and dark lagers

Carafa Special 3

De-husked Roasted Caramalt EBC 1200

Special B Crushed Malt

A very dark almost black malt, double roated for intense roasted flavours, used in those special dark Belgium beers.

Interesting in English style beers as well.

EBC 250 -300

Carapils Crushed malt

It's the pilsner malt version of crystal malt- It's kilned at mashing temperature then roasted. This means most of the starch is converted before roasting, the sugars are partly caramalised giving the flavours and colours needed for the darker heavier pilsners.

Cara Red Crushed

Basically crystal malt. It's a different name , a bit more red in it possibly than normal crystal!

Caramalt Crushed British

It's a lighter malt version of crystal malt- It's kilned at mashing temperature then roasted. This means most of the starch is converted before roasting, the sugars are partly caramalised giving the flavours and colours needed for lighter beers than the usual British beer

Cara Munch Crushed

German Caramalt, it's a munich malt roasted to a darker shade. Suitable for dark lagers

Cara Amber Crushed

Useful for making red beers, us at about 10% of total mash

Chateau Cara Ruby Crushed

This stuff is gorgeous, toffee,caramel and those elusive red hues in the beer. Use no more than 20% of total grain.

Use in brown ales, Scottish beers and red ales.

EBC is about 50

Chateau Biscuit Crushed Malt

A really nice biscuit malt from those chaps at the Chateau Malterie. That bread and biscuity taste and aroma with a nice toastiness. Without affecting the colour too much.

EBC 50

Chateau Cara Gold Crushed

Big toffee flavours and dark colours from this Belgian Malt.

EBC around 120

Chocolate Wheat Crushed

Crystal Malt Crushed Dark

A darker crystal malt, gives that nice deep copper colour without too much crstal flavour

EBC 230 to 250

Crystal Wheat Malt Crushed

Crystal malt from wheat, if you're after darkening a wheat beer without adding barley malt.

111-120 EBC

Crystal Rye Malt Crushed

Seven days delivery on this item

Light Crystal malt Crushed

A lighter crystal malt for the nice roasted flavours without darkening the beer too much, used in American Pale ales

EBC 80 - 140

Malted Oats Crushed

Used in Oat stouts etc. Not oatmeal which is not malted.

Usage is usually low at about 10% but some people have been using more

EBC10

Melanoidin Malt Crushed

GIves a good red colour to the beer, it's an aromatic malt and needs to be used sparingly.up to 15% of total grain

Melanoidins are brown high molecular weight heterogenous polymers- According to Wiki!

About 10% of total mash EBC 60-80

Rye Malt Crushed

Seven days delivery on this product

Smoked Malt Crushed Rauchmalt Rauchmalz

A Bavairian smoked malt, smoked over Beech wood the flavour is strog and you can use up to 100% of total mash

Smaller amounts adds interesting notes and flavours to beers

EBC 3-6

Vienna Malt Crushed

A UK Vienna malt. A gorgeous golden colour and a malt flavour

EBC 6-8

Wheat Malt (Dark)Crushed

A weeks delivery on this item

Malt mills and Crushers

Malt Mills and Crushers are on the equipment page here

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