PREMIUM QUALITY EUROPEAN HOPS AND MALTS

We have developed a low colour Scottish Extra Pale Ale Malt for low colour beer styles such as lager, blondes and pale ales. Made from the same barley as our Scottish Ale Malt, its 100% Scottish grown. It is perfectly suited to the traditional UK brewing style where a single strike temperature is used as the malt has a moderate to high level of modification which gives excellent extract, flavour and run-off. Use it at 100% for lagers and pale ales or mix in some speciality malts for just about any hop driven beer style.

We take English spring barley with a slightly higher protein than our Best Ale Malt and the subsequent low temperature kilning produces Lager Malt with a sweet but not "malty" character. Lager malts from continental Europe tend to be higher in protein, have less modifi cation and a lower SNR which means the malt then requires processing in a rising temperature programme. This is the reason that decoction and heated mash vessels are the dominant brewing system on the continent. However, Lager has been optimised for UK brewing and so it works comfortably in a UK single strike temperature brewery or on a continental system.

Our Best Ale Malt is the workhorse of many a brewery and is at home in a variety of beer styles. The 2-row winter barley varieties that go into our Best Ale have been planted in the light, sandy soils of North Norfolk. We source the lowest nitrogen barley from our farmers. During malting, high cast moistures and a balance of optimal germination time and temperature results in an even, well modified malt with a rich colour and balanced sweet, malt flavour which is ideally suited to ale brewing.

Torrefied Wheat has long been used by brewers up and down the UK to provide additional head potential on all beer styles. The higher molecular weight proteins and glycoproteins are head positive and also promote mouthfeel. It is especially useful when base malts are particularly low in nitrogen/ protein. Torrefied Wheat has a very slightly grain character to it.