| FERMENTABLES/ADJUNCTS |
| Description |
Characteristics |
Beer Styles |
Color(Lovibond) |
Gravity |
| Acid Malt |
sour profile |
Lambics |
1.3-2.3 |
1.033 |
| Amber Malt |
copper color, biscuit taste |
ales(brown, mild, old) |
35 |
1.032 |
| Aromatic Malt |
malt aroma |
ales and lagers |
20 |
1.036 |
| Biscuit Malt |
baked biscuit flavor and aroma |
Belgian |
25 |
1.035 |
| Black Barley |
sharp barley flavor, dry |
stouts |
500 |
1.023-1.027 |
| Black Patent Malt |
dry, burnt taste and aroma |
stouts, porters, brown ales, dark lagers |
500 |
1.026 |
| Brown Malt |
dry biscuit flavor |
porters and Belgian ales |
65 |
1.032 |
| Brown Sugar |
rich, sweet flavor |
Scottish ales, old ales |
40 - 60 |
1.046 |
| Candi sugar or rock candi |
smooth, sweet taste and aroma |
Belgian and Holiday ales |
clear - .5, amber - 75, dark- 275 |
1.036 |
| Cara-Munich Malt |
copper color, caramel sweetness and aroma |
Belgian ales, German Beers |
56 |
1.033 |
| Cara-Wheat Malt |
toasted wheat flavor, nutty |
German Wheat Beers |
32 |
1.035 |
| Chocolate Malt |
dark brown color, toasted nutty flavor |
stouts, porters, brown ales |
350-475 |
1.034 |
| Corn sugar |
priming(bottling) ingrediant |
all beers |
1 |
1.037 |
| Crystal/Caramel Malt |
sweet caramel flavor, amber to dark color |
Various Styles |
10-120 |
1.034 |
| Demerara sugar |
sweet flavor |
English ales |
1 |
1.041 |
| Dextrin Malt |
light malt, adds body |
porters, stouts, or nay beer that needs more body |
1-10 |
1.033 |
| Dextrose/glucose |
mild sweet taste |
English ales |
1 |
1.037 |
| DME(dry malt extract) |
powdered malt |
all styles |
2-30 |
1.044 |
| Flaked Barley |
creamy smoothness, helps with head retention |
porters, stouts |
1.5 |
1.032 |
| Flaked Maize |
lightens body and color |
American Lagers, Pilsners |
1 |
1.037 |
| Flaked Oats |
Adds body, smoothness |
Belgian ales, stouts |
1 |
1.033 |
| Flaked Rye |
dry, crisp character |
rye beers |
2 |
1.036 |
| Flaked Wheat |
wheat flavor, hazy color, adds body and head retention |
Wheat and Belgian Whites |
2 |
1.036 |
| Honey |
sweet and dry flavor |
many styles |
1 |
1.032 |
| Honey Malt |
honey toasted, nutty flavor |
brown ales, Belgian Wheats, many styles |
25 |
1.034 |
| Irish Moss |
collects proteins, prevents chill haze |
lighter color beers |
n/a |
n/a |
| Kiln-Amber Malt |
adds maltiness |
German Lagers, Scottish Ales |
22 |
1.034 |
| Kiln-Coffee Malt |
coffee flavor |
stouts, porters, brown ales, Scottish Ales |
170 |
1.034 |
| Lactose |
adds sweetness and body |
sweet or milk stouts |
n/a |
1.043 |
| Lager Malt |
light color and flavor |
lagers |
1.4 |
1.038 |
| Malto-dextrin |
adds body and mouthfeel |
extract beers |
0 |
1.043 |
| Maple Syrup |
dry, woodsy flavor |
Pale ales, porters |
35 |
1.030 |
| Maple sap |
earthy, dry falvor |
Pale ales, porters |
3 |
1.009 |
| Melanoiden Malt |
reddish color |
red malt |
33 |
1.033 |
| Molasses |
strong sweet flavor |
stout, porter |
80 |
1.036 |
| Munich Malt |
amber color, sweet toasted flavor and aroma |
dark lagers, Oktoberfests, porters |
8 |
1.034 |
| Oak Chips |
recreates cask conditioned aroma |
IPAs, Belgian ales, Scottish ales |
n/a |
n/a |
| Pale Ale Malt/British 2-Row |
malt flavor |
Brittish and Scottish ales |
2.2 |
1.038 |
| Pale Ale Malt/American 2-Row |
malt flavor, light color |
most beer styles |
1.8 |
1.037 |
| Pale 6-Row/American |
malt flavor, adds body |
most beer styles |
1.8 |
1.035 |
| Peat-smoked Malt |
smoky flavor |
Scottish Ales |
2.8 |
1.034 |
| Pilsner Malt |
light color and flavor |
Pilsners and light color beers |
1.5 - 2 |
1.037 |
| Rice Solids |
lightens flavor, no taste |
American and Asian lagers |
.01 |
1.040 |
| Rauch Malt |
smoky flavor |
rouch beers, Scottish ales, smoked porters |
25 |
1.037 |
| Roasted Barley |
amber color, dry roasted flavor |
stouts, porters, scottish ales |
500 |
1.025 |
| Rye Malt |
dry, crisp character |
rye beers |
3 |
1.029 |
| Sucrose |
white table sugar |
Australian lagers, English bitters |
n/a |
1.046 |
| Special B malt |
extreme caramel taste and aroma |
dark Belgian beers, other dark beers |
130 - 220 |
1.030 |
| Syrup Malt Extract |
light, amber, and dark |
all styles |
3.5 - 30 |
1.037 |
| Toasted Malt |
nutty flavor and aroma |
IPAs, Scottish Ales |
25 |
1.038 |
| Torrified Wheat |
helps head retention and mouthfeel |
pale ales |
1 |
1.036 |
| Scottish ale Malt |
malt flavor and aroma |
Scottish Ales |
3 |
1.038 |
| Treacle |
intense, sweet flavor |
many English ales |
100 |
1.036 |
| Victory Malt |
slightly toasted biscuit flavor and aroma |
IPAs, Scottish Ales, Nut Brown ales |
25 |
1.034 |
| Vienna Malt |
caramel, toasted flavor |
Vienna. Marzen, Oktoberfest |
2 - 4 |
1.036 |
| Wheat Malt |
light flavor, creamy head |
all wheat beers, stouts, german styles |
1.8 |
1.038 |
| Malt Vendors |
Website |
| Muntons is a producer of malt and malt products for a worldwide client list - many of whom are major brewers, distillers and food product manufacturers. |
www.muntons.com |
| Briess Malting Company has been a family-owned manufacturer of quality malts for four generations, since 1876. The only North American maltsters producing and supplying an extensive spectrum of quality Pale and Specialty Malts to the largest and smallest breweries on this continent and abroad. The malting plants are located in the Midwest, America's heartland, with various strategically located distribution centers throughout the United States. |
www.briessmalt.com |
| Schreier Malting is very particular about the quality and consistency of their custom processed Schreier Specialty Malts, exclusively imported Belgian malts from DeWolf-Cosyns, and their extensive line of Brewer's Grains. |
www.schreiermalt.com |
| De Wolf-Cosyns Maltings was founded in 1790. Beyond the best quality standards - set since over 200 years - the main objective of our production planning is flexibility and diversification. Flexibility ensures our customers the real advantage of being served in the best terms we can offer. Our highly diversified production programme enables us to encounter the sometimes very specific malt characteristics our customers require. Apart from Pilsen, Pale-Ale, Munich and Aromatic malts produced in kilns, we are renowned for our caramel and roasted malts processed in roasting drums. They are a natural choice raw material for the production of specialty beers. |
www.dewolfcosyns.com |
| HOPS |
| Hop |
Alpha Acid % Range |
Use |
Origin |
Substitute |
| B.C. Goldings |
4 - 7% |
flavor, aroma |
Canada, US |
English Kent Goldings |
| Brambling Cross |
5 - 7% |
aroma, bittering |
Canada, UK |
English Kent Goldings |
| Brewer's Gold |
6 - 10% |
bittering |
Germany, UK, US |
Northern Brewer, Bullion |
| Bullion |
6 - 11% |
bittering |
UK, US |
Brewer's Gold, Galena, Northern Brewer |
| Cascade |
4 - 8% |
bittering, flavor, aroma, dry hop |
US |
Centennial |
| Centennial |
9 - 11% |
bittering, aroma, dry hop |
US |
Cascade |
| Challenger |
6 - 9% |
bittering, flavor, aroma |
UK |
Northern Brewer |
| Chinook |
11 - 14% |
bittering |
US |
Brewer's Gold, Nugget |
| Cluster |
5 - 9% |
bittering |
US |
Chinook, Galena |
| Columbus |
12 - 16% |
bittering |
US |
Eroica |
| Crystal |
2 - 5% |
aroma |
US |
German Hallertau Hersbrucker, Mittlefruh |
| Czech Saaz |
2 - 5.5% |
flavor, aroma, dry hop |
Czechoslovakia |
US Saaz, Lubin |
| Eroica |
9 - 13% |
bittering |
US |
Brewer's Gold |
| First Gold |
6.5 - 8.5% |
flavor, aroma |
UK |
East Kent Golding |
| Fuggles |
3.5 - 5.5% |
flavor, aroma |
US |
Willamette, Kent Goldings |
| Galena |
10 - 14% |
bittering |
US |
Brewer's Gold, Bullion |
| Hallertau Hersbrucker |
2.3 - 5% |
bittering, flavor, aroma |
Germany |
Hallertau Mittlefruh |
| Hallertau MittleFruh |
3.5 - 5.5% |
bittering, flavor, aroma |
Germany |
Hallertau Hersbrucker |
| Kent Goldings |
4 - 7% |
flavor, aroma, dry hop |
UK |
Fuggles, BC Goldings |
| Liberty |
2.5 - 6% |
aroma |
US |
Hallertau Mittlefruh, Crystal |
| Lublin |
3 - 6% |
flavor, aroma |
Poland |
Czech Saaz |
| Mt. Hood |
3 - 6% |
flavor, aroma |
US |
Hallertau hersbrucker, Mittlefruh |
| Northdown |
8 - 11% |
bittering, flavor, aroma, dry hop |
UK |
Northern Brewer |
| Northern Brewer |
12 - 16% |
bittering |
US |
Eroica |
| Nugget |
10 - 14% |
bittering |
US |
Chinook |
| Orion |
6 - 7.5% |
bittering |
Germany |
Northern Brewer |
| Omega |
9 - 13% |
bittering |
UK |
Northdown |
| Perle |
6 - 8% |
flavor, aroma |
Germany, US |
Hallertau Mittlefruh |
| Pride of Ringwood |
8 - 12% |
bittering |
New Zealand |
Galena |
| Progress |
5 - 7.5% |
flavor, aroma |
UK |
Fuggles |
| Spalt |
3 - 6% |
bittering, flavor, aroma |
Germany, US |
Czech Saaz |
| Strisslespalt |
2.5 - 4% |
aroma |
France |
Hallertau Hersbrucker |
| Styrian Goldings |
4.5 - 7.5% |
bittering, flavor, aroma |
Slovenia |
Kent Goldings |
| Target |
8 - 10% |
bittering |
UK |
Northdown, Yeoman |
| Tettnanger |
3 - 6.5% |
bittering, flavor, aroma |
Germany, US |
Spalt, Czech Saaz |
| Ultra |
2 - 4% |
aroma |
US |
Czech Saaz |
| U.S. Saaz |
2 - 4% |
aroma |
US |
Czech Saaz |
| Whitbread Golding |
4.5 - 7.5% |
flavor, aroma |
UK |
Fuggles |
| Willamette |
4.5 - 7.5% |
flavor, aroma |
US |
Fuggles |
| Yakima Magnum |
14 - 15% |
bittering |
US |
Columbus |
| Yeoman |
6.5 - 8% |
bittering |
UK |
Northdown, Target |
| Hop Vendors & Reference Sites |
Website |
| HOPUNION U.S.A., INC. is a worldwide hop firm. It was founded by Johannes Scharrer in 1809 in Nuremberg Germany. Today this company is managed by the 7th generation of the founding father. We have offices, processing and ranch facilities throughout the world. In the United States we are located in Yakima Washington. We have two ranch facilities incorporating over 700 acres of hops. We also have a pellet processing facility along with a dozen hop warehouses. These warehouses hold, on the average, over 7,000 bales of hops each which is the equivalent to a total of 1,400,000 pound of hops. |
www.hopunion.com |
| Puterbaugh Farms is a family business tucked into the fertile Yakima Valley, just a three-hour drive from Seattle. As fourth-generation hop farmers, the family is rich in the tradition of farming and caring for the land. Today, we grow 10 different hop varieties, and we always stand behind our product. |
www.hopsdirect.com |
| In 1980 as a homebrewer I visited the USDA Hop Research Farm in Corvallis, OR. I was looking for some hop plants so I could try growing my own vines. Besides acquiring some hop rhizomes, I was given some fluorescent green hop flowers, unlike any hops I'd bought before. Those hops inspired me to provide real hops to other fellow home brewers. Since that time, I have worked on the same USDA farm as well as a 1000-acre hop farm. I now grow a small quantity of hops and supplement the demand with the best hops available. Every September after harvest, I rendezvous with various microbrewers in Yakima, WA. Here we are given the opportunity to select the cream of the crop, even before the big mega breweries get their hands on them. From there they go into cold storage until your order is prepared. I feel confident that these are the best hops grown in America. Hoppily, Dave Wills |
www.freshops.com |
| Glen Tinseth's Hop page. A great hop resource site for homebrewers, or any hophead for that matter. |
www.realbeer.com/hops |
