BASE, DISTILLER & SPECIALTY MALT VARIETIES
Our Base Malts & Complementary Products
Gladfield's Base Malts
Gladfield Malt wants to partner with you to make exciting, delicious beers and whiskies with 100% all natural ingredients. Explore our extensive and unique malt range, and let us know if you would like a sample before you start your next batch.
Ale Malt
Base Malt
Also known as: Pale Ale Malt
Sub Malt for: Maris Otter Malt
Our Ale Malt is grown from plump, low protein Autumn barley varieties and is one of our most popular base malts. Ale Malt is highly friable but the soluble nitrogen ratios are kept relatively low to enhance mouth feel and head retention when brewed.
This Malt has been fully modified through a traditional long cool germination resulting in higher extract potential. This type of modification helps eliminate haze issues in the beer. The kilning regime gives a nice toasty character to the malt and makes it perfect to use to brew a traditional English style.
Use: This is a base malt with a distinctly English character, suitable for many beer styles.
Rate: Up to 100%
Packaging options: 1kg, 5kg, 25kg, 500kg, 1 tonne bags and bulk.
| EBC Test Method | Specification | Typical Analysis |
|---|---|---|
| Moisture (max) % | 5 | 3.5 |
| Extract - Fine Dry min% | 79 | 80.5 |
| Extract - Coarse Dry | 79.5 | |
| Extract - Fine As-is | 78 | |
| Extract - Coarse As-is | 77 | |
| Saccharification time | 10 | 10 |
| Odour | Normal | |
| Wort Colour | 5 - 6 | 5.7 |
| Total Nitrogen (%) | 1.35 - 1.65 | 1.5 |
| Kolbach Index | 35 - 41 | 38 |
| pH | 5.7 - 6 | 6 |
| Diastatic Power (WK) min. | 150 | 190 |
| FAN (mg/l) min | 120 | 130 |
| Friability (min) % | 85 | 93 |
| Glassy Corns (max) % | 2 | 0.5 |
| P.U.G (max) % | 5 | 1.5 |
American Ale Malt
Base Malt
Gladfield’s American Ale Malt is perfect for brewers who have found that our regular Ale Malt adds too much of a malty, toasted flavour profile to certain beer styles. This base malt has been made from plump low protein Autumn barley varieties and then subjected to our traditional long cool germination period. The grains are then kilned using a special recipe that imparts a typical Ale colour for a cleaner, less toasted flavour. When brewed, this malt produces a vibrant, clean, yet solid hop‑forward malt profile and is perfect for producing American-style beers. The American Ale Malt offers the brewer scope for innovation and the ability to create beers that are full of character and sophistication.
Use: Base malt for use in hop-forward beers.
Rate: Up to 100%
Packaging options: 1kg, 5kg, 25kg, 500kg, 1 tonne bags and bulk.
| EBC Test Method | Specification | Typical Analysis |
|---|---|---|
| Moisture (max) % | 5 | 3.5 |
| Extract - Fine Dry min% | 79 | 80.5 |
| Extract - Coarse Dry | 79.5 | |
| Extract - Fine As-is | 78 | |
| Extract - Coarse As-is | 77 | |
| Saccharification time | 10 | 10 |
| Odour | Normal | |
| Wort Colour | 4.5 - 5.5 | 5 |
| Total Nitrogen (%) | 1.45 - 1.75 | 1.65 |
| Kolbach Index | 35 - 41 | 38 |
| pH | 5.7 - 6 | 6 |
| Diastatic Power (WK) min. | 160 | 200 |
| FAN (mg/l) min | 120 | 135 |
| Friability (min) % | 85 | 91 |
| Glassy Corns (max) % | 2 | 0.5 |
| P.U.G. (max) % | 5 | 1.5 |
German Pilsner Malt
Base Malt
Newly developed from an old world style malt, our German Pilsner Malt is the perfect base to use with Ales and Lagers. We start with high nitrogen, plump spring barley that goes through our traditional long germination process, followed by a light kilning. This malt is designed to lauter well as well as provides a solid extract. It also allows the brewer to add in flavour and manipulate this final result. We call it here at the maltings, the ‘marshmallow malt’, sweet but no flavour.
The higher protein barley will maintain a lot of medium chain proteins that provide both body and head retention. The flavour of this malt is crisp, clean and refreshing with a lovely pale straw colour.
Recommend to use this malt when brewers are looking for a clean, non‑biscuity flavour to the finish of the beer. Typical Bohemian style pilsners.
Use: Base malt for any beer style, light in colour with a clean sweet flavour.
Rate: Up to 100%
Packaging options: 1kg, 5kg, 25kg, 500kg, 1 tonne bags and bulk.
| EBC Test Method | Specification | Typical Analysis |
|---|---|---|
| Moisture (max) % | 5 | 3.5 |
| Extract - Fine Dry min% | 79 | 81 |
| Extract - Coarse Dry | 80.8 | |
| Extract - Fine As-is | 78.5 | |
| Extract - Coarse As-is | 77.5 | |
| Saccharification time | 10 | 10 |
| Odour | normal | |
| Wort Colour | 3.0 - 4.5 | 4 |
| Total Nitrogen (%) | 1.45 - 1.75 | 1.6 |
| Kolbach Index | 37.0 - 42 | 41 |
| pH | 5.7 - 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Diastatic Power (WK) min. | 240 | 250 |
| FAN (mg/l) min | 135 | 140 |
| Friability (min) % | 85 | 94 |
| Glassy Corns (max) % | 2 | 0.6 |
| P.U.G. (max) % | 5 | 1.0 |
| Screenings > 2.8 mm | 89% | |
| Screenings 2.5 - 2.8 | 10% | |
| Screenings 2.0 - 2.5 mm | 1% | |
| Screenings <2.0 mm | 0% | |
| ----------------------------- | ||
| OTHER INFORMATION | ||
| DMSp (ppm) | 2.5 | 0.1 - 5 |
Lager Light Malt
Base Malt
Lager Light Malt has been subjected to a gentler kilning cycle so that a lower coloured base malt is produced. This malt is made especially for brewing an all malt lager where a light colour is desirable.
This base malt can also be used alongside Gladfield Wheat Malt to brew a delicate, bright, clean malt profile wheat beer where a low colour formation is desired.
Use: A base malt for any style of beer. This malt is light in colour, with a sweet, clean flavour.
Rate: Up to 100%
Packaging options: 1kg, 5kg, 25kg, 500kg, 1 tonne bags and bulk.
| EBC Test Method | Specification | Typical Analysis |
|---|---|---|
| Moisture (max) % | 5 | 3.5 |
| Extract - Fine Dry min% | 79 | 81 |
| Extract - Coarse Dry | 80.8 | |
| Extract - Fine As-is | 78.5 | |
| Extract - Coarse As-is | 77.5 | |
| Saccharification time | 10 | 10 |
| Odour | Normal | |
| Wort Colour | 2.5 - 2.9 | 2.7 |
| Total Nitrogen (%) | 1.4 - 1.7 | 1.6 |
| Kolbach Index | 35 - 41 | 39 |
| pH | 5.8 - 6.1 | 6 |
| Diastatic Power (WK) min. | 240 | 250 |
| FAN (mg/l) min | 120 | 130 |
| Friability (min) % | 85 | 94 |
| Glassy Corns (max) % | 2 | 0.6 |
| P.U.G. (max) % | 5 | 1.0 |
| ----------------------------------- | ||
| OTHER INFORMATION | ||
| DMSp (ppm) | 4.4 | 0.1 - 5 |
Pilsner Malt
Base Malt
Also known as: Pale and/or Lager Malt
Gladfield Pilsner Malt is made from English and European bred barley varieties. Only plump low-protein barley are used to make our Pilsner Malt. This style of barley produces higher extracts and helps eliminate potential protein haze issues in the beer. Our carefully controlled kilning gives a clean malty character without adding too much colour.
Pilsner or Lager Malt can be used to produce ales as well as lagers. This malt does have sufficient diastatic power to convert the addition of 10–20% coloured malts to the mash, but it is not designed for large amounts of unmalted adjuncts. Brewers should also note that it is important that the mash pH is controlled properly to obtain the best efficiencies and outcomes in the finished beer.
Use: As a base malt for any beer style. It is light in colour and imparts a sweet, clean flavour when brewed.
Rate: Up to 100%
Packaging options: 1kg, 5kg, 25kg, 500kg, 1 tonne bulk bags and bulk.
| EBC Test Method | Specification | Typical Analysis |
|---|---|---|
| Moisture (max) % | 5 | 3.5 |
| Extract - Fine Dry min% | 79 | 81 |
| Extract - Coarse Dry | 80.8 | |
| Extract - Fine As-is | 78.5 | |
| Extract - Coarse As-is | 77.5 | |
| Saccharification time | 10 | 10 |
| Odour | Normal | |
| Wort Colour | 3.2 - 4 | 3.8 |
| Total Nitrogen (%) | 1.4 - 1.7 | 1.6 |
| Kolbach Index | 35 - 41 | 39 |
| pH | 5.7 - 6 | 6 |
| Diastatic Power (WK) min. | 240 | 250 |
| FAN (mg/l) min | 120 | 130 |
| Friability (min) % | 85 | 94 |
| Glassy Corns (max) % | 2 | 0.6 |
| P.U.G. (max) % | 5 | 1.0 |
| -------------------------- | ||
| OTHER INFORMATION | ||
| DMSp (ppm) | 3.5 | 0.1 - 5 |
Can’t see what you were looking for?
Gladfield Malt would love to work with you to create a new, exciting range of malt for your next beer. Let us know your ideas to start work on a custom malt. For more information on any malts in our range, contact Gladfield Malt. Orders can be placed online 24/7.
