High quality raw material for your excellent beers.
Description
Swaen Pilsner is the obvious choice for your base malt. The strong cereal flavour is the base of this product, while still allowing specialty malts to come through.
Usage
Pilsner, Lager, Ale, Kölsch, Export beer, Special beer, IPA, Hazy IPA and all other beers.
Raw material: Barley
Product: Kilned malt
Use: Up to 100%
Filtration: Normal
EBC: 3 – 4.5
Lovibond: 1.7 – 2.2
Flavour palette
Blogs and recipes
How to store malt
Malt can be kept several years and will not lose its enzymatic power. The Swaen has a special process to guarantee a long shelf life.
Recipe – NEIPA
New England IPA has intense fruit flavors and aromas, a soft body, smooth mouthfeel, and often opaque with substantial haze.
Recipe – Altbier
Altbier is a top-fermented, amber beer, that is traditionally brewed in the historical region of Westphalia, mainly in Düsseldorf.
Typical analysis
| Parameter | Unit | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moisture | % | – | 4.5 |
| Extract (dry basis) | % | 81 | – |
| Total protein | % | 9.0 | 11.5 |
| Soluble protein | % | 3.5 | 4.4 |
| Kolbach index | % | 35 | 45 |
| Hartong 45° | % | 34 | 43 |
| Viscosity | mPa.s | – | 1.6 |
| Beta glucans | mg/l | – | 250 |
| pH | – | 5.9 | 6.1 |
| Diastatic power | WK | 250 | – |
| Friability | % | 80 | – |
| Glassiness (whole grains) | % | – | 2.5 |
| p-DMS | – | – | 5.0 |
| NDMA | ppb | – | 2.5 |
| Saccharification | Minutes | 10 | |
| Calibration: – above 2.5 mm | % | 90 | – |
| Calibration: – rejected | % | – | 2.0 |
| AAL | % | 81 | – |
Available in
25kg bags, big bags up to 1.200kg, liner bag in container and bulk in truck.
Storage and shelf life
Our malt is best stored in a moderate temperate, low humidity, pest free environment at less than 20ºC or 68°F. It is best used within 6 to 18 months from manufacturing date, depending on the type of malt. We always provide a Best Before date. All our malts are manufactured conform to EU and International regulations. They are transported only by GMP-certified transporters. Please note: improperly stored malts are prone to loss of freshness and flavour.