Swaen© Distilling
High quality raw material for your excellent spirits.
Description
Swaen© Distilling is your go-to base malt for all distilling applications, offering the perfect combination of efficiency, versatility, and flavour. Designed specifically for distillers, this high-performance malt ensures smooth processing and exceptional results in every batch.
Carefully cured at a controlled temperature of 70-75°C, Swaen© Distilling retains maximum enzymatic activity, making starch conversion quick and efficient. As a result, it delivers high fermentable yields while maintaining a clean, well-balanced grain character. Plus, thanks to its light kilning process, this malt preserves its natural enzymatic strength, allowing it to break down starches effortlessly—even when combined with adjuncts.
What makes Swaen© Distilling even more appealing is how easy it is to work with. Its strong enzymatic power means you can mash it effortlessly using a single-temperature infusion, streamlining your production process and ensuring batch-to-batch consistency. This not only saves time but also guarantees reliable, high-quality results every time.
Whether you’re crafting whisky, vodka, genever, or other grain-based spirits, Swaen© Distilling provides the solid foundation you need. With its outstanding performance, efficiency, and clean malt backbone, it helps you create spirits with depth, character, and superior quality.
Usage
Single malt whisky, Grain whisky, Gin, Jenever, Vodka, Eau de vie.
Quick facts
Raw material: Barley
Product: Kilned malt
Use: Up to 100%
Filtration: Normal
EBC: 3 – 4
Lovibond: 1.7 – 2.2
Typical analysis
| Parameter | Unit | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moisture | % | – | 5.5 |
| Extract (dry basis) | % | 81.5 | – |
| Total protein | % | – | 10.5 |
| Soluble protein | % | 4.5 | – |
| Kolbach index | % | 43 | – |
| Hartong 45° | % | 38 | – |
| Viscosity | mPa.s | – | 1.5 |
| Beta glucans | mg/l | – | 100 |
| pH | – | 5.8 | 6.1 |
| Diastatic power | WK | 300 | – |
| Friability | % | 85 | – |
| Glassiness (whole grains) | % | – | 2 |
| NDMA | ppb | – | 2.5 |
| Saccharification | Minutes | 10 | |
| Calibration: – above 2.5 mm | % | 90 | – |
| Calibration: – rejected | % | – | 1 |
| AAL | % | 81 | – |
Flavour palette
Blogs and recipes
How to store malt
Malt retains its enzymatic power for several years when stored correctly. The Swaen ensures a long shelf life through a specialised process. As a result, brewers can always rely on consistent quality.
Production of distilling malt
During the production of distilling malt, understanding the distilling process is essential to delivering the best quality. This blog focuses on single malt distilling, as wort preparation for grain distilling is more complex.
Quality
The Swaen values quality. That’s why we invest in extensive testing in our laboratory, and thoroughly clean our product. But we do much more to ensure the best quality malts for you. The process begins with high quality grain.
Brochure
Download our latest brochure, with everything you want to know about The Swaen and its products. Read about our team, our unique process and the specifics of our malts.
Product list
Check out our product list, a quick overview of our entire product range, with information and prices.
Certificates
The Swaen holds itself to the highest standards. That is why we work with the best companies in the industry. Our malthouse is regularly audited by independent bodies to ensure the best quality malts. You can find all our certificates here.
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.
Available in
25kg bags, big bags up to 1.200kg, liner bag in container and bulk in truck.
