That which imparts flavor and body to beer. Malt is made from barley, a cereal similar to wheat. In crafting beer, barley is soaked until it sprouts. It is then drained and dried for storage. This process harnesses natural enzymes – a process that releases fermentable sugars, and develops the flavors in beer.

Malt Examples:    Briess Pale Ale Malt
Muntons Pale Ale Malt
Weyermann Pale Ale Malt

Colour:    2-3

Base malt with slightly darker color. Provides fermentable sugars, light malt color flavor and aroma

Base malt with slightly darker color.
Provides fermentable sugars, light malt color flavor and aroma