Malt & grain
55 generic malt types, ordered from palest to darkest. These are what a recipe means by "Munich malt" — individual maltsters' products differ measurably and are listed as examples rather than equivalents.
The bar on each card is that malt’s colour rating rendered on the beer colour scale — what it contributes, not what the grain looks like and not what a beer made from it would be. Nobody brews with a grist of pure chocolate malt.
- Dextrose
neutral
- Lactose
sweetness, creamy body
- Corn syrup
neutral
- Flaked maize
light sweetness, neutral, faint corn
- Rice
neutral, very light
- Candi sugar
clean sweetness when pale, caramel and dark fruit when dark
- Invert sugar
toffee, dried fruit, rum-like depth at darker grades
- Carapils
neutral, faint sweetness
- Flaked oats
creamy, nutty, soft grain
- Flaked barley
grainy, creamy
- Flaked rice
neutral, dry
- Pilsner malt
light grain, fresh bread dough, faint honey
- Six-row malt
grainy, slightly husky
- Wheat malt
soft bread, light tartness, flour
- Torrified wheat
neutral grain, light bread
- Acidulated malt
clean lactic tartness
- Pale ale malt
biscuit, light bread crust, gentle nuttiness
- Rye malt
pepper, spice, dry grain
- Smoked malt
woodsmoke, bacon, campfire
- Oak-smoked wheat malt
oak smoke, dry smoke, light bread
- Peated malt
peat smoke, medicinal, iodine
- Golden Promise
bready, light honey
- Carafoam
neutral, body
- Flaked rye
spicy, peppery
- Spelt malt
nutty, light bread
- Oat malt
creamy, nutty
- Sour malt
lactic, tart
- Maris Otter
rich biscuit, bread crust, nutty depth
- Mild ale malt
bread crust, light toast, nutty
- Vienna malt
light toast, bread, gentle sweetness
- Vienna base malt
toasty, light caramel
- Munich malt
bread crust, toast, malt sweetness, light caramel
- Carahell
light caramel, honey
- Crystal malt
caramel, toffee, dried fruit, raisin at darker grades
- Demerara sugar
molasses, rum
- Honey malt
honey, sweet malt, light caramel
- Melanoidin malt
intense malt, bread crust, honey, light caramel
- Biscuit malt
toasted bread, biscuit, light nuttiness
- Amber malt
toast, dry biscuit, light coffee
- Aromatic malt
intense malt, bread crust
- Caramel red malt
light caramel, red colour
- Victory malt
toast, biscuit, nuts
- Invert sugar No. 3
treacle, dark fruit
- Caramunich
caramel, toffee
- Brown malt
dry toast, coffee, burnt bread
- Special B
raisin, plum, dark caramel, burnt sugar
- Dark crystal malt
dark toffee, dried fruit
- Caraaroma
dark caramel, raisin
- Pale chocolate malt
cocoa, light coffee
- Chocolate malt
cocoa, dark chocolate, coffee, light roast
- Roasted barley
sharp coffee, dry roast, burnt grain
- Carafa (dehusked roasted malt)
smooth roast, cocoa, mild coffee
- Carafa Special
smooth roast, cocoa
- Roasted wheat
sharp roast, dry
- Black malt
burnt, acrid roast, espresso, ash