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With the BESTMALZ® brand, brewers and distillers of all kinds can find an extensive portfolio of different top quality malt varieties made from barley, wheat, and various other grains.

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Careful moisture control, ample time for germination, slow kilning and utterly gentle roasting: these are features of the state-of-the-art malt production at BESTMALZ®. Modern grain processing technology with very traditional German malting standards, making BESTMALZ® recognizable as one of the finest quality malt brands. Its name stands for top-quality German base and specialty malts for simply the BEST beer!

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    • Bestmalz Dark Munich Malt

      Bestmalz Dark Munich Malt

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      Maltier than the regular Munich, the Dark contributes more reddish/amber hues. Used in the production of dark, aromatic and full-bodied lager styles.

    • Bestmalz Special X Malt

      Bestmalz Special X Malt

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      A dark caramel malt that has undergone a short roasting. This develops a very intense, extraordinary flavor profile.

    • Bestmalz Wheat Malt

      Bestmalz Wheat Malt

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      Principally used for Weizenbier and Wit beer; light-colored, producing beers with a creamy, spicy flavor, fuller mouth feel, and enhanced head retention.

    • Bestmalz Biscuit Malt

      Bestmalz Biscuit Malt

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      Lends brews an intense and sweet malty aroma which reminds of freshly baked bread and biscuits, combined with roasted aromas and a light color.

    • Bestmalz Melanoidin Malt

      Bestmalz Melanoidin Malt

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      A high-dried kilned malt. This flavorful non-crystallized malt is ideal for all types of red and dark lagers and ales, and “malt bombs” such as Doppel Bock.

    • Bestmalz Vienna Malt

      Bestmalz Vienna Malt

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      Provides full maltiness and some color, often with a nutty flavor. Used in European amber, golden and brown lagers as well as Marzen and Oktoberfest beers.

    • Bestmalz Pilsen Malt

      Bestmalz Pilsen Malt

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      Creates beers that are light colored, clean, full-bodied and malty. Perfect for Pilsners and Kölsch, Wits, and Tripels.

    • Bestmalz Wheat Malt Dark

      Bestmalz Wheat Malt Dark

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      Provides increased maltiness for a more robust character; produces beers with a creamy, spicy flavor, fuller mouth feel, and increased head retention.

    • Bestmalz Chit Malt

      Bestmalz Chit Malt

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      German 2-row spring barley is malted for light color and to enhance froth stability. Use 15% of the grist.

    • Bestmalz Caramel Pils Malt

      Bestmalz Caramel Pils Malt

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      Our lightest Caramel® Pils malt is fully modified and saccharified at high humidity. The malt sugars are caramelized and become glassy inside the malt kernel.

    • Bestmalz Caramel Aromatic Malt

      Bestmalz Caramel Aromatic Malt

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      German 2-Row aromatic malt is in the Munich malt family, but on the darker end. Contributes a rich intense non-crystal malt flavor and aroma to beer.

    • Bestmalz Caramel Munich III Malt

      Bestmalz Caramel Munich III Malt

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      With this malt, it is possible to brew strong beers and all types of dark specialty beers where value is placed on a full taste reminiscent of bread crust.

    • Bestmalz Heidelberg Malt

      Bestmalz Heidelberg Malt

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      Malted for lightest color; great as a base malt in your palest lagers. Has excellent enzyme contribution. Creates a bright and high foaming beer.

    • Bestmalz Black Malt Extra

      Bestmalz Black Malt Extra

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      The intensive roasting process produces colors and flavor components that give distillates a hint of black coffee or strong espresso.

    • Bestmalz Red X Malt

      Bestmalz Red X Malt

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      A hybrid of munich and crystal malts; if used at 100% of the grist, it creates a beer with an intense red color; adds a rich malty Munich-like complexity.

    • Bestmalz Munich Malt

      Bestmalz Munich Malt

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      Increases beer color, mouth feel and malt character. Used in dark, aromatic and full-bodied lagers such as Märzens, Oktoberfests, Bocks and Double Bocks.

    • Bestmalz Spelt Malt

      Bestmalz Spelt Malt

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      An ancient variety of Bavarian wheat with long irregularly-shaped kernels; higher protein, but lower gluten than wheat, with sweet nutty, spicy flavor.

    • Bestmalz Black Malt

      Bestmalz Black Malt

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      Intensively roasted; ideal for very dark beers and stouts that are characterized by a pleasant roasted note, simliar to bitter chocolate or strong coffee.

    • Bestmalz Caramel Munich I Malt

      Bestmalz Caramel Munich I Malt

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      Lends a fuller body, malt aroma and deep red color to your finished beer. Ideal for styles such as Red Ale, Red Lager, Scottish Ale, Alt Beer and Brown Ale.

    • Bestmalz Caramel Hell Malt

      Bestmalz Caramel Hell Malt

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      2-Row malted barley that has been roasted to develop a light glassy caramelized interior. Delivers a subtle sweet caramel flavor and golden color to beer.