Rahr Standard Craft 2-Row Malt
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Grain Specifications:
Maltster: Rahr
Grain Type: Base Malts
Lovibond: 1.5 - 2.0
Category: Barley
Notes: Neutral
Versatile Base Malt for Craft Brewers
Rahr Standard Craft 2-Row Malt is a premium base malt known for its clean, crisp malt profile, making it an essential ingredient for brewing a wide variety of beer styles. This high-quality 2-row malt provides excellent enzymatic power and a mild malt flavor, allowing it to be the foundation of nearly any beer recipe. Whether you're brewing pale ales, IPAs, lagers, or stouts, Rahr Standard Craft 2-Row Malt offers consistent performance and balanced malt character.
Flavor and Aroma Profile
Rahr Standard Craft 2-Row Malt delivers a clean, light malt flavor with subtle notes of biscuit and grain. It provides a mild sweetness and a neutral profile, giving brewers flexibility to build more complex recipes with the addition of specialty malts. The light flavor and color make this malt perfect for beer styles that require a balanced malt backbone without overpowering other ingredients.
Typical Usage
As a base malt, Rahr Standard Craft 2-Row Malt is highly versatile and can be used in virtually any beer style. It provides the enzymatic strength to support adjuncts and specialty grains, while maintaining a clean malt character. This malt is typically used as 70-100% of the grain bill, offering a reliable and consistent base for creating complex, hop-forward, or malt-driven brews.
Brewing Tips
- Beer Styles: Perfect for pale ales, IPAs, lagers, stouts, porters, and more.
- Lovibond: 1.7-2L
- Flavor Profile: Clean malt flavor with light biscuit and grain notes.
- Usage: Used as a base malt, making up 70-100% of the grain bill for a variety of beer styles.