From Idea to Reality
We must give a massive shoutout to Westerham Brewery who took us up on the call for new malt suggestions. They came forward with the fabulous idea of producing a Vienna Malt with a heritage variety, after being inspired by the book Vienna Lager by Andreas Krennmair. Thanks so much to Westerham for their proposal. It has been a very exciting project; – we are very happy with the results and are sure other brewers will want to try this excellent (although we say so ourselves) new heritage malt.
So, let us introduce to you to the latest in our latest Small Batch Series: Haná Vienna Malt. It pairs a heritage 1842 Czech Moravia barley variety, with a renowned malt style; Vienna, making it authentic as well.
Check out our Haná journey here. After introducing Haná Malt as the first in our one-off Small Batch Series – and reintroducing it this year because it was so popular – we couldn’t resist using this wonderful barley again to see what else it had to offer.
For Haná Vienna, the barley is expertly malted, and carefully kilned to a colour of 8.1, bringing beautiful aromas of sweet, malty bread to the final beer, with a wonderfully smooth finish. Brew with this malt to bring the past to life right before your eyes, nose and mouth! Use Haná Vienna at up to 60% of the grist.
Pair it with Clear Choice® Extra Pale Malt for a wonderfully clear and crisp beer.
Try our Heritage Haná Pilsen Malt or German Pilsner Malt to recreate a piece of history and produce the truest to style authentic Vienna Lager. You’ll be in for a treat – and so will your brewery’s fans.
“The beer (It Means Nothing To Me – Vienna Lager) we made tastes great! Would definitely recommend this malt!”
Robert Wicks, Westerham Brewery
To get you started, our experts have put together a recipe, which really showcases Haná Vienna Malt to its full potential.
Crisp Authentic Vienna Lager | Lager Recipe
If you’d like to get your hands on the recipe or the malt, and brew up something super special, just ping us an email at npd@crispmalt.com . We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
What would you like to try out? What kind of malt (that isn’t already out there) do you dream of, to give that unique ‘je ne sais quoi’ to your beer? Let us have any ideas that you would love to see us explore – especially if you’d like to be a partner in the project. Put forward your requests to our New Product Development team (npd@crispmalt.com), and who knows, maybe you’ll feature in one of our next blogs…
To get your hands on this very limited edition malt, please contact us below. Be quick, there’s only a limited availability!
If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
