Since 1870 we’ve lived and breathed malting. With this passion and expertise, and by combining traditional and modern techniques, we create an impressive range of malted and non-malted products, including several unique and exclusive barley malts.
We have a wide range of malts suitable for brewing and distilling to provide you with the foundations for creating your next beer or whisky.
There is nothing more we love than talking to brewers and distillers so if you have any questions, or would like to arrange a call with a member of our team, please feel free to get in touch – we would love to hear from you!
Crisp base malts are the workhorses of the mash; the ultimate source of fermentable sugars, enzymes and nitrogenous compounds required for producing excellent beer. They need to deliver consistent brewing performance every time you brew.
Crisp offers a range of base malts and brewing malts for US brewers, providing a broad palette of flavors on which to build your beers. From the heritage character of Chevallier Heritage Malt and the light color of Extra Pale Maris Otter® Malt, through to Lager Malt, Scottish Pale Ale Malt and the richer malt character of Vienna Malt, there’s a base malt to suit a wide variety of beer styles and brewing methods.
Use them individually as the foundation of your recipe or combine different base malts to create the flavor, color, body and brewing performance you’re looking for.
Our brewers malt range includes heritage malts, pale malts and lager malts suited to both traditional and modern beer styles. Whether you’re looking for lighter color and a clean base, bready malts with greater depth and character, or a malt suited to lager brewing, each provides its own characteristics in the brewhouse.
The US base malt range includes Chevallier Heritage Malt, Extra Pale Maris Otter® Malt, Lager Malt, Scottish Pale Ale Malt and Vienna Malt. They can be used as the main foundation of the grist or combined to build greater complexity within a recipe.
Some base malts, including Vienna Malt, are made using conventional kilning techniques, as described on our Making Malt page. By varying steeping, germination and kilning times and temperatures, our maltsters can influence the flavors, aromas and colors developed within the finished malt.
Getting the best from your base malt goes beyond choosing the right variety. From preparing and calculating your grist to milling, mashing, wort production and malt storage, our technical team has created a range of practical brewing guides to support you throughout the brewing process.
Explore some of our most useful brewing resources below, with expert advice to help you understand your malt, refine your processes and achieve consistent results in the brewhouse.
Whether you’re comparing pale and base malts, choosing a brewing malt for a particular beer style or simply want to understand more about how malt performs in the brewhouse, our technical brewing support team is here to help.
Our most comprehensive brewing and malting resource, bringing together over 150 years of expertise to help you get the very best from your Crisp Malt.
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