Beer Making
A range of Pale Malts of which Maris Otter is the most popular.
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Optic (also see Concerto)
from £1.45
See Concerto which is now making inroads into this malt with some better attributes.
Pale Malt is the main ingredient of English Pale Ales and Bitters, but a high proportion is used in the production of most other English beer styles.
It is fully modified and has been kilned at a low temperature for a long period to reduce its moisture content to about 3%.
Pale malt has good diastatic activity, and so it can be used to assist in the conversion of a certain amount of non-diastatic grist.
Optic, which is a spring barley, is a pale malt which, whilst it can produce a higher extract than other malt varieties if the mash conditions are spot on, is not as forgiving as Maris Otter.
United Kingdom
Colour 4EBC Maximum Percentage 100%
