Description
Heritage Munich Light Malt
Montana Craft Malt’s Munich Light Malt is a European-style Munich malt known for its rich aroma and deep malt character. With notes of light caramel, honey, and fresh-baked bread, this malt brings a warm, toasty sweetness to a variety of beer styles.
Its dark gold hue enhances the color of lagers and ales, while its full-bodied maltiness adds depth and complexity. Munich Light Malt is ideal for dark lagers, Märzens, Bocks, and German-style festival beers. It can also be used in lower percentages to add malt richness to pale ales and IPAs.
Munich Malt Features & Benefits
- Flavor Contribution: Rich toasty maltiness, sweet caramel, full-bodied mouthfeel
- Color: 4.3–6.5°L (5–8 SRM), deepens golden hues
- Moisture: ≤5.0%
- Extract Potential: ≥80% FGDB for excellent efficiency
- Protein Content: ≤12.5%
- Malt Complexity: Balances sweetness and toasty depth
- Grown & Malted in Montana
Munich Malt Recommended Uses
- Munich-Style Lagers – Traditional malty character with rich depth
- Festbier & Märzen – Essential malt for German festival beers
- Bocks & Dark Lagers – Adds caramelized sweetness and body
- Pale Ales & IPAs – Small additions enhance malt complexity
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More About Montana Craft Malt:
Montana Craft Malt: European Heritage, Crafted in Montana
Montana Craft Malt (MCM) offers brewers a premium, domestic alternative to imported malts by growing and malting true Bavarian heritage grain right here in Montana. Through an exclusive partnership with a German seed provider, MCM cultivate authentic European barley varieties, delivering exceptional brew performance, rich flavor, and sustainability—all at a more affordable price than imports.
Munich Light Malt: Traditional Bavarian Quality, American-Made
Munich Light Malt is crafted from authentic Bavarian barley varieties, offering brewers the rich malt complexity of European malts, but grown and malted domestically. With its deep toasty notes and smooth sweetness, it provides the flavor depth expected from a Munich malt, while ensuring consistency, freshness, and affordability.
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