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Gladfield Light Lager Malt

base malt · Gladfield Malt · New Zealand

New Zealand light lager base malt from Gladfield. Very pale, clean, and neutral. Suited to lagers, light ales, and any recipe where a highly fermentable, flavour-neutral base is needed.

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16 brews

About

Lager Light Malt is given a gentler kilning cycle to produce a lower-coloured base malt, made specifically for all-malt lagers where a pale colour is wanted. It has a sweet, clean flavour and can serve as the base for any style; paired with Gladfield Wheat Malt it makes a delicate, bright wheat beer with minimal colour pickup.

Specs

Colour
2–3 EBC
Extract (FD)
81–84%
Moisture max
4.5%
Diastatic power
300 °WK

Usage

Use as the base malt up to 100%. Very high diastatic power (~300 WK) comfortably converts adjuncts and specialty malts. Its pale colour and clean flavour make it ideal for lagers, pilsners and pale or sour bases.

In your brews

Used in 16 brews 2024-01-14 → 2026-06-25
Total used 49.05 kg
Grain bill 45.8% range 10–66.7%

Styles brewed

25B Saison
3
21C Hazy IPA
3
21A West Coast IPA
2
21A American IPA
2
25A Belgian Blonde Ale
2
28C Wild Specialty Beer
1
28D Straight Sour Beer
1
25B Saison / Belgian Blonde
1
30A Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
1

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