Gladfield Pilsner Malt

base malt · Gladfield Malt · New Zealand

New Zealand pilsner base malt from Gladfield. Very pale and clean with light cereal sweetness. Suits lagers, light ales, wheat beers, and any style where a neutral, highly fermentable base is needed.

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28 brews

About

Made from English and European-bred plump, low-protein barley for higher extract and reduced protein haze, with carefully controlled kilning that gives a clean malty character without much colour. It can brew ales as well as lagers and has enough diastatic power to convert 10–20% of coloured malts in the mash, though it isn't designed for large amounts of unmalted adjuncts. Good mash pH control gets the best from it.

Specs

Colour: 3.2–4 EBC
Extract (FD): 79% min
Max usage: 100%
Moisture max: 5%
Diastatic power: 240 °WK

Usage

A light, clean base malt for any beer style, lager or ale; up to 100% of the grist.

In your brews

Used in 28 brews 2021-01-28 → 2026-06-21

Total used 84.55 kg

Grain bill 50.6% range 10.8–93.8%

Styles brewed

25B Saison

21C Hazy IPA

23B Flanders Red Ale

28C Wild Specialty Beer

25A Belgian Blonde Ale

28B Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer

23A Berliner Weisse

05C Helles Exportbier

5C Helles Exportbier

25B Saison / Belgian Blonde

26D Belgian Dark Strong Ale

28D Straight Sour Beer

26B Belgian Dubbel