Hoppy Days Recipe Builder

At Hoppy Days you might find some grains you’ve never used before. To keep things simple, base malts are grouped into two main categories: PALE malts and ALE malts.

• PALE MALT is a generic term used by maltsters to refer to a lightly kilned malt lending a light colour and low overall malt flavour. Confusingly, Pale malts are often a Pilsner-variety grain. In most cases, Pale is Pilsner and Pilsner is Pale.
• ALE MALT is a catch-all term for malt varieties kilned to a slightly darker colour, lending a fuller body and a sweeter finish. This category includes English and Aussie heritage varieties which are notable for giving a signature malt quality to your beer, whether it be nutty, toasty, or honey-like.
• 2-ROW. Pretty much all of our malts are 2-row. Don’t get hung up on this term if you’re trying to replicate a recipe you’ve found online; choose a Pale or Ale malt that is a similar colour (EBC), and provides a malt profile you’re aiming for in your beer. If in doubt, VOYAGER COMPASS and GLADFIELD AMERICAN ALE are our recommendations for an “American 2-Row” style malt.
• Consult our GRAIN GUIDE for how to approach building a grist and what to expect out of our malt types.
• Our grains are milled using Ss Brewtech Grain Mills with fluted rollers which we adjust to the specific mill gap for the grains selected in your recipe. We recommend selecting the COARSE milling option for all-in-one recirculating systems such as Grainfather and Brewzilla. For all Brew-In-A-Bag (BIAB) brews you should select the FINE option.