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White Horn Texas Pilsner — Blacklands Malt

Blacklands Malt

Spec sheet The maker publishes these figures for this exact product.

Maker
Blacklands Malt
Origin
United States
Type
base
Malt class
base-pilsner
Color
1.7 °L (3.3 EBC)
Extract, fine-grind dry basis
82.0 %
Moisture
5.3 %
Diastatic power
140 °Lintner
Suggested max
100 % of grist
Needs mashing
Yes

Description

Their first pilsner recipe, from under-modified two-row at 1.6–1.8 °L: raw grain and grass over a clean malt backbone and a mild sweetness. Closer to a European pilsner malt than an American one, and it wants a stepped mash — a single infusion leaves half of it behind.