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Fermentable

Malted Buckwheat — Generic

Generic

Representative The maker publishes no figures for this product, so these are class-typical values instead.

Maker
Generic
Origin
Various
Type
kilned-toasted
Malt class
munich-vienna
Color
8.0 °L (20.0 EBC)
Extract, fine-grind dry basis
70.0 %
Moisture
9.0 %
Diastatic power
10 °Lintner
Suggested max
40 % of grist
Needs mashing
Yes

Description

Not a cereal at all but a knotweed seed, which is why it is gluten-free and why it tastes the way it does: earthy, toasted and distinctly of buckwheat pancakes. Assertive enough that it is usually a flavor grain rather than a base, even in a gluten-free grist.