Malt Preferences of the Craft Brewing Industry - Agricultural ...

Table 6. Average Amount of Base Malt Used Per Batch of Beer BrewedType of MaltUsedType of Brewery CategoryMean Number of Pounds/Gallons UsedMicrobreweriesFull Sample Craft Brew RegionalBrewersBrewpubsWhole Kernelor Pre-ground 1,619 lbs 1,147 lbs 5,144 lbs 989 lbs 521 lbsDry MaltExtract 48 lbs 71 lbs N/A 22 lbs 120 lbsSyrup MaltExtract 150 gal 172 gal 717 gal 156 gal 111 galThe type of specialty malt used per batch of brewing also is predominately of thewhole kernel or pre-ground form (Table 7). In the case of specialty malt, dry malt extractor syrup malt extract is either not used at all or by only a few brewers. The mostcommon responses for amount of specialty malt used are more similar than thosereported for base malt. Craft brewers as a whole and brewpubs most frequently selected100 pounds of specialty malt used per batch. Regional brewers and microbreweries oftenchose 200 pounds as the amount of specialty malt used during the brewing process.Table 7. Average Amount of Specialty Malt Used Per Batch of Beer BrewedType of MaltUsedType of Brewery CategoryMean Number of Pounds/Gallons UsedMicrobreweriesFull Sample Craft Brew RegionalBrewersBrewpubsWhole Kernelor Pre-ground 228 lbs 214 lbs 876 lbs 196 lbs 102 lbsDry MaltExtract 500 lbs 500 lbs N/A 500 N/ASyrup MaltExtract N/A N/A N/A N/A N/AAmounts of total malt used during the brewing process are primarily of the wholekernel or pre-ground form for both base and specialty malts (Table 8). Dry malt extract15