Maris Otter Floor Malted

This is a special craft malt from britain s oldest working floor malting facility.

Maris otter floor malted.

2 row floor malted maris otter warminster. The maris part of the name comes from maris lane near the institute s home in trumpington it was introduced in 1966 and quickly became a dominant variety in the. A regular version malted in modern silos and this exclusive glen eagles version of their maris otter that is floor malted by hand in the traditional way. Maris otter malt floor malted b04100.

We take our superior maris otter barley and malt it in the traditional way. Floor malted maris otter is generally considered as having a richer roaster and deeper flavor when compared to standard malted maris otter which is described as sweeter toffee like and robust. Hand turned germinated slowly on the floors and kilned for over three days to maximise the robust flavours. The variety was bred by dr g d h bell and his team of plant breeders at the uk s plant breeding institute.

Introduced in 1965 maris otter barley is one of the oldest varieties still used to produce high quality malt for breweries around the world. The quintessential and most traditional ale brewing malt. 19 floor at our great ryburgh maltings dates back to when crisp began and has been producing malt virtually uninterrupted since the late 19th century. 19 floor malted maris otter formerly gleneagles maris otter is an english ale malt made from the famous maris otter barley variety and malted in a traditional floor malting facility.

Floor malted maris otter is the quintessential ale brewing malt. Our malt is brighter cleaner and more flavourful in all the right ways. Floor malt produced at our maltings in great ryburgh norfolk. Floor malting is the traditional way of malting barley done by hand and not in alarge commercial drum the technique allow the best properties of the malt to shien.

This malt has a low nitrogen content. High quality small batch handcrafted malt using techniques from 1870s. Warminster floor malted maris otter malt pronounced flavour easily processed very consistent reliable malt. This malt is obviously great for all english style ales but is perfectly suited for any beer where you want a rich bready malt flavor.

Still made by hand using many of the same methods as they were 200 years ago warminster maris otter is a complex and bready malt.