Briess Heritage Gold Malt 50 lb Crushed

Briess Heritage Gold Malt 50 lb Crushed is a premium North American base malt crafted from select heritage barley varieties chosen for their exceptional flavor and brewing performance. Designed to deliver a richer, more characterful malt profile than standard 2-row base malts, Heritage Gold provides notes of sweet bread, honey, biscuit, light toast, and subtle grain complexity while maintaining excellent fermentability. It offers brewers an opportunity to showcase the flavor potential of heritage barley genetics in both traditional and modern beer styles.

In the brewing process, Heritage Gold Malt serves as a versatile base malt that provides fermentable sugars, enzymatic strength, and a noticeably richer malt backbone than conventional brewers malt. It performs exceptionally well in Pale Ales, IPAs, Blonde Ales, Cream Ales, Lagers, Kölsch, Amber Ales, and specialty craft beers where malt flavor is intended to play a supporting or featured role. Its enhanced malt character helps create greater depth and complexity without sacrificing drinkability.

What makes Briess Heritage Gold Malt unique compared to Briess Brewers Malt is its emphasis on flavor rather than neutrality. While Brewers Malt is designed to provide a clean, versatile foundation with minimal flavor impact, Heritage Gold develops richer notes of honey, biscuit, and fresh-baked bread that remain noticeable in the finished beer. Brewers seeking greater malt expression often choose Heritage Gold when they want a more distinctive base malt character without moving into the deeper toast and biscuit territory of Pale Ale Malt.

Compared to Briess Pale Ale Malt, Heritage Gold offers a softer and more delicate malt profile. Pale Ale Malt develops stronger toasted bread crust and biscuit notes through additional kilning, while Heritage Gold emphasizes sweet grain, honey, and fresh bread characteristics. This allows brewers to create beers with enhanced malt flavor while maintaining a lighter, cleaner finish and brighter color.

While primarily intended for brewing, Heritage Gold Malt can also be utilized in craft distilling applications where enhanced grain character and a more flavorful spirit base are desired.

Usage Rate: Up to 100% of the grist

Color (Lovibond): 3.4°L

Diastatic Power: Approximately 100–120° Lintner

Flavor Notes: Fresh bread, honey, biscuit, sweet grain, light toast, malt sweetness

Briess Heritage Gold Malt is an excellent choice for brewers seeking a flavorful base malt that highlights the character of heritage barley varieties. Its combination of strong enzymatic performance, balanced malt richness, and brewing versatility makes it an outstanding foundation for beers where quality malt flavor is meant to shine.