Swaen Vienna Malt 55 lb Crushed

Swaen Vienna Malt 55 lb Crushed is a premium European style base malt that bridges the gap between Pilsner and Munich malts, offering a rich golden color and a balanced malt character. Produced from carefully selected barley and kilned longer than traditional pilsner malt, it develops smooth notes of honey, toasted bread, biscuit, and sweet grain while maintaining excellent fermentability. Its versatility makes it a staple ingredient for brewers seeking greater malt depth without the intense toastiness of darker Munich malts.

In the brewing process, Swaen Vienna Malt provides fermentable sugars, moderate enzymatic strength, and a fuller malt backbone than standard base malts. It contributes a warm golden hue and a smooth, rounded malt profile that enhances both lagers and ales. Vienna Malt is a key ingredient in Vienna Lagers, Märzens, Oktoberfests, Amber Lagers, Blonde Ales, Kölsch, and a wide variety of modern craft beer styles where balanced malt flavor is desired.

What makes Swaen Vienna Malt unique compared to Swaen Pilsner Malt and Swaen Ale Malt is its enhanced kilning and richer malt expression. While Pilsner Malt provides a clean, delicate foundation and Ale Malt contributes subtle biscuit and bread notes, Vienna Malt develops more pronounced flavors of honey, toasted bread, and light biscuit while adding a deeper golden color. The result is a fuller-bodied beer with greater malt complexity without sacrificing drinkability.

Compared to Swaen Munich Light Malt, Vienna Malt offers a lighter, cleaner malt profile with less bread crust and toasted intensity. Munich Light is designed to provide deeper malt richness and a more robust malt backbone, whereas Vienna Malt delivers a balanced sweetness and subtle toast character that works well across a broader range of beer styles. Brewers often choose Vienna Malt when they want to elevate malt flavor beyond a standard base malt without moving into the richer territory of Munich malts.

Unlike crystal malts, Vienna Malt remains highly fermentable and contributes very few unfermentable sugars, allowing brewers to build malt complexity without adding excessive sweetness or body.

Usage Rate: Typically 10 - 100% of the grist

• 10 - 30%: Adds color and malt complexity to pale beers
• 30 - 60%: Creates a rich, balanced malt backbone
• 60 - 100%: Traditional Vienna Lagers and malt-forward beer styles

Color (Lovibond): 4°L

Diastatic Power: Approximately 60 - 80° Lintner

Flavor Notes: Honey, toasted bread, biscuit, sweet grain, light malt sweetness

While primarily intended for brewing, Swaen Vienna Malt can also be used in craft distilling applications where enhanced grain character and subtle malt richness are desired.

Swaen Vienna Malt is an excellent choice for brewers seeking a versatile base malt that provides greater flavor and color than pilsner malt while remaining lighter and more delicate than Munich malt. Its balance of fermentability, malt complexity, and brewing performance makes it a foundational ingredient for both traditional European lagers and modern craft beer recipes.