Chocolate Wheat

Proximity ReGenMalt Chocolate Wheat darkens beer and adds body without the husk bite of an equal hit of chocolate barley. Proximity lists it at about 400°L (guide range 375–425) for dunkelweizen, porter, stout, and dark lagers or ales. Their flavor note is dark cocoa with roasted-coffee underneath, and more body than chocolate barley.

Why we love it:

• "Dark malt WITH body? What will they think of next??"
• Cocoa and coffee from a San Luis Valley roast, smoother than chocolate barley at the same job
  

Flavor/Aroma

• Dark cocoa, roasted coffee underneath
  

Beer Interplay

• Color and roast in a small cut. Body and a fuller dark-beer mouthfeel if you use more of it
• More body than chocolate barley
• More body than CARAFA Special line - similar role in not imparting harsh bitterness
  

Practical Usage

Dunkelweizen, porter, stout, schwarzbier, dark mild, or any dark ale that should read cocoa instead of burnt grain. A little, around 2–5%, is color and a cocoa note. Toward 8–10% the roast shows up in the flavor. It has no diastatic power, so keep it a specialty against a base that can convert. Single infusion is fine. If the beer is supposed to taste like roasted barley, use chocolate barley. This is the wheat version.

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Proximity ReGenMalt Chocolate Wheat specs

Proximity operates malthouses close to barley-growing regions in Monte Vista, CO and Laurel, DE. Grains are sourced from at least 10 states clustered in the mid-Atlantic and mountain west. Double Dank's Proximity selection is from their ReGenMalt line.