Honey Malt

Root Shoot Honey Malt brings a soft, honey-like sweetness and light toasty grain character without adding much color. Similar malting process to Weyermann Melanoidin, but preserves lighter, softer characteristics - like a touch of raisin.

A little goes a long way — 5–15% of the grist is usually plenty. Please let us know if you brew with 100% honey malt - love to hear about it. Option to mill fresh day-of shipping so it doesn't taste like stale honey.

Why we love it:

• "Smells like pretzels."
• Contributes a mystic complexity
• Adds gentle honey sweetness and a touch of toast without darkening the beer
  
• Immediately traceable to where and who grew and malted the product

But wait, doesn't this malt have the same color specs as Proximity Biscuit? Yes, but they are not interchangeable. Biscuit is a fully kilned, lightly roasted base malt. Honey follows a process similar to melanoidin malting. It's...distinct: airflow is restricted late in germination, which lets the temperature inside the still-moist grain bed rise higher while enzymes are very active. This controlled heat and moisture triggers a strong Maillard reaction between sugars and amino acids, creating the signature honey-like sweetness, pretzel notes, and light toast with a touch of natural acidity.

Malt details:

Root Shoot Honey Malt spec sheet

Estate grown and malted on a 112-acre, 5th generation family farm in Loveland, CO - that's more than 100 years in the family! Root Shoot leases an additional 1500 acres in northern Colorado, all of which is regeneratively cultivated as the state's only Regenified Certified malthouse.