Root Shoot Pilsner

Root Shoot Genie Pilsner is regeneratively grown, and award-winning (including Best in Show Pilsen Malt at the Craft Maltsters Guild Malt Cup). A strong everyday Pilsner base that still has a little more personality than commodity options.

Made from LCS Genie 2-row spring barley grown and malted on Root Shoot’s regenerative farms on the northern Colorado Front Range. It’s the lighter-kilned sibling of their Genie Pale - dialed for crisp, straw-forward character while still carrying a bit more bready depth than a completely neutral continental Pilsner.

Flavor & Aroma

• Light, clean, and crisp with clear straw and soft bready notes
• Subtle grain sweetness that stays restrained
• Cleaner and less honeyed/toasty than Root Shoot’s Genie Pale

Beer Interplay

• Provides a solid, enzyme-rich base that converts easily and stays pale
• Adds just enough malt presence and body to keep the beer from tasting thin without getting in the way of hops or delicate lager character
• Performs cleanly in traditional lagers or any style's base malt

When to use it

Use it as the primary base malt (up to 100%) for German-style Pilsners, Helles, Kölsch, light lagers, clear or hazy IPAs, Belgians, or any beer where you want pale color and a clean but not completely blank canvas.

Compared to a classic German or Czech Pilsner malt, it sits in the same light, crisp lane but brings a touch more bready character from the Genie barley and terroir from northern Colorado growing conditions. Compared to Root Shoot’s own Genie Pale, it’s noticeably cleaner and less honeyed - the version you want when the malt should support rather than lead.

Malt details:

Root Shoot Pilsner 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.

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