Get Ready Brewers: A Revolutionary Malt is Here and on Sale in October!
Excitement is brewing in the craft beer world with the introduction of Viking Xtra Pale 3G malt. To celebrate its debut, this innovative malt will be available at a significant discount for the entire month of October, offering every brewer the chance to experience its exceptional qualities firsthand.
Viking Xtra Pale 3G is not just another base malt. It represents a leap forward in malting technology, designed to meet the demands of modern brewers seeking superior quality, consistency, and remarkable results in their creations.
Revolutionary Freshness & Stability with Null Lox
At the core of this malt is groundbreaking Null Lox technology, which dramatically reduces lipoxygenase activity. For your beer, this means:
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Improved Flavor Stability: Say goodbye to staling and unwanted papery off-flavors.
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Beer Tastes Fresher, Longer: The vibrant, fresh character of your beer is preserved, extending its shelf life and peak flavor window.
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Improved Foam Stability: Enjoy better head retention and a more appealing presentation in the glass.
The End of DMS: Cleaner Flavors & Bigger Savings
This malt is a true 0-DMS product. The MMT enzyme, a precursor to DMS, is completely knocked out during the malting process.
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Cost Savings & Reduced Carbon Footprint: Because you don't need to drive off DMS, you can significantly reduce your kettle boiling time. This saves energy, time, and money.
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Environmental Benefit: The unique malting process also allows maltsters to reduce kilning time and temperature, conserving energy at the source and lowering the malt's overall carbon footprint.
Unmatched Consistency & a Perfect Canvas
Forget the variability of typical base malts. Viking Xtra Pale 3G is crafted from a consistent single varietal barley, 100% 3G CB Comfort, ensuring you get the same reliable performance batch after batch.
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Incredibly Low Color: With specs of MAX 3.8 EBC (1.9 SRM), it provides the perfect neutral, light-colored canvas for any beer style, from the palest lagers to hop-saturated IPAs.
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Highly Modified: A Kolbach Index of MIN 40% means this malt is highly modified, allowing brewers to easily execute modern single infusion mashes across a wide range of temperatures and times with fantastic results.
This October, brewers across the country will have the opportunity to incorporate this game-changing malt into their recipes at a special introductory price. Look for the discount at participating homebrew supply shops and online retailers. Don't miss this chance to be among the first to brew with the exceptional Viking Xtra Pale 3G malt.
Xtra Pale 3G FAQ:
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Does anyone else sell 3G malt in the US?
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No, MoreFlavor! is the exclusive distributor of Viking 3G barley in the US.
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Is this product non GMO?
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Yes, it was developed in Europe under EU guidelines which restrict GMO products.
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Do I need to change my recipes?
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You can leave them exactly the same! Feel free to adjust brewing schedules to play with reduced boil times, enzyme additions or other efficiency gains to glean the most benefit from this magical malt.
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Does 3G taste different from standard 2-rows?
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All malts taste different, but in a blind tasting the 3G barley was not immediately distinguishable when compared to the control samples. The 3G Xtra Pale was selected amongst the favorites by every individual on the panel and was ranked the overall favorite amongst 6 common base malts tested based on cumulative scores. No one on the panel was able to successfully guess which sample was the 3G.
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3G must be expensive, right?
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Due to the reduced kilning times and good ergonomic viability of the barley, you don’t need to pay through the teeth for the best barley on the market. Pricing is competitive with domestic 2-row malts.
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Are malts other than Xtra Pale available in 3G?
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Currently, there are not. But we are looking into converting more of the line. We are also able to do custom maltings using 3G for large volumes (10 MT+).
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Is the old version (non 3G) of Xtra Pale still going to be available?
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Unfortunately, the original Xtra Pale will be sunsetting in favor of our new 3G malt.
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If this barley was developed for pilsners, then it is only good for light lagers, right?
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The barley was developed for lagers, but the malt was designed specifically for the American craft beer industry over the course of years of collaboration between Viking Malt and MoreFlavor! Xtra Pale provides a subtle, yet pleasant malt backbone that serves as a perfect canvas to paint your masterpiece. Clean and flavorful, it will accentuate and never overpower. Ideal for any modern beer style.
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How does this malt help reduce my carbon footprint and help me achieve my CSR goals?
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Due to the lack of DMS formation, Maltsters are able to kiln for shorter periods of time at lower temperatures, saving on energy costs. Likewise, brewers may be able to adjust their boil times as driving off DMS is no longer necessary.
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How is there reduced staling?
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Null lox malt has reduced lipoxygenase, which is the compound that leads to the wet cardboard or papery off flavor in beers as they age. By containing significantly reduced amounts of lipoxygenase, beer tastes fresh for longer, with improved flavor and foam stability.
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How is there no DMS in the malt?
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There is no formation of DMSp or DMS due to the knock out of the enzyme MMT (Methionine-S-Methyltransferase, pathway below)
1.7 - 1.9 °L - Superior quality European 2-row malt. Ideal base malt for all beer styles as it is germinated like a domestic 2-row pale malt, but kilned like a pilsner malt. This means that it is very highly modified, but still very light in color. This malt is the perfect base malt for modern craft breweries. Whether you're brewing a blonde ale, a hazy IPA or an imperial stout, this is the best base malt on the market.
Malt Specification:
Moisture % - max. 4.5
Extract fine % dm - min. 81.3
Color °L - 1.9
Protein % dm - max. 10.1
Kolbach Index % - 44.4
Beta-glucan in wort (mg/l) - 185
Friability % - 87
Glassy grains % - 0.4
The variety represents some of the latest inventions, where malting and brewing specific benefits have been combined in a modern malting barley variety.
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Reduced Lipoxygenase (Lox) activity
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No formation of DMSp and DMS
Reduced lipoxygenase activity in malt produces beer with:
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Better taste fresh for longer
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Improved flavor stability with no staling and papery off-flavor
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Better foam stability
No formation of DMSp and DMS
Knock out of the enzyme MMT (Methionine-S-Methyltransferase)
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No DMS formation during malting
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No DMS formation during brewing
Maltsters may reduce kilning temperature and time.
Brewers may reduce evaporation during wort boiling.
Energy saving and long-term support for CSR agenda.
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