Riverbend Malt House Crystal 80 Malt Is Now Available

ASHEVILLE, NC—Riverbend Malt House is adding its darkest malt offering yet to its Crystal malt family. Crystal 80 is now available for purchase.

After years of research and development to inform the move from caramelization to crystallization, the Riverbend team is pleased to add Crystal 80 to its portfolio. This new malt is produced using a proprietary kilning technique that mimics the stages of a standard roasting profile without the intense heat. The result is a truly crystallized malt that delivers syrupy smooth dark cherry and baker’s chocolate, finishing with a touch of coffee cake and oak. This malt will add deep color and complexity to styles like English Mild or Barleywine.

Like all the products in Riverbend’s Crystal family, if the kernels were to be cut open, one could see their crystallized cores. The malt house team is proud to have achieved this effect, especially in this darkest product that comes in at an SRM range of 70 to 90. Crystal 50 delivers syrupy smooth toffee notes supported by hints of coffee and dark chocolate, with an SRM range of 45 to 55, and Crystal 20 yields loads of light caramel and toffee flavors followed by hints of pumpernickel and black tea, with an SRM range of 15 to 25.

Contact your sales representative or email orders at riverbendmalt dot com to place an order of Crystal 80.

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ABOUT RIVERBEND MALT HOUSE

Riverbend Malt House is on a quest to connect Southeastern family-owned farms and fermenters. Co-Founders Brent Manning and Brian Simpson launched Riverbend, the first craft malt house east of the Mississippi River, in Asheville, North Carolina, in 2010. Buoyed by a 70,000-square-foot production facility and state-of-the-art equipment, Riverbend Malt House helps breweries and distilleries large, small, and in-between stand out with flavor, locality, and community in an increasingly competitive landscape—all the while challenging the status quo of corporate, big-agriculture malt. Learn more at riverbendmalt.com.