Briess Full Pint Brewer’s Malt

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Rob, I am intrigued.  Where did you get the Ohio grown KWS Scala?

West Branch Malts.

https://www.westbranchmalts.com/

The Pilsner and Pale are available by the pound/ounce or by the sack at Grape and Granary and Vine n Hop.  Products seem to be rolling out sequentially, as they’ve only been in operation for a little over a year.  Vienna and Munich have apparently not been released yet, but I was at Vine n Hop recently and she showed me samples with lab analyses, as well as of another product or two in development.  Most of the production, it seems, is going to breweries, but the price to homebrewers is shockingly low for a craft malt – cheaper than Briess or Rahr by the bag at the shops – in part because these shops don’t have to pay shipping, I guess.  V n H is practically next door to the malthouse, and Randy drops off at G&G on his way to Akron breweries (can’t recall which ones I’ve been told are using this.)

Thanks!  I will have to investigate a bit more.  Debating about substituting maybe the West Branch Pilsner or Pale malt for Briess 2 row in my Amarillo IPA but don’t want to significantly alter the flavor under penalty of neutering from my wife (it’s her favorite beer), but if I can make it a bit more economically, I would entertain trying it.  I will have  to taste some of both at the Grape or at V n H.  I have a gift card from Wizard of SAAZ for my gold medal Wee Heavy and might have to use it at V n H to get a bag of one or the other.