Maker's Midnight HB pale

Maker's Midnight HB paleMakers Midnight is made from premium 2 row barley. Midnight is what happens when you max out your kiln and walk away for a few hours. There is a beautiful note of dark fruit reminiscent of a dark red Bordeaux that we believe is accentuated by our extremely unique process. The malt will also contribute chocolate and move into the roasted spectrum. At first glance this malt looks mild, but come to the dark side with caution

Our first ever trial-batch of HoneyB was done in the middle of June with the doors to the malt house wide open

the high quality barley has maintained an enzyme and extract package more reminiscent of a base malt

Wheeler Wheat uniquely uses Hard Red Spring Wheat (HRSW) rather than soft white or red wheats

Less than an hour into our lengthy process we had a literal swarm of bees in the plant attracted by the exceptionally sweet aromatics

At first glance this malt looks mild

The variety of our first batch is AC Andrew and it was grown by Charabin Seed Farm

Maker’s Dark is beautifully balanced between malty caramel sweetness and roasted bitterness

We then ramp up the kiln to darken the malt and promote Maillard reactions with significant heat compared to our lighter Caramels

Low Protein” trials

Despite its robust flavor profile

After a long cool germination we stew this malt in its own juices at mashing temperature

Rich malty flavor and a full-on crackery sweetness dominate