Maris Otter Pale Ale Malt (1lb) - Thomas Fawcett

Maris Otter Pale Ale Malt (1lb) – Thomas Fawcett & Sons

มอลต์สำหรับ #ทำเบียร์ Maris Otter มอลต์สายพันธุ์ชื่อดังของอังกฤษ นิยมใช้ไปทั่วโลก เป็นหนึ่งในสายพันธุ์ยอดนิยมอันดับต้นๆ ในการใช้เป็น base malt
นิยมใช้ทำเบียร์ style อังกฤษ ให้กลิ่นรสซับซ้อน มีกลิ่น Biscuit ถั่ว และขนมปังอ่อนๆ ในปัจจุบันถูกนำไปใช้ทำเบียร์ที่หลากหลายสไตล์ เช่น IPA Pale Ale รวมถึง Dark Ale ทั้งหลาย โดยไม่ได้จำกัดอยู่แค่สไตล์อังกฤษอีกต่อไป มี Craft Brewery ในอเมริกามากมายที่นำเข้ามอลต์จากอังกฤษไปทำเบียร์สไตล์อเมริกัน เนื่องจาก English malts สร้างความแตกต่างในเนื้อ และรสชาติ สร้างความหลากหลายให้กับเบียร์หลากสไตล์

Well modified producing consistent extract within the standard ale colour range giving sweet and flavourful worts.
Maris Otter has long been the favorite of English brewers for its brewhouse performance and rich slightly nutty flavour.
An excellent malt for any English beer style.
All of Fawcett’s malt is still produced in their traditional floor maltings.

EBC: 4.0 – 6.0
Usage: up to 100%

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History of Maris Otter Malt
Maris Otter is one of the most celebrated barley varieties in the world today. It is a traditional two-row low-protein winter barley and today is considered an heirloom variety. It is praised by brewers for its flavor low nitrogen and how easy it is to work with but disliked by many farmers because of its lower yield (when compared to modern varieties).
It had its beginnings in 1965 at the British Plant Breeding Institute (BPI) which at the time was situated on Maris Lane in Trumpington England. Here the director Dr. G. Bell and a team of researchers were trying to cross a spring barley variety with a winter variety. The idea was to create a barley variety that was both hardy and produced higher yields similar to winter varieties but also had some of the valued brewing traits found in spring varieties.
The breakthrough came when Proctor and Pioneer two older varieties from the BPI were successfully crossed. Proctor the spring variety is a cross between a Danish variety called Kenia and a traditional English variety called Plumage Archer. Pioneer dates back to 1943 and carries the distinction of being Britain’s first commercially successful winter variety.

The new variety was dubbed Maris Otter. The name is a homage to the location of the BPI. Though far less known there are also Maris Mink Maris Puma Maris Dingo etc.; all bred by the BPI.

Maris Otter dominated the British brewing scene until the 1980s when it slowly started to be replaced by newer varieties with higher yields and better disease resistance. At the same time Maris Otter’s added cost (20 to 25% higher) caused recently consolidated bigger breweries to shy away from using it.

Another blow came in 1990 when the protections that made it a proprietary variety expired giving seed companies less reason to carry it. It seemed Maris Otter would fade away completely.

But a few tenacious farmers and brewers hung on determined to continue producing and using the variety. In 1992 two-grain trading companies H Banham Ltd and Robin Appel Ltd bought the rights to the Maris Otter brand.
The companies then went back and reselected for a more vigorous seed stock and over the next 27 years managed to revive Maris Otter’s standing making it one of the best-known malts in the world.

It is still grown in the same place it was 50 years ago. It does very well in the maritime climate of Norfolk County in East Anglia England and the variety has become almost as well known and loved in America as in its country of origin with near a quarter of any year’s malt supply going to U.S. markets.

Maris Otter celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2015 with a celebration that included a competition of 50 beers brewed with Maris Otter. The two companies that helped keep Maris Otter alive have also received a Lifetime Achievement award from the All Party Parliamentary Beer Group.