Crisp Finest Maris Otter® Ale Malt · per 100 g

Baked bread, light toffee and a sweet, rounded malt body. Crisp Finest Maris Otter® is the heritage British barley malt for rich, flavourful ales that are easy to brew.

5.0–6.5 EBC (IoB) · 2.5–3.1 °L · Up to 100 % of grist · Extract 80.6 % · Heritage two-row barley · Sold per 100 g

What it does in your beer

Maris Otter is a two-row winter barley, bred in 1965 from Pioneer and Proctor. Crisp malts it into what it calls a wonderfully sweet ale malt, with notes of baked bread and light toffee and a characteristic malt body.

Use it as 100 % of the grist or as the base under crystal and roasted malts: light, dark and strong milds, English ales and IPAs, golden ales, porters, stouts and barley wines.

At a glance

How much for a 20 L batch

Up to 100 % of the grist. An all-Maris Otter beer on a typical 5 kg grist for 20 L takes 5,000 g — order 50 × 100 g.

Each 1 kg in 20 L adds ≈ +11.2 gravity points (≈ +2.8 °P) at 75 % efficiency. A 5 kg grist of it alone lands around OG 1.056 with ≈ 10 EBC of colour (approx., extract-based / Morey; mid 6.35 EBC by EBC method, extract 80.6 %, moisture 3.5 %).

The quantity you enter is in 100 g units; for 1 kg of Maris Otter®, type 10.

How to use

• Use it as the whole base, or lay crystal and roasted malts on top for bitters, porters, stouts and barley wines.
• Order in 100 g steps: 4.5 kg under crystal and roast is 45, a 5 kg all-Otter grist 50.
• No mill? The Crushed option is milled before dispatch — get it mashed within about 5 days.
• Got a mill? Order Whole grain and crush it on brew day.

Pairs well with

Brewing a best bitter or English IPA? Try it with Crisp Light Crystal 150, East Kent Golding hops and SafAle S-04.

Brewing a stout? Put Crisp Roasted Barley on top.

Storage & shelf life

• Crisp's ideal store is 5–15 °C, dry, sealed and free of strong odours.
• Best used within 2–3 months of delivery; stored properly, Crisp says malt stays usable for up to two years from production.
• Crushed Maris Otter®: into the mash within about 5 days of delivery.

Food information

• Food business operator: Radek Milota – BO PIVO, Hlavní 35, 742 83 Olbramice, Czech Republic
• Name: Pale ale malt (Maris Otter®)
• Ingredients: malted barley
• Allergens: contains barley (cereal containing gluten)
• Net quantity: 100 g per unit ordered
• Country of origin: United Kingdom
• Storage: dry, cool (ideally 5–15 °C), sealed

Údaje o potravině (CZ)

• Název: Slad Pale Ale (Maris Otter®)
• Složení: ječný slad
• Alergeny: obsahuje ječmen (obilovina obsahující lepek)
• Čisté množství: 100 g za každý objednaný kus
• Země původu: Spojené království
• Skladování: v suchu a chladu (ideálně 5–15 °C), uzavřené
• Provozovatel potravinářského podniku: Radek Milota – BO PIVO, Hlavní 35, 742 83 Olbramice, Czech Republic

Good to know

• 100 g per unit — for a 5 kg all-Maris Otter grist, enter 50.
• Milling: order Whole grain to crush at home, or Crushed, which is milled before dispatch and is best brewed within about 5 days.
• Brewing ingredients come from our partner warehouse in the Czech Republic, in a separate parcel from equipment.
• Contains barley (a gluten cereal).
• The analysis shown is Crisp's typical analysis for Finest Maris Otter®.

FAQ

What is Maris Otter?
A two-row winter barley variety bred in 1965 from Pioneer and Proctor. Crisp malts it as Finest Maris Otter® Ale Malt.

Can I use 100 % Maris Otter?
Yes — it is specified for up to 100 % of the grist.

Maris Otter or Extra Pale Ale Malt?
Maris Otter is darker and richer: 5.0–6.5 EBC (IoB) with baked bread and light toffee. Crisp Extra Pale Ale Malt is 2.5–3.5 EBC (IoB) with intensely sweet maltiness, for paler beers.

Can I order it crushed?
Yes: set the Milling option to Crushed. It's milled before dispatch, so plan to brew within about 5 days. Whole grain arrives unmilled.