Pale Malt

Ever-paler malts are becoming increasingly popular and important to the modern brewer, and the reasons go well beyond color.

In IPAs, hops do the talking, but building the right platform gives them the best chance to have their say. Here, a few award-winning brewers share advice on creating that malt base—especially for the American and West Coast styles—plus, we look at a new base malt designed especially for IPA.