{"id":270679,"date":"2025-06-03T14:52:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T14:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/recipes\/category-a-b\/beer\/understanding-malt-with-jeff-bloem-beersmith-podcast-325-beersmith-home-brewing-blog\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T14:52:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T14:52:33","slug":"understanding-malt-with-jeff-bloem-beersmith-podcast-325-beersmith-home-brewing-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=270679","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Malt with Jeff Bloem \u2013 BeerSmith Podcast #325 \u2013 BeerSmith\u2122 Home Brewing Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-ast-blocks-layout=\"true\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>Jeff Bloem from Murphy &amp; Rude Malting joins me to help us understand brewing malts, and help break through the marketing clutter when selecting malts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe on iTunes to <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/beersmith-home-beer-brewing\/id398500515?mt=2\">Audio version <\/a>or <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/beersmith-home-beer-brewing\/id824963861\">Video version<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7vwQRBi8HJBpePV3I7Dpj5\">Spotify <\/a>or <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9iZWVyc21pdGguY29tL2NvbnRlbnQvZmVlZC9wb2RjYXN0Lw\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-325-Bloem.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download the MP3 File<\/a>\u2013 Right Click and <strong>Save As<\/strong> to download this mp3 file.<\/p>\n<p> <audio controls=\"\"><source src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-325-Bloem.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"\/>Your browser does not support the audio element.<\/audio> <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator alignfull has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Understanding Malts with Jeff Bloem - BeerSmith Podcast #325\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RdAbu05hOf0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"topics-in-this-week-s-episode-50-46\">Topics in This Week\u2019s Episode (57:15)<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This week I welcome back Jeff Bloem. Jeff is the founder and head malster at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.murphyrudemalting.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Murphy &amp; Rude Malting<\/a> in Charlottesville, VA. Opening in 2018, they are Virginia\u2019s first dedicated commercial specialty malt house producing a wide variety of base, high kiln and specialty malts for brewers and distillers. <\/li>\n<li>They also sell directly to the home brewing market via their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.murphyrudemalting.com\/shop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">online store here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>We start with a brief update on some of the new products available from Murphy and Rude.<\/li>\n<li>Jeff introduces his topic which is \u201cMalt: What is It?\u201d and explains how sometimes the marketing gets in the way of figuring out what malt you are really buying.<\/li>\n<li>We discuss how there is a lot of variation not only in malt products themselves but how malsters choose to brand and label their malts.<\/li>\n<li>We begin by discussing Pilsner malt and how European Pilsners vary from US Pilsners and how close many Pilsners are to pale malts.<\/li>\n<li>Next we discuss Pale malts and how they can overlap with other malts.<\/li>\n<li>Jeff explains how Vienna and Munich malts are made and how many of the light malts have common characteristics, but there can be variation depending on which barley was used as a base.<\/li>\n<li>We talk about darker kilned malts and how those are made as well as their flavor profile.<\/li>\n<li>Jeff talks about Caramel\/Crystal malt and how the crystalization of the sugars within the malt husk change their profiles.<\/li>\n<li>We discuss harsh zone malts and how they can be used sparingly to great effect.<\/li>\n<li>Finally we discuss roasted malts and what makes them different from darker kilned malts.<\/li>\n<li>Jeff gives us some examples of what malts are named versus what they really are and how many marketing names can be confusing.<\/li>\n<li>Jeff gives us his closing thoughts and also tells us how home brewers can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.murphyrudemalting.com\/shop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">directly buy his malts<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>iTunes Announcements<\/strong>: I launched a new <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/beersmith-home-beer-brewing\/id824963861\">video channel for the BeerSmith podcast on iTunes<\/a>, so subscribe now! At the moment it will only feature the new widescreen episodes (#75 and up). Older episodes are available on my revamped <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/mrbeersmith\">Youtube channel<\/a>. Also all of my <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/beersmith-home-brewing-blog\/id398500515\">audio episodes are on iTunes<\/a> now \u2013 so grab the older episodes if you missed any.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"thoughts-on-the-podcast\">Thoughts on the Podcast?<\/h3>\n<p>Leave me a comment below or visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/forum\">discussion forum<\/a> to leave a comment in the podcast section there.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"subscribe-to-the-podcast-on-itunes-or-beersmith-radio\">Subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes or BeerSmith Radio<\/h3>\n<p>You can listen to all of my podcast episodes streaming live around the clock on our <a href=\"http:\/\/BeerSmith.com\/Radio\">BeerSmith Radio<\/a> online radio station! You can also subscribe to the audio or video using the iTunes links below, or the feed address<\/p>\n<p>And finally, don\u2019t forget to subscribe to the blog and <a href=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/subscribe\">my newsletter<\/a> (or link at the top of the page) \u2013 to get free weekly articles on home brewing.<\/p>\n<p><!--end responsive_icons--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n                    (function(d, s, id) {\n                        var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n                        if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n                        js = d.createElement(s);\n                        js.id = id;\n                        js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2\";\n                        fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n                    }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n                <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff Bloem from Murphy &amp; Rude Malting joins me to help us understand brewing malts, and help break through the marketing clutter when selecting malts. 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