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DictionarymaltPrepared grain
noun / adjective / verb

malt

MAWLT/mɔːlt/

Sprouted grain dried for flavoring or brewing.

Dried barley malt fills the scoop after soaking and germination.

A close-up still life of dried barley malt in a shallow wooden scoop, with a small, subordinate sequence of soaking barley, germinating barley, and dried malt that makes the grain’s preparation visible without text.
Etymology
maltOld Englishmalt

Old English mealt already named malt. Its deeper origin is uncertain, but a possible connection with “soft” refers to softening grain by steeping it in water before brewing.

In context

Crisp Malt1:06
malt for our Festbier is the usual kind of lager malt that we get from Crisp, and then we add some Munich malt
From Malt to Pint: Inside Howling Hops Brewery with Crisp Malt

More examples

  • A little malt adds sweetness to the bread.
  • Malt vinegar gives the fries a sharp, tangy flavor.
  • They malt the barley by soaking, sprouting, and drying it.

Forms

malt · malts · malted · malting