What they all have in common is their malt. “Dark beer is driven by the dark malts the brewer selects, along with a few other minor variables,” says Ryan Murphy, lead brewer at Schilling Beer ...

Known in some regions as schwarzbier (black beer), it is brewed with roasted malts that impart a characteristic flavor of ...

Porter and stouts are both hoppy, rich beers fermented from dark malts. Both can have flavors that cover notes like coffee, caramel and chocolate. Beer enthusiasts can't agree on the ultimate ...

The colour is difficult to reproduce with additives, so dough with a low percentage of rye is often mixed with dark malt (and occasionally coffee, black treacle or cocoa) to give the crumb a more ...