Weyermann Floor-Malted Bohemian Pilsner a.k.a. Floor-malted Pilsner
Reference-quality Czech-style base malt.
What it tastes like
Weyermann's floor-malted Bohemian Pilsner is the gold-standard base malt for Czech-style pilsners. It's literally floor-malted in a traditional German malthouse — barley spread on a stone floor, turned by hand, kilned slowly over many days. The result is bigger residual sweetness, more bready depth, and a softer mouthfeel than continuously-malted modern Pilsner malt. American craft breweries chasing the Pilsner Urquell texture often use this exclusively.
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History
Floor malting is the original European malting technique, dating back centuries. Weyermann maintains floor malting at their Bamberg facility for premium products. The floor-malted Bohemian Pilsner specifically recreates the historical Czech style.