American Malt With Roots in the Bighorn Basin
Why Brewers Choose Briess
Our team helps commercial brewers source ingredients, compare options, solve problems, and keep production moving. We are here to make buying malt and brewing ingredients easier, not more complicated.
Briess has been part of American malting and specialty ingredient production for generations. For brewers, that means dependable ingredients with a long track record in both craft and production brewing.
Briess offers a wide selection of caramel, roasted, kilned, wheat, rye, and specialty malts that help brewers build color, sweetness, body, roast, toast, foam, and malt complexity.
In addition to malt, Briess supplies brewers with malt extracts, brewers flakes, filtering aids, and adjunct ingredients, giving breweries more ways to solve recipe and production needs from one supplier.
We Walk the Fields Our Malt Comes From
Most of the barley behind Briess malt starts in one place: the Bighorn Basin of northwest Wyoming, in the farm country around Cody and Powell under Heart Mountain. It’s semi-arid ground — five or six inches of rain a year — made fertile by flood irrigation that delivers mountain water across the fields by gravity. Because the water never touches the leaves or the barley heads, the crop comes in cleaner, brighter, and more uniform. Briess anchored its barley program here on purpose, with its own elevator in Ralston, its own seed plant in Powell, and a team that lives and works in the Basin year-round alongside the growers.
In July 2025 we joined Briess on the Bighorn Barley Tour and walked those fields ourselves. We talked with growers whose families have worked this ground since it was opened to homesteading after World War II, and with newer farmers who moved up from Colorado because the Basin’s climate grows better barley. At the University of Wyoming research farm in Powell, we stood in the trial plots where next-generation varieties are being tested before they ever reach a malthouse.
At Pro Brew Supply we’re not just selling a brand. We go see where our ingredients come from, so what we stock meets the standard our customers expect — quality products to make the best beer possible.
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These featured Briess products are a strong starting point for brewers building pale ales, IPAs, lagers, amber ales, porters, stouts, wheat beers, seasonal recipes, and malt-forward beers. Use Briess base malts for dependable foundations, then layer in caramel, roasted, wheat, rye, and specialty malts to shape color, body, sweetness, toast, roast, and aroma.
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Built for Everyday Brewing and Creative Recipe Design.
Briess is especially valuable because of the depth of its malt portfolio. Brewers can build an entire recipe around Briess ingredients, starting with dependable base malts and layering in specialty malts for color, flavor, foam, mouthfeel, and finish. Their lineup includes the familiar workhorse malts brewers reach for every day, along with specialty options that help create deeper malt complexity in darker beers, red ales, brown ales, porters, stouts, lagers, and experimental styles.
Briess is also a practical choice for breweries that need repeatability. In production brewing, great flavor matters — but so does predictability. Briess malts are designed to give brewers reliable performance across a wide range of beer styles, making them a strong fit for both core recipes and rotating seasonal programs.
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Search COA Database → Freight and Pallet OrderingOrdering Briess malt by the bag, pallet, or as part of a mixed ingredient order? Contact us for freight quotes and commercial malt shipping support.
Request Freight Quote → Malt Selection SupportNeed help choosing the right Briess malt for a recipe? Our team can help you compare base malts, caramel malts, roasted malts, wheat, rye, flakes, extracts, and practical substitutions.
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How do I choose the right Briess malt?
Start with the role the malt needs to play. Base malts provide the foundation. Caramel and crystal malts add sweetness, body, and color. Roasted malts add dark color, chocolate, coffee, and roast. Wheat, rye, flakes, and adjuncts can help shape foam, mouthfeel, haze, and texture.
Why choose Briess for American craft beer?
Briess is a strong fit for brewers who want a broad American ingredient portfolio, dependable malt performance, and specialty malts that can support everything from clean everyday beers to darker, richer, more character-driven recipes.
Where are Briess malts made?
Briess is based in the United States, with malting and ingredient production tied to its long history as an American malt and specialty ingredient company.
What types of Briess products does Pro Brew Supply carry?
Pro Brew Supply carries Briess brewing ingredients including base malts, caramel and crystal malts, roasted malts, wheat and rye malts, flakes, adjuncts, and other specialty brewing ingredients.
What is the difference between Pilsen and Pilsner malt?
Pilsen and Pilsner malts are both pale base malts commonly used in lagers and lighter beer styles.
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