Melano malt has a very intense malty flavor. It will bring beautiful notes of biscuit and honey. It will also add body and color (60-80 EBC) to the finished beer.

It will perfectly suit any beer where malt is intended to stand out. Moreover, if you cannot brew using decoction, Melano malt will give a quite similar toasted aromatic effect.

Melanoidins form when barley sugars react with amino acids at a high temperature (usually at the boiling point). They are desirable flavor components in malts. The other two malts with a high melanoidin content are Vienna and Munich. However, Melano malt is much richer in melanoidins, which is why it is not recommended to exceed 20% usage.