What does MALT do?

[PPBart]

I've got a batch of muscadine port in secondary now. The recipe called for malt -- not something I've ever added to wine before.


What does the malt do for or contribute to the wine?


What other wines would benefit from addition of malt (since I've got it on hand now)?

 

[Cracked Cork]

PPBart, the malt adds some flavor and body. I would suggest getting extra light malt extract, if you get anything else it can add a beer taste to your wine. We put some extra light dried malt extract in our desert wines and sometimes in our fruit wines if we want some extra body, anywhere from just a poound to 3 pounds in 5 gallons depending on how much body we want to add. Crackedcork

 

[Wade E]

It is also good for upping the abv when making a port as its much easier for the yeast to consume.

 

[Goodfella]

I use it in all my Ports. It's good stuff. I desolve it in some warm/hot water and stir it in to avoid major clumping.


If you do get clumps, just wait a while and they will break up and desolve.