1. A cereal grain (usually barley) that is kiln-dried after having been germinated by soaking in water; used especially in brewing and distilling
   "The brewery used high-quality malt for their craft beers"
    
2. Whisky distilled in Scotland; especially whisky made from malted barley in a pot still
   "He collected rare single malt Scotch"; "He savoured the smoky flavour of the malt whiskey";
   - Scotch, Scotch whiskey [N. Amer, Ireland], Scotch whisky, malt whiskey [N. Amer, Ireland], malt whisky, Scotch malt whiskey [N. Amer, Ireland], Scotch malt whisky
    
3. A lager of high alcohol content; by law it is considered too alcoholic to be sold as lager or beer
   "The convenience store stocked several brands of malt liquor";
   - malt liquor
    
4. [N. Amer] A milkshake made with malt powder
   "The diner was famous for its chocolate malt";
   - malted, malted milk

1. Treat with malt or malt extract
   "malt beer"
    
2. Convert grain into malt
   "The brewery malts its own grain"

Sounds like: mantles, mantmalt, moult

Derived forms: malts, malting, malted

See also: malted, unmalted

Type of: cereal, convert, food grain, grain, lager, lager beer, milk shake, milkshake, process, shake, treat, usquebaugh [UK, Ireland, dialect], whiskey [N. Amer, Ireland], whisky

Part of: Rob Roy

Encyclopedia: Malt, Kentucky