KWS SASSY
Bred to be bold, lively and full of spirit
- The high yielding non-GN variety with exceptional performance in the North
- Lowest screenings of any malt distilling variety
- Good grain quality
Characteristics
About
KWS Sassy is a non GN producing, spring malting barley, which has strong potential to serve the UK distilling market. With matching maturity to Concerto, but with 11% higher yields in the North, it is set to become a favourite for the Northern farmer.
KWS Sassy is fully MBC approved for malting and distilling and has the lowest screenings of any approved variety. It also has excellent hot water extract and low grain nitrogen.
Characteristics in numbers
| UK | 101 |
| North | 103 |
| Untreated | 94 |
| Mildew | 9 |
| Yellow rust | [6] |
| Brown rust | 5 |
| Rhynchosporium | 6 |
| Screenings <2.25mm | 1.1 |
| Screenings <2.25mm | 2.6 |
| Lodging | 6 |
| Maturity (+/- Concerto) | 0 |
| Height (cm) with PGR | 78 |
| SP.Wt (kg/hl) | 68.4 |
| Hot Water Extract | 315.7 |
