Some of the main malts that you will see out in Australia are
Bairds - English
Thomas Fawcett - English
Joe white - Australian
Barret Burston - Australian
Weyermann - German
Andy
I take it you are looking at a recipe that is American in origin, as the Americans are the only ones (that I'm aware of) that will refer to it as 2 row (even though thats what it is.)
The Americans also use 6 row barley for some things, but this isn't normally something used in Aust, UK or Europe. So we normally just refer to 2 row barley as base malt. So when an American says "English 2 row", they just mean English base malt. And this can mean one of several (usually ale) malt varieties. Maris otter, golden promise, perle, halcyon, etc, are all british 2 row varieties, and all have subtle differences. If a recipe just says 'english 2 row', without saying which specific one, it's probably a fairly safe bet that maris otter is what they are referring to.
Some of the main malts that you will see out in Australia are
Bairds - English
Thomas Fawcett - English
Joe white - Australian
Barret Burston - Australian
Weyermann - German
There are comprehensive lists of the various malts by manufacturer and country of origin in beer recipe programmes like beersmith and promash, and there are quite a few lists available online that give more generalised descriptions, specifically one of the articles on this forum which is here
Does anyone have a Promash Malt Import File with details of the above grains? My current grain database does not include Bairds and Barret Burston
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