The Mile High Malt Scrub and Microbrew Massage starts with a scrub made by mixing grainy beer malt with a rice ale, brewed by the nearby Great Divide Brewery.

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Fermentation of beer traditionally involves placing wort -- the sweet malt liquid before it is fermented and turned into beer -- into a vessel.

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SABMiller at first depended on imported malt to make its beer.

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Today's porters are made a bit differently: Instead of blending in old beer, brewers enrich a lighter base beer with a dash of dark brown, caramel or coffee malt as well as, often, a liberal dose of potent American hops for extra kick.

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Drinkers also noticed that the extended, curved lip of the can delivered the beer to the front of the palate to maximize the early enjoyment of the malt sweetness.

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Consider a tasting where drinkers sample a beer with a particular characteristic (flavor from German hops, hop bitterness, smoked malt, amount of cherry juice, the options are endless) and rate the intensity of that characteristic.

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Craft beer the kind beer candy makers use in their recipes is usually made with much higher levels of malt (grain that has been soaked and toasted) than traditional American lager, said Ray Daniels, director of the Cicerone Certification Program, which certifies beer sommeliers.

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