Heritage Chevallier a.k.a. Chevallier

19th-century English heritage barley.

What it tastes like

Chevallier is a heritage barley variety that dominated English brewing throughout the 1800s and was nearly extinct by the 20th century. It's been revived by Crisp Malt and Sugar Creek for craft brewers chasing historical authenticity in old English styles. The flavor is fuller, richer, more bread-and-honey forward than modern barley.

honeybreadrich biscuitfull body

Best in these styles

historical English IPA porter old ale barleywine

For brewers — technical profile

Color (Lovibond)

2.5–3.5 °L

Color (EBC)

5.5–8

Max Use

100% of grain bill

Diastatic Power

Moderate (lower than modern barleys)

Where to source

Maltsters that produce or distribute this grain:

Crisp Malt

United Kingdom · Great Ryburgh, Norfolk

Sugar Creek Malt Co.

USA · Lebanon, Indiana

History

Selected in the 1820s and dominant by the 1850s, Chevallier was largely abandoned by the early 20th century in favor of higher-yielding modern varieties. Crisp Malt revived it in the 2010s through partnerships with English heritage barley researchers.

Lineage & family

Chevallier is a founding landrace of the malting-barley family tree — England (Debenham, Suffolk) · ~1820. It sits at the root of the pedigree: a heritage variety with no surviving cultivated descendants recorded in the modern lineage. See how the wider British and Moravian families fan out in the Malt Lineage explorer →