This malt came with a recipe I purchased M&B Cream Ale. I wanted to give my hand a try at some recipe brewing & am happy that I did. This malt is top notch stuff.I had a taste the other day & recalled it was this malt. The flavor is that good. It set up & blended into the wort the way it was described to do in the recipe & thus produced a wonderful beverage.The packaging on this is important because you don't want to waste any. You certainly don't want a bunch of malt dust all over the kitchen or brewing room (AKA the garage or mud room). You certainly don't want your malt going stale or worse get moldy!You just cut the top & dump it directly into (my case) the muslin bag. There of course will be dust but a premium muslin bag will contain that. That can be rinsed off if your recipe or style warrants that.I haven't used this malt for anything other than the intended Ale that it was purchased for & am very happy with it. I am more than confident that it will do very well in any recipe it can lend itself to.