Genetic variability studies among 56 malt barley genotypes for a number of quantitative malt quality and physiological characters were carried out. Characters of economic importance viz., grains per spike, spikes per meter square, tillers per meter square, 1000 grains weight and seed yield per plot exhibited high heritability estimates coupled with high estimates of genetic advance. This implies presence of adequate variability among genotypes for these characters and their utility for further improvement of Malt barley based on additive gene action. Days to fifty per cent flowering and days to physiological maturity were found to be influenced by environmental variation. Characters viz., germinative energy at 48 hours and total chlorophyll content however, exhibited no useful variability.