Fermentable
BEST Black Malt — Bestmalz
Bestmalz
Spec sheet The maker publishes these figures for this exact product.
- Maker
- Bestmalz
- Origin
- Germany
- Type
- roasted
- Malt class
- roasted
- Color
- 434.4 °L (1150.0 EBC)
- Extract, fine-grind dry basis
- 65.0 %
- Moisture
- 4.5 %
- Diastatic power
- 0 °Lintner
- Suggested max
- 5 % of grist
- Needs mashing
- No — can be steeped
Description
Roasted past chocolate to a dry, sharply roasted character that reads as coffee and burnt grain. One or two percent sets the color of a schwarzbier or a stout; much more and the astringency arrives before the flavor does.