Fermentable
BlackSwaen Black Extra Malt — The Swaen
The Swaen
Spec sheet The maker publishes these figures for this exact product.
- Maker
- The Swaen
- Origin
- Netherlands
- Type
- roasted
- Malt class
- roasted
- Color
- 500.0 °L (1328.6 EBC)
- Extract, fine-grind dry basis
- 71.0 %
- Moisture
- 4.5 %
- Diastatic power
- 0 °Lintner
- Suggested max
- 5 % of grist
- Needs mashing
- No — can be steeped
Description
The darkest malt The Swaen roasts, taken a step past their standard black. Burnt coffee, bitter cocoa and a trace of smoke arrive with an almost opaque color, so it is dosed in ones and twos of a percent. Strongly acidic in the mash — count it in when you set your pH.