Fermentable
Crystal Red Malt — Briess
Briess
Spec sheet The maker publishes these figures for this exact product.
- Maker
- Briess
- Origin
- United States
- Type
- crystal-caramel
- Malt class
- crystal
- Color
- 200.0 °L (528.8 EBC)
- Extract, fine-grind dry basis
- 75.0 %
- Moisture
- 3.0 %
- Diastatic power
- 0 °Lintner
- Suggested max
- 10 % of grist
- Needs mashing
- No — can be steeped
Description
The reddest malt Briess makes, and darker than any of the numbered grades. A few percent turns an amber ale genuinely red; much more and the burnt-sugar edge takes over.