Fermentable
Château Café — Castle Malting
Castle Malting
Spec sheet The maker publishes these figures for this exact product.
- Maker
- Castle Malting
- Origin
- Belgium
- Type
- roasted
- Malt class
- roasted
- Color
- 177.8 °L (470.0 EBC)
- Extract, fine-grind dry basis
- 75.0 %
- Moisture
- 4.5 %
- Diastatic power
- 0 °Lintner
- Suggested max
- 10 % of grist
- Needs mashing
- No — can be steeped
Description
Roasted to a genuine coffee note rather than to the ash a black malt gives, with a nutty edge behind it. It colors a stout or a porter and adds smoothness at the same time, which is why it goes in at 3-8 % rather than the 1-2 % a black malt wants.