Fermentable
Château Cara Gold — Castle Malting
Castle Malting
Spec sheet The maker publishes these figures for this exact product.
- Maker
- Castle Malting
- Origin
- Belgium
- Type
- crystal-caramel
- Malt class
- crystal
- Color
- 45.7 °L (120.0 EBC)
- Extract, fine-grind dry basis
- 75.0 %
- Moisture
- 6.0 %
- Diastatic power
- 0 °Lintner
- Suggested max
- 20 % of grist
- Needs mashing
- No — can be steeped
Description
Germinated warm and then roasted to 220 C, which is what puts the toffee and brown sugar in it. A rich amber color and a glassy endosperm that holds foam; 5-15 % is plenty in a brown or dark Belgian beer.