Fermentable
Château Black Nature — 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
- 491.0 °L (1300.0 EBC)
- Extract, fine-grind dry basis
- 70.0 %
- Moisture
- 4.5 %
- Diastatic power
- 0 °Lintner
- Suggested max
- 6 % of grist
- Needs mashing
- No — can be steeped
Description
The organic black malt at 1200-1400 EBC, roasted to the far end for color and a sharp, dry, burnt bitterness. Castle put it at 3-6 % of an organic stout or porter, and it is doing most of the coloring by the bottom of that band.