Fermentable
Château Cara Café — 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
- 151.4 °L (400.0 EBC)
- Extract, fine-grind dry basis
- 70.0 %
- Moisture
- 5.0 %
- Diastatic power
- 0 °Lintner
- Suggested max
- 15 % of grist
- Needs mashing
- No — can be steeped
Description
Stewed like a crystal and then taken to 350-450 EBC, which is where caramel starts reading as coffee. It carries the sweetness of a caramel malt and the color of a roast, and Castle allow it to 15 % in stouts, bocks and dark ales.