Fermentable
Château Cara Crystal — 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
- 57.1 °L (150.0 EBC)
- Extract, fine-grind dry basis
- 74.0 %
- Moisture
- 6.0 %
- Diastatic power
- 0 °Lintner
- Suggested max
- 15 % of grist
- Needs mashing
- No — can be steeped
Description
The straight middle-of-the-road caramel at 140-160 EBC: toffee, a full body and an amber-to-copper cast. Up to 15 % in a brown ale, a dark lager or a bock, though five or six is usually the point where it stops improving things.