Fermentable
Château Diastatic — Castle Malting
Castle Malting
Spec sheet The maker publishes these figures for this exact product.
- Maker
- Castle Malting
- Origin
- Belgium
- Type
- base
- Malt class
- base-pilsner
- Color
- 1.7 °L (3.3 EBC)
- Extract, fine-grind dry basis
- 80.0 %
- Moisture
- 5.0 %
- Diastatic power
- 105 °Lintner
- Suggested max
- 30 % of grist
- Needs mashing
- Yes
Description
A pale malt kilned to preserve amylase rather than to build flavor: 350 WK, half again what their pilsen malt guarantees. Its job is to drag a grist heavy in unmalted grain or low-enzyme specialty malt over the line, at up to 30 % of the bill.