Fermentable
Château Melano — Castle Malting
Castle Malting
Spec sheet The maker publishes these figures for this exact product.
- Maker
- Castle Malting
- Origin
- Belgium
- Type
- kilned-toasted
- Malt class
- munich-vienna
- Color
- 30.6 °L (80.0 EBC)
- Extract, fine-grind dry basis
- 78.0 %
- Moisture
- 4.5 %
- Diastatic power
- 0 °Lintner
- Suggested max
- 20 % of grist
- Needs mashing
- Yes
Description
Melanoidin malt made on a long, wet, hot cure so the Maillard chemistry runs in the kiln rather than in the kettle. Ruby color and a frank malt sweetness at 75-85 EBC; Castle stop at a fifth of the grist and it is loud well before that.