Fermentable
Château Pale Ale — 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-pale
- Color
- 3.7 °L (8.5 EBC)
- Extract, fine-grind dry basis
- 80.0 %
- Moisture
- 4.5 %
- Diastatic power
- 76 °Lintner
- Suggested max
- 100 % of grist
- Needs mashing
- Yes
Description
Kilned a step past the pilsen malt to 7-10 EBC, which is where a Belgian base malt starts tasting of biscuit rather than of grain. At 250 WK it converts a whole grist, and Castle sell it as a 100 % malt for bitters and English-leaning ales.