Fermentable
Château Wheat Chocolat — Castle Malting
Castle Malting
Spec sheet The maker publishes these figures for this exact product.
- Maker
- Castle Malting
- Origin
- Belgium
- Type
- roasted
- Malt class
- roasted
- Color
- 358.9 °L (950.0 EBC)
- Extract, fine-grind dry basis
- 78.0 %
- Moisture
- 4.5 %
- Diastatic power
- 0 °Lintner
- Suggested max
- 20 % of grist
- Needs mashing
- No — can be steeped
Description
Wheat roasted to chocolate depth at 800-1100 EBC, smoother than the barley grade and holding 78 % extract where that one holds 70. It darkens an English stout or a porter without roughening it, and Castle allow a generous 20 %.