Fermentable
Black Malt — Crisp
Crisp
Spec sheet The maker publishes these figures for this exact product.
- Maker
- Crisp
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Type
- roasted
- Malt class
- roasted
- Color
- 488.0 °L (1292.0 EBC)
- Extract, fine-grind dry basis
- 71.5 %
- Moisture
- 2.0 %
- Diastatic power
- 0 °Lintner
- Suggested max
- 3 % of grist
- Needs mashing
- No — can be steeped
Description
The darkest of the standard British roasts: sharp, dry and tannic, with an acrid edge that is exactly what a dry stout wants. Two to four percent blackens a beer and drops mash pH noticeably, so account for it in the water calculation.