Fermentable
Black Malt — Thomas Fawcett
Thomas Fawcett
Spec sheet The maker publishes these figures for this exact product.
- Maker
- Thomas Fawcett
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Type
- roasted
- Malt class
- roasted
- Color
- 545.0 °L (1443.1 EBC)
- Extract, fine-grind dry basis
- 69.9 %
- Moisture
- 4.5 %
- Diastatic power
- 0 °Lintner
- Suggested max
- 5 % of grist
- Needs mashing
- No — can be steeped
Description
Taken to the far end of the drum, and sharp with it — color and dry, acrid roast rather than anything with sweetness left in. Two or three percent blackens a robust porter, an imperial stout or a black IPA; much beyond that and the finish turns ashy.