Fermentable
Dark Crystal Malt — Thomas Fawcett
Thomas Fawcett
Spec sheet The maker publishes these figures for this exact product.
- Maker
- Thomas Fawcett
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Type
- crystal-caramel
- Malt class
- crystal
- Color
- 83.2 °L (220.0 EBC)
- Extract, fine-grind dry basis
- 70.0 %
- Moisture
- 5.0 %
- Diastatic power
- 0 °Lintner
- Suggested max
- 15 % of grist
- Needs mashing
- No — can be steeped
Description
The crystal malt that gives an ESB or an old ale its color and most of its character at once: dark toffee, raisin and a faint burnt-sugar edge, crystallized past ninety percent so the sweetness is real rather than implied.