Fermentable
Caramel Malt 50 — Viking Malt
Viking Malt
Spec sheet The maker publishes these figures for this exact product.
- Maker
- Viking Malt
- Origin
- Finland
- Type
- crystal-caramel
- Malt class
- crystal
- Color
- 19.3 °L (49.9 EBC)
- Extract, fine-grind dry basis
- 75.0 %
- Moisture
- 6.0 %
- Diastatic power
- 0 °Lintner
- Suggested max
- 20 % of grist
- Needs mashing
- No — can be steeped
Description
Caramel sweetness with the color to match at 40–60 EBC, and the grade most amber ales and bitters reach for first. Five to ten percent gives the toffee note without the raisin edge the darker grades bring.