Briess Caramel 20L Malt 1 lb

Description

Briess Caramel Malt (Crystal) 20L is the perfect malt for beer making. This malt is made from select two-row barley and is kilned to a deep amber color. It adds a rich, sweet caramel flavor and aroma to your beer. It also adds a deep red color and a smooth, creamy mouthfeel. This malt is perfect for adding complexity to your beer and is great for making amber ales, brown ales, porters, and stouts. With its high diastatic power, it can also be used to adjust the color and flavor of your beer. Briess Caramel Malt (Crystal) 20L is the perfect malt for creating a unique and flavorful beer.

Briess Caramel Malt (Crystal) 20L 1 lb gives the brewed beer a light to amber color. With its caramel flavor, it is the perfect grain for many types of beer. Caramel malt has very little fermentable sugars, so it must be used in conjunction with other brewing malts.

TYPICAL ANALYSIS

Mealy / Half / Glassy 0% / 5% / 95%
Plump 70%
Thru 5%
Moisture 6.0%
Extract FG, Dry Basis 76.0%
Color 20º Lovibond

CERTIFICATION

Kosher: UMK Pareve

STORAGE AND SHELF LIFE

Store in a temperate, low humidity, pest free environment at temperatures of <90 ºF. Improperly stored malts are prone to loss of freshness and flavor. Whole Kernel Diastatic and Preground Malts best when used within 6 months from date of manufacture. Whole Kernel Roasted Malts may begin experiencing a slight flavor loss after 18 months.

FLAVOR & COLOR CONTRIBUTIONS

Malt Style: Caramel Malt (Roasted)
Flavor: Candy-like sweetness, mild caramel
Color: Contributes golden hues

CHARACTERISTICS / APPLICATIONS

Briess Caramel Malts are roaster produced. Roasters, rather than kilns, make the fullest flavored and best performing. Caramel Malts. Briess roasters are efficient drum roasters that have been custom designed and engineered to roast malt and barley. These customized drum roasters allow for the application of significantly higher temperatures to green malt. This is a must for the true crystallization of sugars and development of unique flavors, colors and physical properties only associated with the glassy, crystallized sugars of Caramel Malt.
Caramel Malts are characterized by a glassy endosperm with varying degrees of sweet flavor ranging from light caramel to toffee to burnt sugar. Typical color range of Caramel Malts is 10º to 120º Lovibond.
A distinguishing characteristic of Caramel Malts is their ability to improve foam development and stability and enhance viscosity due to non-fermentable structures they contribute to beer.
Produced in the U.S.A. from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row malting varieties.
3-7% For balance in Pilsners
5-10% California Common Beer, Doppelbocks and Dark Lagers
5-15% Vienna, Marzen and Oktoberfest
10-15% Bitter Ales, Pale Ales, Mild Ales, Strong Ales and Belgian Ales
5-15% Certain styles of Brown Ales, Scotch Ales, Stouts and Porters