Caramalt

bones · Dec 17, 2011

Hi Guys....

Made a pale ale

93% Pale Malt
7% CARAMALT

All EKG 45 IBU

English Yeast

There is a definate caramel, burnt toffee flavour... not what i really wanted... i was hoping the Caramalt would just give some mouth feel without being over powering...

Whats your thoughts and experience of this stuff..????

Mark1964 · Dec 17, 2011

Its used to give a toffee caramel taste you maybe would have been better using crystal malt and adding 100g or so of wheat malt to get the taste you wanted

shocker · Dec 17, 2011

Interesting - I have just got some caramalt from Rob Malt Miller for the same purpose - pale ales. I was going on the colour numbers as I have used crystal before and even a small amount gave me much more darkness than I wanted . Luckily I also got a kilo of light crystal....thoughts ?

Mark1964 · Dec 17, 2011

a pale ale can have crystal in just not too much i put 250g in a 25l brew

craigite · Dec 18, 2011

I thought caramalt was a crystal malt, just kilned at a lower temp etc to give a lower colour. I use it in my pale ales to give a little sweetness to balance the dryness from the sugars.