Malt · Briess Malt & Ingredients
Crystal Red Malt
Colour and analysis
- Colour
- 394 EBC
- Extract (fine grind, dry basis)
- 75 %
- Maximum share of the grist
- 1 %
Flavour and description
Pronounced caramel, burnt sugar, raisiny, prunes
Briess Malt & Ingredients · Flavour and use
This is a drum roasted crystallized malt that contributes gold, orange and red hues at low usage rates, minimizing flavor impact. Contributes extreme red/brown colors and complex caramelized/burnt sugar notes at moderate usage rates. Usage: <1% To bump golden colors in Pale Ale and Lagers with minimum impact to flavor/fermentability; 1-3% For orange hues and slight caramel flavors in Amber Ales and Lagers; 3-7% For red color and low flavors of caramel, toffee in English Reds, Scotch Ales; 7-10% For deep red, cola colors and mild complex sugar flavors in Dark Ales and Lagers; 10-15% In intensely flavored and colored beers like Barley Wines and certain Stouts.
Briess Malt & Ingredients · Maltster's description
Substitutes for Crystal Red Malt
Source
- Maltster's page
- Specification (PDF)
- Briess Malt & Ingredients · USA