Description

Caramel Malt 80L - Briess

The Caramel malt is a roasted style malt which gives a pronounced caramel, slight burnt sugar and raisiny flavors. This malt will add a red to deep red hues to your beer.

Colour

°L: 80L

Characteristics and applications

• 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.

Suggested usage levels

• 1-3% For balance in Pilsners
• 5-10% California Common Beer, Vienna, Marzen and Oktoberfest
• 5-15% Doppelbocks, Dark Lagers and Barley Wine
• 5-15% Certain styles of Brown Ales, Scotch Ales, Stouts and Porters

Recipes

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