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Grains and Adjuncts Chart
Key: L = Degrees Lovibond, G = Gravity
| Malt |
L |
G |
Decription |
| German Grains |
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| Acidulated (Sauer) Malt |
1.7-2.8° |
1.033 |
High lactic acid. For lambics, sour mash beers, Irish stout, pilsners and wheats. |
| Carafa I |
300-340° |
1.038 |
Gives deep aroma and color to dark beers, bocks, stout, alt and schwarzbier. |
| Carafa II |
375-450° |
1.038 |
Carafa I, II and III also are available de-husked. Adds aroma, color and body. |
| Carafa III |
490-560° |
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| Chocolate Wheat Malt |
375-450° |
1.038 |
Intensifies aroma; improves color. For dark ales, alt, dark wheat, stout and porter. |
| Chocolate Rye Malt |
190-300° |
1.030 |
Enhances aroma of dark ales and improves color. For dunkel rye wheat and ale. |
| CaraHell Malt (light crystal) |
8-12° |
1.033-35 |
For light colored beer for body; hefeweizen, pale ale, golden ale, Oktoberfest. |
| CaraMunich Malt I |
30-38° |
1.033-35 |
Provides body. For Oktoberfest, bock, porter, stout, red, amber and brown ales. |
| CaraMunich Malt II |
42-50° |
1.033-35 |
CaraMunich Malt III is dark crystal. |
| CaraMunich Malt III |
53-60° |
1.033-35 |
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| Light Munich Malt |
5-6° |
1.034 |
For a desired malty, nutty flavor. Lagers, Oktoberfests and bock beer. |
| Dark Munich Malt |
8-10° |
1.034 |
Enhances body and aroma. Stout, schwarzbier, brown ale, dark and amber ales. |
| Melanoidin Malt |
23-31° |
1.033 |
For amber lagers and ales, dark lagers and ales, Scottish & red ales. |
| Rauch Smoked Malt |
2-4° |
1.037 |
For rauchbier, kellerbier, smoked porters, Scottish ales and barleywines. |
| Rye Malt |
2.8-4.3° |
1.029 |
Dry character. Can use as a base malt. For seasonal beers, roggenbier and ales. |
| Wheat Malt Light |
1.5-2° |
1.039 |
Typical top fermented aroma, produces superb wheat beers. |
| Wheat Malt Dark |
6-8° |
1.039 |
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| Caramel Wheat Malt |
38-53° |
1.035 |
For dark ales, hefeweizen, dunkelweizen, wheat bocks and double bocks. |
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British Grains | German Grains | Sugars
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