Beer Making
Caramel malt have undergone a special stewing process during malting resulting in a crystalline sugar structure inside the grain's hull. These grains give a sweet, caramel flavour to the finished beer and can almost always be used as steeping grains by extract brewers.
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Special B
from £1.95
Special B is produced in the same way as other Belgian caramel malts except that it undergoes a second roasting. Its profile is that of a cross between dark caramel malt and light roasted malt. The resultant distinctive flavour and aroma enhances many Belgian classics, but could also add interesting flavours to British ales, especially milds, brown ales etc. An interesting usage is to blend Bavarian Smoked Malt, (Rauchmalz), with Special B (60/40) to emulate the flavour of the now unavailable English brown malt, traditionally kilned over open fires.
Colour 250 EBC
Germany
Maximum percentage 10%
