Carapils Malt® 500g Crushed / Milled
Weyermann Carapils Malts
Malt EBC: 2.5-6.5
Malt Lovibond 1.4-2.9
Malt Maximum percentage 10% Approx.
Malty sweet with light caramel notes.
Weyermann produces from Bavarian spring barley, this malt is produced by loading the modified grains into a sealed kiln while the moisture content is still around 50%. The grains are then heated to between 65°C and 80°C, which enables them to mash themselves and caramelise the resulting sugars. The final kilning is at around 110°C for just long enough to dry the grain without undue darkening. When used in lager beers, Carapils® promotes head formation and retention and gives the beer a fuller rounder flavour. As the starches have already been converted during malting.
What is Carapils ?
Weyermann Carapils, also known as dextrin malt, is a type of specialty malt that is used to enhance the body and mouthfeel of beer. It is made from 2-row barley that has been steeped in water, germinated, and then dried in a kiln. The drying process is what gives the malt its distinctive flavour and colour.
Carapils is unique because it contains a high percentage of dextrin's, which are complex sugars that contribute to beer's body and mouthfeel. These dextrin's are not fermentable by yeast, which means that they remain in the beer after fermentation, providing a fuller and creamier mouthfeel.
Malts Crushed should always be used to release the dextrin in the malt
Caramel malt to improve the foam stability and body of all beer styles, especially for:
- Pale Lager; American (Light) Lager, International Pale Lager, Koelsch style beer, German Leichtbier, Bavarian Helles, India Pale Lager
- Pilsner; German Pilsener, Pre-Prohibition Lager, American Pilsener
- Strong Lager; Imperial Pilsener
- Pale Ale; Cream Ale, British Golden Ale, Summer Ale, English Summer Ale, Australian Sparkling Ale, Blonde Ale, Session Pale Ale
- IPA; American IPA, Double IPA, Session IPA
- Strong Ale; Belgian Golden Strong Ale
- Wheat Beer; Leichtes Weizen, Gueuze, Fruit Lambic, Gose, Piwo Grodziskie
