Leaving the world of conventional kilning behind, we move on to a range of malt where major increases in process temperature are required.
The higher colours and stronger flavours of our roasted malts are a result of the same Maillard chemistry that forms the deliciously intense aromas and colour of roast coffee, or the delicate biscuit taste in a beautifully baked fresh loaf of bread.
Available Whole or Crushed
A slightly higher coloured malt than the regular Cara, Cara Gold will add depth to a beer and bring sweetness and golden/amber colour, good for lower ABV, paler beers.
Our Cara and Crystal Malt can be delivered in 25kg bags.
Available Whole or Crushed
Very useful for imparting body and a slight malty sweetness to blonde beers due to its low colour and longer chain, dextrin sugars.
Our Cara and Crystal Malt can be delivered in 25kg bags.
Available Whole or Crushed
A great malt for adding sweet, caramel flavour to pale/amber ales. IPA’s and bitters. The lower colour is due to the shorter kilning time and this maintains the sweetness with getting too intense with the caramel notes. It will bring deep red colour to the beers depending on how much is used.
Our Cara and Crystal Malt can be delivered in 25kg bags.
Available Whole or Crushed
Roasted for longer to develop a more toffee like aroma and flavour, good for red/brown/ruby bitters and ales where it will add flavour complexity and punch through bitterness more than the light crystal.
Our Cara and Crystal Malt can be delivered in 25kg bags.
Available Whole or Crushed
The most intensely flavoured and coloured of our crystal malts, we move into a different arena on aroma with roasted/sweet coffee appearing and a slight burnt caramel note, good for full flavoured dark brown and ruby ales, stouts and porters
Our Cara and Crystal Malt can be delivered in 25kg bags.
Available Whole or Crushed
Amber is the lowest coloured of the roasted malts and imparts a toasty, biscuity maltiness to bitter, ales, milds, porters and stouts, good for depth of flavour without too much intensity. It has no diastatic power and should only be used up to 15% of the grist.
Our Roasted Malt can be delivered in 25kg bags.
Available Whole or Crushed
The next stage up from Amber Malt is our Brown Malt. The colour is produced in the same manner as Amber, but is roasted for that bit longer to give a nutty roast dryness with a light brown hue, perfect for brown ales and milds.
Remember that when assessing roasted malts, it is the resultant colour and flavour of the wort and beer that is important rather than the colour of the outer barley husk of the malt in your hand.
Different varieties of barley may give roasted malts with differing husk colour, but will produce wort with the expected colour and flavour when mashed.
Our Cara and Crystal Malt can be delivered in 25kg bags.
Available Whole or Crushed
More intense in colour and flavour with distinct roasted coffee aroma and flavour along with bittersweet dark chocolate undertones. Perfect for adding depth to brown ales and bitters and a must in strong milds, stouts and porters.
Our Roasted Malt can be delivered in 25kg bags.
Available Whole or Crushed
Smoother than roasted barley giving full roasted flavour along with a slightly tart acridity, in small amounts this malt will give a reddish hue without becoming too intense. Use at higher levels for robust to give an edge to robust porters.
Our Roasted Malt can be delivered in 25kg bags.
Available Whole or Crushed
As the name suggests, this grain isn’t malted. Roasted Barley imparts a dry, intensely roasted, astringent flavour and is used in guiness style stouts and strong porter. At levels below 1.5% of the grist it can be used to adjust colour and give a dry clean finish to a beer
Our Roasted Malt can be delivered in 25kg bags.