Caramel 40L Oz

Gives a sweet, medium caramel flavor and a light red color. Flavor contributions: candylike sweetness, mild caramel. Use 3-7% for Pilsener-style beers for balance. Use 5-15% for color and sweetness in light amber beers.

Lovibond: 40 L

Application Tip:

Often utilized in Pale Ales, Bitters, Viennas, Octoberfests and other styles requiring rich amber to slightly reddish color, Caramel 40L proves useful in darker styles, adding sweetness and caramel notes in the finished beer. For sheer versatility 40L Caramel malts may be used in a wide range of styles requiring caramel malts.

For an IPA with a variety of Pacific Northwest C hops, specify a malt bill with 81.1% US 2-Row Malt, 7.7% German Vienna Malt, 7.7% Cara-Pils Malt and 3.5% 40L Caramel Malt. Hop with Columbus for bittering and Cascade, Citra and Centennial for flavoring and aroma reaching an overall IBU level of 63.4 L and include one dry hop addition of 1 oz. Citra. Ferment with Wyeast 1272 All American Ale II. O.G. 1.062. F.G. 1.015