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Caramel & Crystal Malts

Caramel and Crystal Malts for Sweetness, Color, and Body

Caramel and crystal malts add color, body, foam support, and flavors that can range from light honey and toffee to raisin, burnt sugar, dark fruit, and deep caramel. They are useful in amber ales, brown ales, porters, stouts, red ales, bitters, strong ales, and many IPA recipes that need malt balance.

Lighter caramel malts are usually better when you want a gentle golden color and soft sweetness. Medium crystal malts push richer caramel and amber color. Dark crystal malts can add raisin, plum, dark sugar, and heavier sweetness, so they should be used with more restraint.

For drier malt depth without as much sweetness, compare these with lightly kilned and toasted malts. For coffee, cocoa, and black color, use roasted grains and malts.

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Briess Caramel 20L Malt (Crystal)

Briess
427 in stock

Golden Color and Balanced Sweetness for a Wide Range of Beer Styles Briess Caramel 20L Malt is a light crystal malt produced from American 2-row ba...

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Crisp Crisp Caramalt : Top-Down View Showing Overall Grain Color
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Crisp Caramalt

Crisp
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Crisp Caramalt, a premium product from Crisp Malting Group, is a specialty malt that adds sweetness, body, and a delightful caramel character to yo...

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Simpsons Caramalt, Close-Up Vie'w Showing Detailed Grain Color and Texture
Simpsons Simpsons Caramalt : Top-Down View Showing Overall Grain Color
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Simpsons Caramalt

Simpsons
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Sweet, Caramel-Flavored Malt for Added Body and Smoothness Simpsons Caramalt is a versatile specialty malt that brings a sweet, caramelized flavor ...

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Weyermann Weyermann® CARAAMBER® Malt : Top-Down View Showing Overall Grain Color
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Weyermann® CARAAMBER® Malt

Weyermann
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Weyermann® CARAAMBER®, a distinguished offering from Weyermann® Malting Company, is a specialty caramel malt that brings a rich caramel sweetness, ...

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Weyermann Weyermann® CARARED® Malt : Top-Down View Showing Overall Grain Color
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Weyermann® CARARED® Malt

Weyermann
870 in stock

Weyermann® CARARED®, an exceptional caramel malt from Weyermann® Malting Company, is a specialty malt that imparts a deep red color, a rich caramel...

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