Roasted
Midnight wheat
Enormous colour with a remarkably smooth, low-astringency flavour. The American answer to Carafa.
Colour
550 L
1084 EBC
Potential extract
25 ppg
points per pound per gallon
One kilo gives
+7.5
gravity points in a 20 litre batch at 72% efficiency
Usual ceiling
8%
of the grist
Enzyme
No
Needs a base malt in the mash to convert it
How to use it
1 to 3% turns a beer black. Useful when a recipe needs the colour of a stout and the palate of something else.
Belongs in
- Black IPA
- American Porter
- Schwarzbier
Buying it
Buy it whole and crush it on brew day if you can. Milled malt goes stale within weeks, and a stale base malt is the most common reason a beer with no obvious fault still tastes of nothing. Store it cool, dry and sealed against insects.
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