Caramel Malts

Briess has been producing roasted Caramel Malts in the U.S.A. since the mid-1950s. That tradition continues today, with Briess producing a wide range of roasted Caramel Malts in small batches in drum roasters.

Roasting, rather than kilning, is necessary in order to develop the glassy centers and rich caramel flavors associated with caramel (sometimes called crystal) malts.

Briess operates seven drum roasters. Each has been been custom designed and engineered specifically for roasting malt and barley. The custom engineering allows for the application of significantly higher temperatures to green malt, which is a must for the caramelization of sugars, uniform temperature application to all kernels, and precise control of airflow and moisture. Full, caramel flavors and aromas are not achievable with kilning. Drum roasters also produce more uniform and consistent results within each batch and from lot to lot — a mark of quality that Briess customers have come to expect. For a deeper discussion about the difference between caramel and crystal malts, read Briess Technical Services Manager Bob Hansen’s blog, “Is it Crystal or “Caramel Malt?”

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Crystal Red™ Malt

Pronounced caramel, burnt sugar, raisiny, prunes
Product Details

This is a drum roasted crystallized malt that contributes gold, orange and red hues at low usage rates, minimizing flavor impact.  Contributes extreme red/brown colors and complex caramelized/burnt sugar notes at moderate usage rates.

200
SRM
3%
Moisture
75%
Yield on
grind
Usage Levels / Beer Styles
<1% To bump golden colors in Pale Ale and Lagers with minimum impact to flavor/fermentability
1-3% For orange hues and slight caramel flavors in Amber Ales and Lagers
3-7% For red color and low flavors of caramel, toffee in English Reds, Scotch Ales
7-10% For deep red, cola colors and mild complex sugar flavors in Dark Ales and Lagers
10-15% In intensely flavored and colored beers like Barley Wines and certain Stouts

Caracrystal® Wheat Malt

Sweet, smooth, malty, bready, subtle caramel, dark toast, exceptionally clean finish
Product Details

This wheat malt is recommended for all beer styles that use caramel malts such as IPAs, Pale Ales, low alcohol beers, wheat beers, Bock beers, and session beers where a touch of subtle caramel plus smooth dark toast flavor is beneficial. You can use in any beer style to add sweetness and develop smooth or complex flavors. This malt also works great for improved body, foam and foam retention, flavor, and color.

55
SRM
4%
Moisture
78%
Yield on
grind
Usage Levels / Beer Styles
5-10% Subtle sweetness and flavor with pale orange tones
10-15% Mild sweetness and flavor plus orange tones
15-25% More pronounced flavor with dark orange to mahogany tones

Caramel Malt 10L

Candy-like sweetness, mild caramel
Product Details

This is a drum roasted crystallized malt that improves foam, enhances viscosity, and contributes golden hues with a candy-like sweetness. Our Caramel Malts are roaster produced, making them the fullest flavored and best-performing Caramel Malts.

10
SRM
7%
Moisture
77%
Yield on
grind
Usage Levels / Beer Styles
3-7% For balance in Pilsners
5-10% Lagers ranging from California Common, Vienna, Bock to Dark Lagers
5-15% Variety of ales including Pale Ales and bitter IPAs, through dark ales like Porters and Stouts

Caramel Malt 120L

Pronounced caramel, burnt sugar, raisiny, prunes
Product Details

This is a drum roasted crystallized malt that improves foam, enhances viscosity, and contributes golden hues with a dried fruit, candy-like sweetness. Our Caramel Malts are roaster produced, making them the fullest flavored and best-performing Caramel Malts.

120
SRM
3%
Moisture
75%
Yield on
grind
Usage Levels / Beer Styles
1-3% For balance in Pilsners
5-10% In lagers ranging from Vienna and Oktoberfest to Dark Lagers
5-10% In a variety of ales including Pale Ales, bitter IPSs to Porters and Stouts and Barley Wine
10-15% In various styles including Doppelbocks and Barley Wine

Caramel Malt 20L

Candy-like sweetness, mild caramel
Product Details

This is a drum roasted crystallized malt that improves foam, enhances viscosity, and contributes golden hues with a candy-like sweetness. Our Caramel Malts are roaster produced, making them the fullest flavored and best-performing Caramel Malts.

20
SRM
6%
Moisture
76%
Yield on
grind
Usage Levels / Beer Styles
3-7% For balance in Pilsners
5-10% Lagers ranging from California Common, Vienna, Bock to Dark Lagers
5-15% Variety of ales including Pale Ales and bitter IPAs, through dark ales like Porters and Stouts

Caramel Malt 30L

Sweet, caramel, toffee
Product Details

This is a drum roasted crystallized malt that improves foam, enhances viscosity, and contributes golden hues with a candy-like sweetness. Our Caramel Malts are roaster produced, making them the fullest flavored and best-performing Caramel Malts.

30
SRM
5.5%
Moisture
77%
Yield on
grind
Usage Levels / Beer Styles
3-7% For balance in Pilsners
5-10% Lagers ranging from California Common, Vienna, Bock to Dark Lagers
5-15% Variety of ales including Pale Ales and bitter IPAs, through dark ales like Porters and Stouts

Caramel Malt 40L

Sweet, caramel, toffee
Product Details

This is a drum roasted crystallized malt that improves foam, enhances viscosity, and contributes golden hues with a candy-like sweetness. Our Caramel Malts are roaster produced, making them the fullest flavored and best-performing Caramel Malts.

40
SRM
5.5%
Moisture
77%
Yield on
grind
Usage Levels / Beer Styles
3-7% For balance in Pilsners
5-10% Lagers ranging from California Common, Vienna, Bock to Dark Lagers
5-15% Variety of ales including Pale Ales and bitter IPAs, through dark ales like Porters and Stouts

Caramel Malt 60L

Sweet, pronounced caramel
Product Details

This is a drum roasted crystallized malt that improves foam, enhances viscosity, and contributes golden hues with a candy-like sweetness. Our Caramel Malts are roaster produced, making them the fullest flavored and best-performing Caramel Malts.

60
SRM
5%
Moisture
77%
Yield on
grind
Usage Levels / Beer Styles
1-3% For balance in Pilsners
5-10% In lagers ranging from Vienna and Oktoberfest to Dark Lagers
5-10% In a variety of ales including Pale Ales, bitter IPSs to Porters and Stouts and Barley Wine
10-15% In various styles including Doppelbocks and Barley Wine

Caramel Malt 80L

Pronounced caramel, slight burnt sugar, raisiny
Product Details

This is a drum roasted crystallized malt that improves foam, enhances viscosity, and contributes golden hues with a dried fruit, candy-like sweetness. Our Caramel Malts are roaster produced, making them the fullest flavored and best performing Caramel Malts.

80
SRM
4.5%
Moisture
76%
Yield on
grind
Usage Levels / Beer Styles
1-3% For balance in Pilsners
5-10% In lagers ranging from Vienna and Oktoberfest to Dark Lagers
5-10% In a variety of ales including Pale Ales, bitter IPSs to Porters and Stouts and Barley Wine
10-15% In various styles including Doppelbocks and Barley Wine

Caramel Malt 90L

Pronounced caramel, burnt sugar, raisiny, prunes
Product Details

This is a drum roasted crystallized malt that improves foam, enhances viscosity, and contributes golden hues with a dried fruit, candy-like sweetness. Our Caramel Malts are roaster produced, making them the fullest flavored and best performing Caramel Malts.

90
SRM
4%
Moisture
75%
Yield on
grind
Usage Levels / Beer Styles
1-3% For balance in Pilsners
5-10% In lagers ranging from Vienna and Oktoberfest to Dark Lagers
5-10% In a variety of ales including Pale Ales, bitter IPSs to Porters and Stouts and Barley Wine
10-15% In various styles including Doppelbocks and Barley Wine

Caramel Munich Malt 60L

Caramel, roasted, malty
Product Details

This malt has flavors reminiscent of traditional kiln made Caramels. It has a unique combination of bready, toasty, and biscuit flavors, mixed with sweet caramel notes. It is frequently used in IPA, Pale Ale, Oktoberfest, and Porters.

60
SRM
3.5%
Moisture
77%
Yield on
grind
Usage Levels / Beer Styles
3-10% Excellent for added complexity in IPAs, Ambers, ESB, and any other dark beer styles

Caramel Rye Malt

Touches of caramel and bread crust flavors that complement the spicy character of rye
Product Details

This is a drum roasted crystallized rye malt that improves foam, enhances viscosity, and contributes golden hues with a candy-like sweetness and the spicy character of rye. You can use this with Briess Rye Malt or Briess Brewers Rye Flakes for more rye flavor, and to complement the smooth and subtle, yet complex, flavor of Briess Caramel Rye Malt and add depth and subtle flavor to many styles of beer.

60
SRM
5%
Moisture
80%
Yield on
grind
Usage Levels / Beer Styles
1-5% Adds touches of depth to lighter-flavor beers like Pilsner, Oktoberfest, and Bock
5-10% Adds complexity to malt-forward beers
10-20% Adds an intriguing softness and slight rye-like character. Use in all rye-style beers for toast flavor and color as well as in Scottish Ales, Doppelbock, Dunkels, Stouts, Porters, and other medium to dark ales and lagers

Caramel Vienne Malt 20L

Soft toffee, caramel, malty
Product Details

This malt adds flavors unique to Vienna-style lagers and Belgian-style Abbey Ales. It has flavors reminiscent of traditional kiln made Caramels with subtle notes of sweet caramel and toffee complimented by sweet malty and bready notes.

20
SRM
4.5%
Moisture
78%
Yield on
grind
Usage Levels / Beer Styles
3-10% Frequently used in Vienna-style lagers and Belgian-style Abbey Ales

Organic Caramel Malt 120L

Pronounced caramel, burnt sugar, raisiny, prunes
Product Details

This is an organic drum roasted crystallized malt that improves foam, enhances viscosity, and contributes golden hues with a dried fruit, candy-like sweetness. Our Caramel Malts are roaster produced, making them the fullest flavored and best performing Caramel Malts.

120
SRM
3%
Moisture
75%
Yield on
grind
Usage Levels / Beer Styles
1-3% For balance in Pilsners
5-10% In lagers ranging from Vienna and Oktoberfest to Dark Lagers
5-10% In a variety of ales including Pale Ales, bitter IPSs to Porters and Stouts and Barley Wine
10-15% In various styles including Doppelbocks and Barley Wine

Organic Caramel Malt 20L

Candy-like sweetness, mild caramel
Product Details

This is an organic drum roasted crystallized malt that improves foam, enhances viscosity, and contributes golden hues with a candy-like sweetness. Our Caramel Malts are roaster produced, making them the fullest flavored and best-performing Caramel Malts.

20
SRM
6%
Moisture
76%
Yield on
grind
Usage Levels / Beer Styles
3-7% For balance in Pilsners
5-10% Lagers ranging from California Common, Vienna, Bock to Dark Lagers
5-15% Variety of ales including Pale Ales and bitter IPAs, through dark ales like Porters and Stouts

Organic Caramel Malt 60L

Sweet, pronounced caramel
Product Details

This is an organic drum roasted crystallized malt that improves foam, enhances viscosity, and contributes golden hues with a candy-like sweetness. Our Caramel Malts are roaster produced, making them the fullest flavored and best-performing Caramel Malts.

60
SRM
5%
Moisture
77%
Yield on
grind
Usage Levels / Beer Styles
1-3% For balance in Pilsners
5-10% In lagers ranging from Vienna and Oktoberfest to Dark Lagers
5-10% In a variety of ales including Pale Ales, bitter IPSs to Porters and Stouts and Barley Wine
10-15% In various styles including Doppelbocks and Barley Wine

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