Carastan?

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monk

Carastan?

Post by monk » Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:45 pm

Anybody used this malt? I have a pound of it and have heard that it gives a flavor more consistent with toffee. I'd love to hear anyone's opinion on the stuff.
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monk

Post by monk » Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:14 am

Well then... :roll:

I guess this is a mystery.

I'm going to make up the following recipe tomorrow and then we'll see.

21L of bitter

2.7 kg Maris Otter Liquid extract
.45 kg Carastan Malt

Challenger for bittering
15g of Fuggles at 30 minutes and 5 minutes

OG 1.042
30 IBUs

I'll dose it with the fat slurry of WL 002 I've got...it's be ready to drink in 4 days, probably! :lol:
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Chris B

Post by Chris B » Thu Mar 13, 2008 7:36 am

From the description in Morebeer's English Pale Ale all grain kit

"The crystal malt used is British Carastan"

So it would appear its just a brand of crystal.

Chris
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Vossy1

Post by Vossy1 » Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:02 am

If it imparts a toffee taste I'll be interested to see what you think of the finished brew m.

Good luck for the brew day :wink:
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monk

Post by monk » Thu Mar 13, 2008 3:56 pm

Ahhh. Thanks guys. Toffee and caramel is what I'm looking for, so that sounds good. I will report back as soon as I get a taster.
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Post by timmydog » Tue Sep 23, 2008 5:28 pm

monk wrote:Ahhh. Thanks guys. Toffee and caramel is what I'm looking for, so that sounds good. I will report back as soon as I get a taster.
How did the brew go, Monk?

I'm after a caramel/toffee taste to reproduce a beer that I tried in a beer festival once, so if this does it, I'll get some to try in my next brew. :)

Tim
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monk

Post by monk » Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:12 pm

The beer turned out nice, but I don't think I would describe the flavor as caramel/toffee. I used 3/4 pound in 5 (US) gallons and it is a very light flavor, somewhat sweet. It reminds me a bit of the flavor that comes from honey malt. The resultant brew tastes similar to the Boddington's we get in cans over here. My wife, therefore, loves it. :) For me, I prefer a deeper flavor, and more toffee-ish, which I think comes from darker crystal (~60-120L). If you're looking for caramel/toffee, I'd go with a darker crystal.

best of luck!
monk
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RabMaxwell

Post by RabMaxwell » Fri Sep 26, 2008 2:31 am

timmydog -The way i get good Toffee / Caramel flavours is by taking some of the first runnings from the mash -tun & boiling the crap out of it reduce by at least half then add back to the main boiler lovely
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Post by timmydog » Fri Sep 26, 2008 7:49 pm

RabMaxwell wrote:timmydog -The way i get good Toffee / Caramel flavours is by taking some of the first runnings from the mash -tun & boiling the crap out of it reduce by at least half then add back to the main boiler lovely
I saw this mentioned in another thread and so I tried this with my latest batch (and thought I'd over done the boiling) but it doesn't seem to have worked - maybe I should have held out a bit longer..? :roll:

I'll give it another try with the next brew I do...

Tim
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