Weyermann caramel malts

[Fuggled Mind]

I hope this question hasn't been asked before but does anyone know if you need to mash Weyermann's caramel malts?
It's a big range and I would love to experiment with them at some point but only if they can be steeped. I'm an extract brewer with not enough time for mashing. Has anyone had any experience of steeping them?

Weyermann produce a whole range of caramel malts which you can view on their website here

http://www.weyermann.de/eng/produkte.as ... &sprache=2

It appears that many are just different variations of crystal malt but I could be wrong. Any help would be appreciated.

Oh one final point, I contacted Weyermann and they said everything must be mashed included their roasted malts and I know that's not true because many homebrewers have steeped their carafa malts with success.

[steve_flack]

I think with the medium coloured stuff you'd be fine but the really light coloured stuff I'm not sure about. I'm pretty certain I've read that carapils needs mashing.

[Fuggled Mind]

Thanks for the quick reply Steve.

It's an information minefield out there. I found the following information of off an American homebrewing site.

http://diybrewing.com/beer/beer-ingredi ... s.html?p=2

I might take a risk using the above info, brew extremely small batches - e.g. 10 litres, so that if anything goes wrong, I won't be too upset.
If anyone else has any information they'd like to share regarding Weyermann's caramel malt range, I'm all ears

Cheers

Jason

[mysterio]

I think you will be fine, if you want to give yourself extra security, steep at saccharification temps, i.e. 65C.

[Fuggled Mind]

I decided to take the risk with the Weyermann caramel malts and ordered a kilogram each of several different types.

Caraamber
Carared
Caramunich II
Carabohemian
Carawheat
Cararye

Might have been a bit rash as I've not even thought of any recipes for them yet.

Anyhow, they are sat on the floor besides me and they all definitely crystal malts. Smell pretty good too if that's your thing.
If anyone has any interesting recipes for extract using the cararye of carawheat, I'd love to hear them.

Cheers