Cara-Pils/Dextrine

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Niall K

Cara-Pils/Dextrine

Post by Niall K » Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:30 pm

An receipe I have has an ingredient Cara-Pils/Dextrine. Hop & Grape has Brupaks CARAPILS MALT (Germ.). Is this the same thing. Cant seem to find Dextrine.
Niall
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louthepoo

Post by louthepoo » Mon Apr 09, 2007 9:27 am

Yeah i saw that for the Hobgoblin recipe i have but none of the local HBS have it!! i'll have to mail order then :( it seems a waste just for that! Nothing else i can use? I dont even know what it is!!
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louthepoo

Post by louthepoo » Mon Apr 09, 2007 9:58 am

DaaB wrote:It improves head retention and body without adding colour. I can't think of anything else you could add without altering colour and flavour. Malto-Dextrin /Burton Body Brew might fit the bill although I wouldn't know for sure and how you would work out how much to add.
I'll just have to order it then.

Leyland Home Brew are gonna get a bigger order than i initially thought!
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mysterio

Post by mysterio » Mon Apr 09, 2007 12:07 pm

If you don't want to use it you could just mash higher. I only really use cara-pils with yeasts like US-56 & Nottingham which are very highly attenuative. I don't see why Hobgoblin would need it, I doubt the actual brewery use cara-pils but I may be wrong.
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BitterTed

Re: Cara-Pils/Dextrine

Post by BitterTed » Tue Apr 10, 2007 11:06 pm

Niall K wrote:An receipe I have has an ingredient Cara-Pils/Dextrine. Hop & Grape has Brupaks CARAPILS MALT (Germ.). Is this the same thing. Cant seem to find Dextrine.
Niall
Cara-pils/Dextrine is a malt by an American maltster, Briess, it has a lovibond of 2L . German is Carafoam and it also is 2L, however I think it is a much nicer malt than the Briess version. Also I think that the dextrin malt is 6 row malt, typical of many American malts!! Then there is the Brit malt Carapils which is 20L and I think there is a Belgian version also but I forget the Lovibond of that one. Anyway, I'd order the German version as it does not alter the color of the wort, yet contributes some maltiness and head retention.
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steve_flack

Post by steve_flack » Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:22 am

The Hop Shop sells German Carapils which is 3-5EBC (6-10L) but as mysterio says I very much doubt the brewery in question uses it.
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Frothy

Post by Frothy » Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:33 pm

order it ready crushed as it's hard as nails

Frothy
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BitterTed

Post by BitterTed » Thu Apr 12, 2007 3:16 am

steve_flack wrote:The Hop Shop sells German Carapils which is 3-5EBC (6-10L) but as mysterio says I very much doubt the brewery in question uses it.
Interesting! I've never seen that particular Carapils! I'd like to give that a try, what we get here in the States is 2L from Germany. What maltster is that from Steve? Maybe I could track it down!!
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steve_flack

Post by steve_flack » Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:19 am

Almost certainly it's Weyermann

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Sadly I screwed up my conversion to Lovibond and doubled the EBC when I should have halved it - it's 2L so the same as what you get. Sorry for the confusion.
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BitterTed

Post by BitterTed » Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:20 pm

steve_flack wrote:Almost certainly it's Weyermann

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Sadly I screwed up my conversion to Lovibond and doubled the EBC when I should have halved it - it's 2L so the same as what you get. Sorry for the confusion.
:lol: No prob Steve!!
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