caragold

[homer brew]

can any one give some info on caragold eg what its purpose is, colour, and where i might get some from.
any info appreciated or an alternative
cheers

[Andy]

It's a very low colour crystal.

http://www.frenchandjupps.co.uk/products/caragold.html

Difficult to get hold of though! I know Warminster Maltings produce it and you can buy through them but only in 25kg quantities.

You could get in touch with The Homebrew Shop in Farnborough and see if they could get some for you.

[Andy]

Oh, coincidently I picked up a 25kg sack of it yesterday

[adm]

Oh, coincidently I picked up a 25kg sack of it yesterday

What are you going to do with 25Kg of CaraGold?

[homer brew]

im thinking of brewing some thing simular to mad goose pale ale , not sure how much is needed but 25kg may be a bit much .
would low colour pale malt and normal crystal do the same?

[Andy]

Good question!

I'm going to split some of it with a local fellow homebrewer and attempt some Triple FFF clones (as they use caragold).

[adm]

Good question!

I'm going to split some of it with a local fellow homebrewer and attempt some Triple FFF clones (as they use caragold).

That makes sense.....

"Comfortably Numb" clone ?

[Andy]

Alton's Pride first!

[Blackaddler]

How did it go?

I'm brewing a blonde ale, with about 10% Caragold, tomorrow.

[CharlieTwoPies]

Hello guys,

Im having real trouble trying ot get hold of any of this wonderful malt, I can't seem to get it ANYWHERE let alonne enough places to compare reasonable prices. Any help or advice on this would be so much appreciated thankyou.

[raiderman]

First the easy part I got some recently from Worcester Hop Shop and they still have it http://www.worcesterhopshop.co.uk/produ ... 53d621baf7

The harder part is describing the effect - like carpils only more so but less than cara munich isn't really very helpful!
I brew straw coloured/blonde ales and I like to add carapils routinely to add a malt undertone, caragold is slightly more caramel/toffee and might add a hint of yellow depending on how much you add. My suggestion would be that if you normally add up to 200g of carapils replace it with caragold and you'll get a different beer of the same style which will illlustrate what caragold can do without going over the top.

I have just put down what I'd thought would be a darker ale using paLE and muich and the 300g caragold and 150g caramunich and the colour and flavour are much lighter than i anticipatred

[CharlieTwoPies]

Thankyou for showing me that (I don't know how I managed to not find it) and happy brewing!

[Zapp Brannigan]

http://copperkettlehomebrewing.co.uk/ sometimes have it in. I picked some up last time I was there. He doesnt seem to have it at the mo, but he has always been really good when it comes to getting stuff in for me in the past.

[mooj]

How did it go?

I'm brewing a blonde ale, with about 10% Caragold, tomorrow.

Hi Blackaddler, can you tell me how your brew turned out? I'm planning a brew tomorrow with cara gold, which I've never used. I'm tempted to chuck the whole lot in which will amount to 10% of the grain bill, the rest being pale with a touch of wheat. However part of me says this might end up a bit sweet? I like my ales on the dryer side, but would like to get a good toffee taste with this one. Hopping with nelson sauvin and styrians

[Blackaddler]

It worked very well, actually. I'll brew it again when I get some more Caragold.

OG1.037
FG 1.010
3.5%ABV

87.27% Maris Otter
9.91% Caragold
2.82 Wheat Malt

24EBU
7EBC

Nottingham yeast [repitched]

It was a nice refreshing summer/session beer.