That is incorrect, Carapils can be steeped, I've used it a number of times steeped. It is devoid of enzymes and is primarily for head retention, enhanced mouthfeel, yadda yadda. Briess even says so here:
That is incorrect, Carapils can be steeped, I've used it a number of times steeped. It is devoid of enzymes and is primarily for head retention, enhanced mouthfeel, yadda yadda. Briess even says so here:
Found another page that says that only 20% of sugars will be gotten when not using in a standard mash (meaning, when steeped). So not too much gain there.
It depends. Some "CaraPils"/Dextrin malts do have starch content and have not been fully "crystalized". Weyermann's CaraFoam falls into this category as that malt still retains some diastatic enzyme content. Not sure if any others are like that. However, while mashing would be the best way to go you can get at least some effect from any of the CaraPils/Dextrin by steeping.
Found another page that says that only 20% of sugars will be gotten when not using in a standard mash (meaning, when steeped). So not too much gain there.
MC
Carapils, which is a specific trademark and what the OP asked about, has no enzymes and is not used for the reason of getting fermentable sugars.
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