Substitutes for Crystal Malt

beerdiver · Jul 7, 2011

I have a recipe that calls for 1.5 pounds of 30L crystal malt. My brew store doesn't have 30L, but mixed 10L and 20L-.75 pounds each. I got to thinking shouldn't that be averaged rather than added. Would .75 lbs 50L and .75 lbs 10 L average to 30 L, or the same weights of 20L and 40L? I am sure I am thinking way to hard on this, but would like to hear some opinions.

Thanks

MalFet · Jul 7, 2011

Correct, a pound of 10L and a pound of 20L will not get you the equivalent of two pounds of 30L. Think on it...will mixing two light colored things get you a dark colored thing?

To get a very rough approximation, you can proportionally average the two different grains, but even this is only a rough equivalence. A pound of crystal 40L won't taste the same as half a pound of 20L and half a pound of 60L.

beaksnbeer · Jul 7, 2011

Use it your color will be less dark then called for or you could roast it in oven. Lot of roasters info.............my .02

dcp27 · Jul 8, 2011

the 20/40 or 10/50 mixes will both get you the same color, but it won't get you the same flavor as the C30. the 20/40 would probably be closer tho. carastan would be pretty good sub as well.

Bobby_M · Jul 8, 2011

Don't stress about it. A straight sub of 2lbs of 20L would have been close enough. There isn't a whole lot of difference in flavor until you go wide like 80L instead of 40L or 120L instead of 80. I'd just go ahead and use the mix they gave you.

beerdiver · Jul 9, 2011

Thank you all for your help!

samc · Jul 9, 2011

Recipes for beer IMO are guidelines to help you along the path of beer enlightenment. Give the same recipe to 10 brewers and you will most likely have 10 different beers even with the same ingredients. Sub away.

Enjoy your brew day!

Substitutes for Crystal Malt

Help Support Homebrew Talk - Beer, Wine, Mead, & Cider Brewing Discussion Forum:

beerdiver

Member

MalFet

/bɪər nɜrd/

beaksnbeer

Supporting Member

dcp27

Well-Known Member

Bobby_M

Vendor and Brewer

beerdiver

Member

samc

Well-Known Member

Similar threads

Latest posts

Substitutes for Crystal Malt

Help Support Homebrew Talk - Beer, Wine, Mead, & Cider Brewing Discussion Forum:

Member

/b&#618;&#601;r n&#604;rd/

Supporting Member

Well-Known Member

Vendor and Brewer

Member

Well-Known Member

Similar threads

Join the conversation!

Join today and get all the highlights of this community direct to your inbox. It's FREE!

/bɪər nɜrd/