What does 10L, or 120L mean?

frijole · Jan 13, 2009

I am looking at different types of malt and I don't know what these "L" designations represent.

shecky · Jan 13, 2009

Lovibond. It's a measure of color.

frijole · Jan 13, 2009

Nice, thank you.

eschatz · Jan 13, 2009

The higher the number the darker the grain. :mug:

frijole · Jan 13, 2009

so, does 120L mean really dark? or really light?

shecky · Jan 13, 2009

120L is really dark, 10L really light. It's an ascending scale.

eschatz · Jan 13, 2009

Dark

BierMuncher · Jan 13, 2009

Here's a pretty good link on the subject.

bennychico11 · Jan 13, 2009

cool...thanks for that, I was wondering too.

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