crystal 10 vs crystal 50

[divi2323]

With regards only to color, would 5 pounds of crystal 10 match the same as one pound of crystal 50? I'm aware the gravity comes out different but what would the.color ramifications be?

 

[BigRob]

Well, no matter how much crystal 10 you add, you will never exceed the 10L level, so if 1lb of 50L crystal ends up making the batch darker than 10L, then you can never match the color with C10.

Flavourwise they're completely different animals.

 

[daksin]

The gravity difference shouldn't be much, if any. Color in beer isn't linearly additive, so no, 5 pounds of C10 won't add the same color as a pound of C50. Ignoring the fact that you should pretty much never have 5 pounds of crystal in a 5 gallon batch, the flavor will be wildly different as well. The process that caramelizes the sugars changes the flavor of the grain drastically as well. Crystal malts can be fairly easily subbed out if they're close together in color (10L for 20L etc), you can't really do the same for grains of very different color.

 

[shadows69]

Maybe try the toast your c10 in the oven to make c50 ....etc