Just bought black malt which has a color of 1400EBC (700L). Is this even possible?

[Elysium]

This black malt is the blackest malt that probably exist. The bag says 1400 EBC.....is this even possible? That is 700 L which is even higher than any of the black malts built into brewtoads recipe builder.

 

[AllHopAbandon]

Yes, it's possible.

Weyermann's Carafa III and Thomas Fawcett's black malt, for instance, are both around 1400 EBC, which is about 525 °L or 711 SRM.

 

[Elysium]

Yes, it's possible.

Weyermann's Carafa III and Thomas Fawcett's black malt, for instance, are both around 1400 EBC, which is about 525 °L or 711 SRM.

Thanks for the info.

Wikipedia says that 1.97 EBC is 1 SRM. So, 1400 EBC is 710.65 SRM.
If I am not wrong.....1 SRM is 1 L. Correct?
Then my black malt should be at 710, but then again....I might be wrong.

 

[AllHopAbandon]

Thanks for the info.

Wikipedia says that 1.97 EBC is 1 SRM. So, 1400 EBC is 710.65 SRM.
If I am not wrong.....1 SRM is 1 L. Correct?
Then my black malt should be at 710, but then again....I might be wrong.

SRM = EBC x 0.506

also, SRM = °L x 1.3546 - 0.76

therefore °L = EBC x 0.375 + 0.56

As you can see 1 SRM is not equal to 1 °L.