Cara 8?

[heywolfie1015]

I am working on an Avery Reverend clone and they list Cara 8 as one of the ingredients. Does this have another name? They also ask for Cara 20, which I understand is CaraVienne.

Thanks for any help.

 

[Beezer94]

it looks like cara8 is "Caramel Pils"

but if its easier to get I would just use crystal 10 & crystal 20

 

[heywolfie1015]

it looks like cara8 is "Caramel Pils"

but if its easier to get I would just use crystal 10 & crystal 20

Thank ya kindly.

 

[CFuggles]

yeah cara 8 is carapils. I heard thats what they are calling carapils now. Its cara8. Carapils was 7.7 lovibond I guess Cara 8 is 8

 

[HOOTER]

yeah cara 8 is carapils. I heard thats what they are calling carapils now. Its cara8. Carapils was 7.7 lovibond I guess Cara 8 is 8

Carapils or Caramel Pils? There's a difference. I'd go with Beezer on this one. I think Carapils is less than 2 lovibond whereas Caramel Pils is around 8 lovibond. The two will make very different contributions to your brew.

 

[CFuggles]

Oh I have some Dingemanns Beligian CARAPILS and its says 7.7 L

 

[NCBeernut]

Go with Carapils

 

[CFuggles]

Maybe thats why its being called CARA 8 now.

Briess Carapils is like 1.2 L I think and Dingemans Carapils is like 7.7. I think Dingemanns is changing their carapils to cara 8 to avoid the conflict with Briess

 

[HOOTER]

Oh I have some Dingemanns Beligian CARAPILS and its says 7.7 L

It's actually Dingemans Caramel pils I'm pretty sure. The difference between the two is Caramel Pils contributes a slight caramel flavor and color. Carapils contributes very little in the way of color or flavor.

Dingemans Caramel Pils. 6° L. Caramel Pils is a halfway point between dextrin malt and true caramel malt. This grain differs from Briess Carapils in that Dingemans Caramel Pils contributes a subtle caramel flavor. The malting process creates a 'floury' endosperm that will yield fermentable sugars when mashed with diastatic malt. Steep Caramel Pils in quantities under a pound to add a light caramel flavor, but mash it with other grains for the full effect.

Dingemans changed the name of their Caramel Pils to Cara 8.
http://www.specialtymalts.com/dingemans/descriptions.html

If your looking for Cara 8, use Caramel Pils, not Carapils.

 

[CFuggles]

Ok thanks Hooter. Dingemans Definitely used to call it just carapils though. I have the bag in front of me.

http://www.southhillsbrewing.com/product_detail.asp?category=130&product={981C482E-AA8D-46CC-8D1D-214FD4EF902B}

 

[HOOTER]

Ok thanks Hooter. Dingemans Definitely used to call it just carapils though. I have the bag in front of me.

Yeah I've noticed most suppliers call it Caramel Pils (or Cara 8) but there's a few that mistakenly call it Carapils. It could be that the bag you've got has a label that was put there by the supplier. Many suppliers will buy in bulk and re-package with their own labels.

I've used both Carapils and Caramel Pils and can say from experience that there's a definite difference between the two. The clone recipe heywolfie is working on definitely calls for Caramel Pils.