Hi All,
So recently, whilst working on a Christmas American Brown Ale recipe, I found out about diastatic power (DP), and why I can't just swap one base malt (American 6-row) with another (Munich 20L).
What I'm finding hard, is that Weyermann (and my LHBS) don't publish DP numbers (°WK or °L), and for Maris Otter (which has been my goto) I've seen numbers from 40°L to 150°L. Can they all be right?
Current grain bill for my partial mash looks like this (metric, but I'm adding the %):
Maris Otter 700g (25%) 50°L
Munich 20L 200g (7.1%) 30°L
CaraAroma 300g (10.7%) 0°L
Toasted Oats 100g (3.6%) 0°L
and
Amber LME 1.5kg (53.6%)
with my Maris Otter estimated at 50°L, my average DP is 31.5°L for this. However if the DP range of Maris Otter is 40°L to 150°L, then my average would be 26°L (bad) to 85°L (good)
So recently, whilst working on a Christmas American Brown Ale recipe, I found out about diastatic power (DP), and why I can't just swap one base malt (American 6-row) with another (Munich 20L).
What I'm finding hard, is that Weyermann (and my LHBS) don't publish DP numbers (°WK or °L), and for Maris Otter (which has been my goto) I've seen numbers from 40°L to 150°L. Can they all be right?
Current grain bill for my partial mash looks like this (metric, but I'm adding the %):
Maris Otter 700g (25%) 50°L
Munich 20L 200g (7.1%) 30°L
CaraAroma 300g (10.7%) 0°L
Toasted Oats 100g (3.6%) 0°L
and
Amber LME 1.5kg (53.6%)
with my Maris Otter estimated at 50°L, my average DP is 31.5°L for this. However if the DP range of Maris Otter is 40°L to 150°L, then my average would be 26°L (bad) to 85°L (good)