Mystery Malt

[dentdr]

I was given 2 1lbs bags of crushed malt and can find them listed in my beer smith software HELP!!

Muntons Crushed Crystal
2 Row Barley Malt
EBC 130-170 / Lovibond 49-64 product of U.K.

and

CRISP Crushed Crystal
2 Roww Barley Malt
EBC 130-170 / Lovibond 49-94 Product of U.K.

are these the same thing and do they run under a differnt name??

 

[Homercidal]

They are both UK producers of English malt. They are both 2-Row Barley Malt and the specs are the same. Just different maltsters.

 

[kingwood-kid]

They're both Crystal malts. The first one is probably around 55L. There should be a 55 or 60 Lovibond crystal in your software that's close enough that you can select it. The second one is probably in the 70-80 range; again, there should be a Crystal about that dark in the software. Using these malts may not taste exactly like the malts listed in beersmith, but since the software predicts color and gravity, but not flavor, that's not an issue.

 

[daksin]

Given the wide ranges of Lovibond, I'd call them both different brands of "English Medium Crystal." You can adjust the lovibond in beersmith, I believe, but those two are about the same.