Joshua Hughes
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do I sub or just buy some?
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Yes, carapils is not a deal breaker; it won't make that much of a difference. And many brewers consider it useless.I use all grain. just wondered since I want to do A few clone brews of some beers I’ve had and didn’t want to screw up badly. Either way it will be beer
I should've pointed out that Briess Carapils and Weyermann Carafoam/Carapils are different malts. Briess snapped up the trademark for Carapils in the US, so Weyermann's product is called Carafoam in the US, but Carapils elsewhere. When you see Carapils in a recipe, make sure you know which malt the recipe refers to.
As I understand it, Weyermann's Carapils can be used in much higher quantities.
Does carapils impart that much flavor? Admittedly, I’ve only purposely used it a few times and in low quantities , but I’d be hard pressed to notice it contribute anything, flavor wise. It always seemed pointless to me since smash beers with 2 row were nice and foamy, and redundant when other ales had crystal malts in them anyway.I detest Carapils. Some other options (like Weyermann Carafoam) are only marginally better.
I'd look somewhere else. There's Chit Malt that instead of dextrins is basically super low modified high protein malt. Supposed to help with foam. In my experience its meh on foam and you can definitely taste it in all but the smallest of quantities.
I'm big on flaked grains. I use either flaked wheat or flaked barley in most beers I brew. Beta glucans aplenty. But they can make for poor runoff.
If the choice is carapils or base malt, go with base malt.
do I sub or just buy some?
thanks
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