Dark Crystal - Maroon Sunset

Maroon Sunset Dark Crystal Malt gives an amber to burgundy colour alongside dark toasted treacle flavours. Rich in reducing sugars, it provides additional body and flavour stability.

Characteristics Description

Notable aromas

Caramel

Cereal

Coffee

Chocolate

Malt type

Coloured

Inclusion %

Description

Crystal malt has high germinative energy. It undergoes steeping and germination and is stewed in a roasting drum, where the endosperm liquefies into a sugary solution and crystallises during kilning to a glassy sugar.

Maroon Sunset Dark Crystal Malt gives an amber to burgundy colour alongside dark toasted treacle flavours. Rich in reducing sugars, it provides additional body and flavour stability. It has no enzymatic potential.

Produced at our Knapton Maltings in North Yorkshire.