Count on Château Cara Ruby for an exquisite homebrew brew that’ll leave you clamoring for more. It’s medium, crystal caramel-style Belgian malt from Castle Malting, the leading and the oldest malting plant in Belgium. Castle Malting is only plant in the world to provide over 100 types of malts for all brewing methods, from all-grain and partial grain to extract.
Let the crystal malt ushers in your homebrews light amber to bright reddish color, delicate caramel-sweet aroma and an exquisite flavor resembling a toffee. The crystal malt is versatile enough to complement Scottish Ales, Brown Ales, Bock, Brune des Flandres, and the likes.
With up to 15% of the malt bill, it adds sweet caramel complexity and helps get rid of the dry malt character in Biere De Garde. In Flanders Red and Brown Ale, the malt bill is up to 25% to bring in an intricate caramel sweetness that gels well with the acetobacter top note.
Typical of all caramel malts, Château Cara Ruby too has glassiness as the defining trait. The glassiness leads to the creation of non-fermentable components that further the beer stability, and render mouthfeel, head retention, certain roundness, and good foam to the beer.
Château Cara Ruby is a result of an elaborate process that gets underway with freshly-made green malt being sent to the roaster. It’s caramelized to 220C, until it oozes the characteristic toffee flavor and reddish color. Castle Malting leverages time honored malting traditions, along with bold, inventive protocols to deliver the best quality malts for your award winning brews.
