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Offline flbrewer

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Ingredient Substitute Question
« on: June 15, 2015, 01:00:03 pm »
How much different are the below ingredients compared to each other?

Munich/ Melanoiden

Carapils/ Pilsner

"Medium Crystal"/ Crystal 40

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Re: Ingredient Substitute Question
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2015, 01:16:00 pm »
Quote from: flbrewer on June 15, 2015, 01:00:03 pm

Munich/ Melanoiden


I believe Melanoidin is more on par with Aromatic malt than basic Munich.

Quote from: flbrewer on June 15, 2015, 01:00:03 pm

Carapils/ Pilsner


Carapils aka Dextrin malt is a light caramel malt. Pilsner is a base malt.

Quote from: flbrewer on June 15, 2015, 01:00:03 pm

"Medium Crystal"/ Crystal 40


Depending on how medium is defined here, these would probably be close.
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Offline Iliff Ave

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Re: Ingredient Substitute Question
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2015, 02:10:28 pm »
Munich/ Melanoiden - I have heard some people refer to melanoiden as 'super munich' however this is not a base malt. As Derek noted, it is on par with Aromatic

Carapils/ Pilsner - carapils is very light caramel malt by Briess I believe. It is not a base malt and is apparently used to increase body and head retention without adding much color

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Re: Ingredient Substitute Question
« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2015, 10:01:48 am »
Medium crystal is usually English medium crystal which tends to be 50-60L more akin to domestic crystal 60.

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Re: Ingredient Substitute Question
« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2015, 11:25:18 am »
Quote from: reverseapachemaster on June 16, 2015, 10:01:48 am
Medium crystal is usually English medium crystal which tends to be 50-60L more akin to domestic crystal 60.

I've always seen medium crystal as ~45L
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Re: Ingredient Substitute Question
« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2015, 10:24:27 pm »
Quote from: morticaixavier on June 16, 2015, 11:25:18 am
Quote from: reverseapachemaster on June 16, 2015, 10:01:48 am
Medium crystal is usually English medium crystal which tends to be 50-60L more akin to domestic crystal 60.

I've always seen medium crystal as ~45L
If it's UK crystal, Simpsons is 50-60L and Fawcett is a bit darker than that (60-70L IIRC)
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