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Coloured malts provide an extensive range of brewing materials capable of imparting flavour characteristics as well as controlling the colour of beer.
In recent years these malts have greatly increased in popularity as brewers experiment with speciality brews. The production of seasonal ales, winter warmers, stouts, porters and head brewers’ choice beers have grown as a result of the guest beer market and the increasing search for variety from the consumer
Speciality malts provide key ingredients needed to create these new recipes, from low colour CaraMalt to highly coloured roasted barley, they can offer the brewer a convenient means of creating a diversity of flavour profiles.
Their uses have long been associated with traditional ales and darker beers such as mild ale and stout. By examining in detail their specific characters, their applications in other beers can be explored.
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