Weyermann® CARAMUNICH® Type 1 Malt · per 100 g

Caramel on the nose, fine pastry behind it and amber to copper in the glass. A few percent of CARAMUNICH® Type 1 is how a pale grist becomes an Altbier, an amber lager or a Munich Dunkel.

80–100 EBC · 30.6–38.2 °L · Up to 10 % of grist · Caramel & pastry · No enzymes · Sold per 100 g

What it does in your beer

Weyermann caramelises this malt almost completely inside the grain. In your beer that shows up as a pronounced caramel aroma with fine pastry notes, a fuller malt body and colour in the amber to dark copper range.

It has no enzyme activity, so it relies on your base malt to convert in the mash — it goes alongside Pilsner, Pale or Munich malt, never instead of them. Think of it as seasoning, not the main course. Weyermann recommends up to 10 % of the grist.

At a glance

How much for a 20 L batch

Weyermann's ceiling is 10 % of the grist: on a typical 5 kg grist for 20 L that means up to 500 g, i.e. 5 × 100 g.

As a guide, 500 g in 20 L adds ≈ 11.3 EBC of colour on its own and ≈ +4.9 gravity points (≈ +1.21 °P) at 75 % efficiency (approx., Morey colour / extract-based gravity, mid 90 EBC, 73 % extract).

Each unit is 100 g: 3 in the quantity box is 300 g, and 5 is the 500 g maximum.

How to use

• Mash it together with your base malt; it brings no enzymes of its own.
• Keep it within Weyermann's recommendation of up to 10 % of the grist.
• Want it darker without more caramel sweetness? Add a pinch of roasted malt rather than pushing past 10 %.

Pairs well with

Brewing an amber lager or a Munich Dunkel? Try it with Weyermann Munich Malt Type 1 as the base, a share of Czech Pilsner malt and SafLager W-34/70.

Brewing an American pale ale? Pair it with BESTMALZ BEST Pale Ale and SafAle US-05.

Storage & shelf life

• Keep it dry, cool and sealed.
• Weyermann quotes a minimum shelf life of 24 months for unopened original bags stored dry at 0–30 °C. Once your malt is out of that bag, keep it airtight.
• Milled CARAMUNICH® is for this brew, not the cupboard: use it within about 5 days of delivery.

Food information

• Food business operator: Radek Milota – BO PIVO, Hlavní 35, 742 83 Olbramice, Czech Republic
• Name: Caramel malt (CARAMUNICH® Type 1)
• Ingredients: malted barley (barley, water)
• Allergens: contains barley (cereal containing gluten)
• Net quantity: 100 g per unit ordered
• Country of origin: Germany
• Storage: dry, 0–30 °C

Údaje o potravině (CZ)

• Název: Karamelový slad (CARAMUNICH® Typ 1)
• Složení: ječný slad (ječmen, voda)
• Alergeny: obsahuje ječmen (obilovina obsahující lepek)
• Čisté množství: 100 g za každý objednaný kus
• Země původu: Německo
• Skladování: v suchu, 0–30 °C
• Provozovatel potravinářského podniku: Radek Milota – BO PIVO, Hlavní 35, 742 83 Olbramice, Czech Republic

Good to know

• Sold by the 100 g — the quantity is simply a count of 100 g units.
• Choose Whole grain or Crushed. Crushed malt is milled for you before dispatch — brew it within about 5 days.
• Along with our other brewing ingredients, it's dispatched from our partner warehouse in the Czech Republic, so any equipment in the same order arrives separately.
• Weyermann notes that analytical values vary with each harvest.
• CARAMUNICH® is a registered trademark of Mich. Weyermann® GmbH & Co. KG, Bamberg, Germany.

FAQ

Is it crushed?
Only if you pick the Crushed variant, which is milled before dispatch and needs brewing within about 5 days. Whole grain arrives unmilled for your own mill.

What's the difference between CARAMUNICH® Type 1 and Type 2?
Colour. Type 1 is 80–100 EBC; Type 2 is 110–130 EBC and Weyermann lists it for darker styles such as Schwarzbier, bocks, porters and stouts. Both are recommended at up to 10 %.

Can I mash it on its own?
No. It has no enzyme activity, so it needs a base malt in the mash to convert.

How much for 20 L?
Up to 10 % of the grist — on a 5 kg grist that's up to 500 g, i.e. up to 5 × 100 g. That much adds ≈ 11 EBC of colour on its own (approx.).