December 16th, 2009

Diastatic Power

Posted by John in Malts

Since we were investigating the subject, I thought it would be cool to have a chart for some common malts’ diastatic power.

This list in not complete so I will probably add to it as time goes on.

Malt Type °Linter (approx)
American 2-Row 140°
American 6-Row 150°
German Pilsner (2-Row) 110°
Vienna Malt 130°
Munich Malt (German) 72°
Honey Malt 50°
Dextrine Malt 0
Crystal 60 Malt 0
Brown Malt 0
Special B Malt 0
Chocolate Malt 0
Black Patent Malt 0

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  1. on October 27th, 2010 at 8:09 am

    [...] on this topic — I found this link: http://www.brew-dudes.com/diastatic-power/630 showing that honey malt does have a bit of diastatic power (a little less than Munich, but more [...]

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