Brewing Master

Question:

Marketing hype aside… Cara-pils typically refers to a very light crystal malt, around 6 Lovibond.  It improves head retention and adds some sweetness, without significantly darkening the color or adding caramel notes. —

Response:

That’s what I was looking for, a substitute! Cheers Mike. Josh

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Response:

You are right of course.  Australian suppliers don’t generally know a lot about anything that isn’t crystal malt.  However, I’ll give a plug to: Malthouse Home Brewing (Western Australia) Greensborough Home Brewing Supplies (Victoria) who have been very helpful with specialty grains.  Both do know what cara-pils is. Chris

You might also like to try Eastern Suburbs Brewmaker in Sydney, see their website at:  http://www.esb.net.au/ I’ve never been there, but from the website it sounds like they know about the full gamut. regards, Ross Ross McKay