Wheat Chocolat Malt - Castle Malting
Château Wheat Chocolat is a roasted malt crafted from Belgian wheat and roasted at 230°C to achieve a rich, dark hue. Known for imparting deep brown tones, it adds smooth, bittersweet chocolate and coffee-like flavours to beers, especially stouts, porters, and brown ales. Unique for its lack of husk, Château Wheat Chocolat is designed to provide a smooth, refined taste without astringency, bitterness, or dry aftertaste. It’s versatile in dark beer recipes, creating rich, complex flavours without overpowering harshness.
- Wort Colour: 800 - 1100 EBC
- Usage: Up to 20% of grain mix
- Beer Styles: English-style dark beers, stouts, porters, brown ales
Description
What is Château Wheat Chocolat?
This malt is crafted specifically from malted wheat that undergoes intense roasting to create its signature chocolatey, coffee-like flavours. Unlike barley-based chocolate malts, Château Wheat Chocolat has a richer, deeper chocolate note, ideal for adding depth to dark beers without excessive bitterness.
How to Use Château Wheat Chocolat
This malt works well in recipes for dark beers, where it brings a subtle, roasted smoothness. It’s recommended for up to 20% of the grain mix in styles like stouts and porters, and its husk-free profile ensures a cleaner finish, adding depth without astringency.
Flavour Profile
Expect rich notes of bittersweet chocolate, dark coffee, and subtle hints of roasted character, all without overpowering the palate.
Enzymatic Activity
Château Wheat Chocolat has low enzymatic activity due to its high roasting levels, making it more suitable as a flavouring malt than a base malt.
Mashing
Best suited for darker mash blends, Château Wheat Chocolat enhances the body and aroma when mashed with lower-colour malts or in blends to balance the rich colour and taste.
Combining with Other Malts
This malt pairs excellently with light to medium-colour malts, as its chocolatey taste provides complexity without overwhelming other malt flavours.
Benefits of Château Wheat Chocolat
Château Wheat Chocolat malt offers a robust and complex chocolate flavour while remaining smooth and astringent-free, thanks to its unique husk-free composition.
History
Produced by Castle Malting, Belgium’s oldest malt producer, Château Wheat Chocolat has roots in European malting traditions, offering a premium malt that celebrates Belgium’s brewing heritage.
Key Features
- Moisture Content: Max. 4.5%
- Extract (Dry Basis): Min. 77.0%
- Wort Colour: 800 - 1100 EBC
- Roasting Temperature: 230°C
- Usage: Up to 20% of grain mix
- Flavour Profile: Bittersweet chocolate, coffee
- Applications: Adds depth in dark beers, including stouts, porters, and brown ales
- Beer Styles: English-style dark beers, stouts, porters, brown ales
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