Thomas Fawcett’s Chocolate Malt is a specialty roasted malt with a color typically ranging around 400-475 Lovibond. This malt is known for imparting a rich, dark color to the beer along with robust flavors of chocolate, coffee, and a hint of roasted bitterness. It can also contribute to the beer’s body and mouthfeel.
Given its characteristics, Thomas Fawcett’s Chocolate Malt is suitable for a variety of beer styles that benefit from chocolate and roasted flavors, as well as a dark color:
- Porters and Stouts: These classic dark beer styles often incorporate chocolate malt to add depth of flavor, color, and roasted character.
- Brown Ales: Chocolate malt can enhance the malt profile and add a subtle roasted note to brown ales.
- Milk Stouts: The chocolate flavors from this malt complement the sweetness from lactose in milk stouts.
- Dunkelweizen: A dark wheat beer can benefit from the added color and complexity of chocolate malt.
- Baltic Porter: The malt adds richness and depth to this high-alcohol lager style.
- Imperial Stouts: The robust flavor of chocolate malt contributes to the complexity of these high-gravity stouts.
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