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Special B® Malt - Dingemans

Special B® Malt - Dingemans

SKU W209I
$4.79

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From the land where brewing takes on a religious devotion. Special B® is the darkest of the Belgian caramel malts, and oh how special it is.

It has a unique aroma and flavor that is very complex. It imparts a heavy, dark caramel taste with more subtle notes of burnt sugar, raisin, and dark dried fruits such as cherries and plums. It can also deliver some of the softer roasty notes of a chocolate or black malt but without the astringency or bitterness.

Special B® will produce a deep brown color with ruddy highlights and add body and foam stability like all caramel malts.

Use it to brew traditional Belgian Abbey and Trappist Ales, Dubbels and Dark Strong Ales, but also try it in brown ale, stout and porter, doppelbock, or any other dark beer, to add an extra layer of complexity. 120-140°L

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Additional Information

SKU
C209I, W209I, G209K
Extract Percentage
65
Lovibond
140-155
Moisture Percentage
4.5
Grain Usage
10
Grain Type
Caramel / Crystal / Cara Malt
  • 5 stars: 20 (83%)
  • 4 stars: 4 (17%)
  • 3 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 2 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 1 star: 0 (0%)
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Dennis O.
Quality and quick

The specialty grain and herbs were excellent quality and taste

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Christian

Great smell, my last batch of wort had 1/2 lb just for the color.

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Michael W.
Distillers malt

Arrived in good shape

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Dawit D.

Special B® Malt

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Customer
thanks

beer good

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Matthew S.
Special b malt

Great product for a good price

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Ron P.
Special B Malt

Made great tasting beer. I will use it again and again!

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Jeffrey T.
special b

I love this malt . I use it for dark strong beers. In small amounts it gives them a little extra malt flavor.

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Beau L.
Special B

Great product

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Robert L.
Special B

This has a bit of raison / chocolate / Carmel flavor. I am enjoying it.

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Justin C.
Crushed for you!

I love that they mill it at no additional cost. It really adds value to the purchase.

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Daniel C.
Great aroma and color

Great speical grain used in a barley wine and double ipa. Will order again, just wished it was a finer crush.

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Alex H.
Perfect for tour Belgian dark ales

A+

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Thomas V.
Malts from NB are great

I like getting all my milled malts from NB. The resealable bags work great for the smaller amounts of specialty malts used in some recipes. The Special B added great flavor and color to my Belgians and Winter Wheats.

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Eric
Special B

This is a must have for Imperial Stouts. You will be happy you did!

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Aaron M.
Special B is Special!

Special B has a unique flavor profile of a caramel raisin. It brings a pungent flora smell along with it. Use it sparingly as it packs a punch. I used it it a strong ale so the malt blended well with the higher abv and the chinook hops!

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Stephen P.
<3

GREAT PACKING AND SHIPPING

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Gerald C.
Great Crystal Malt for IBA's

Great malty, raisin like flavor for my IBA's.
I add to the 3 gallon pre boil, a pound per 5 gallons, muslin bagged, sparging it with 2 gallons, back into the boil along with my LME, usually 9lbs NB Gold Or MO.

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WILLIAM
Dingemans Special B Malt

All the malt I've received from Northern brewer has been great quality.

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Michael O.

Fine, it's a malt.

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Jim M.
Special B

Love brewing with ‘B’ and NB helps make that happen!

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David D.
Special B

Great stuff

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Royster B.
Nice addition & versitile

This adjunct was a nice addition to a couple of beers that I used it in, all 'non-Belgian' styles/types. You want to turn N.B.'s Brown ale kit into a porter or bitter, just add this Special-B. Do you want to make a "Bock" but have no Bock kit, add it to N.B.'s Brown ale kit and use a lager yeast. Do you have some black roasted malt and want a stout? Add this to a Brown ale kit with the leftover black malt and make a stout. Have a wheat kit you got discounted but would like a 'Dunkel'? Add this Special-B. Very versatile and very tasty.

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Gerry
Awesome Flavor and Color

I've been using this crystal malt for years now and have never been disappointed. The raisin, caramel flavors, color, and sweetness add a dimension to my Ales, beyond compare. Steep for 20 minutes, 175-180 F, sparge into wort at same temp along with added LME (Maris Otter).

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John S.

What company makes this Special B?

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A s.

How close does Briess 120L Caramel come to matching the flavor of Dingemans Special B?

Northern Brewer

Nothing matches the flavor of Special B, in my opinion. I wouldn't try to substitute anything for Special B, just get some. It is special, no pun intended.

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Richard

Can one use Special B as a base malt?

Northern Brewer

It is a crystal malt, meaning it was stewed to get some sugar conversion, then dried. As such, you would get some sugars from it but probably the yield would be low. It's also quite dark and could create an astringent, harsh flavor. I've found that even using too much in a dark Belgian can cause this, instead of rum raisin it just tastes burnt.

Northern Brewer

I wouldn't recommend, it will be a very dark and sweet beer.

Northern Brewer

no, you'd have too many unfermentables. Well correction.. you COULD but you'd have to compensate for gravity

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A s.

So, I only need 4 oz of the Special B in my recipe, but it looks like I buy a pound at a times, so I just want to know if all the grain is added together. I don't want it mixed in with the 2-row and the english crystal. these are all packed separately right?

Northern Brewer

Yes they are packaged separately so you can weigh out the 4oz and keep the rest for other recipes.

Northern Brewer

Always Separated when I have ordered. You'll usually get a larger bag of grain for larger amounts (10 lbs. Or so.) But, the smaller amounts you're putting into your masg are never mixed in.