Appropriate use of cara red...

[Bailey]

Just making a malty bitter with ekg as the only hop. In my grain bill I have 80% pale, 15% carared, 5% crystal60.
Had a look on the malt miller website and had a quick search here but wondering if that is too much carared??? Any help much appreciated

[floydmeddler]

Up to 25% seems to be the agreed amount. Although there are no rules. Let us know how you get on. Although, I wouldn't be surprised if the crystal masked it to be honest...

[zgoda]

Carared is crystal malt, just good bit paler than yours regular. Imparts more sweetness and caramel tastes, but otherwise general rule of amount of crystal in grain bill applies.