Crystal Roasted Malts

Discover our small batch handcrafted crystal and cara malts.

From the delicate sweetness of Cara Gold to the robust intensity of Extra Dark Crystal Malt, our Crystal Malts (or caramel malts as they are sometimes called), provide brewers with all the tools to create a wide spectrum of beer styles. 

Whether you’re aiming for a crisp, refreshing Lager or a complex, dark Ale or looking to add body and sweetness to a Stout, our Crystal Malts will elevate your brewing experience to another level of both flavour and colour. Browse our selection of Crystal Roasted Malts.

Crystal Roasted Malts and Beer Styles

Crystal Malt and Cara Malts are instrumental in a wide range of beer styles for adding flavour, colour and body to a diverse range of traditional beer styles and contemporary craft beers.

At inclusion rates of between 3% and 10%, a low-colour Crystal Malt will provide delicate notes of sweet caramel, golden syrup, malty-biscuity notes, and an infusion of nuts and dried fruits whilst adding body to beer. Introducing darker Crystal Malts to your grist brings greater flavour intensities, with powerful black treacle notes standing out, supported by layers of rich caramelised sugar, roast coffee, a delicate bitterness, and prominent rich dried fruits and nuts.

Cara Gold

Developed by our Chairman David Jupp in partnership with Campden BRI, Cara Gold is our lightest roasted malt. It offers a refreshing and distinctive profile, imparting unparalleled refreshment, a unique golden hue, and a smooth, sweet malty flavour. Ideal for most beer styles, it adds body and head retention to Golden Ales, Amber Ales, Pale Ales, and more.

Cara Malt

A classic low-colour Crystal Malt, Cara Malt offers exceptional sweetness with wonderfully intense caramel tones complemented by hints of muscovado sugar and roasted coffee. It’s perfect for most beer styles, stabilising foam and bolstering mouthfeel in Amber Ales, Best Bitters, and more.

Light Crystal Malt

Light Crystal Malt is distinguished by its sweet flavours of muscovado sugar and rich caramel notes upfront, followed by layers of maple syrup, honey, vanilla, and treacle. An ideal choice for Milds, Bitters, Best Bitters, and Pale Ales.

Medium Crystal Malt

An exquisitely complex blend of flavours, Medium Crystal Malt weaves together the deep sweetness of caramel, earthy richness of muscovado sugar, and fruity undertones of raisins. Its fresh malty and biscuity notes are perfectly balanced for a wide variety of beer styles, including Bitters, Milds, Amber Ales, ESB, and more.

Standard Crystal Malt

Discover the inviting character of our Standard Crystal Malt, offering a blend of rich muscovado sugar and luscious caramel, complemented by the enticing aroma of freshly baked donuts. Ideal for Best Bitters, Dark Milds, and adding sweetness and complexity to Porters.

Dark Crystal Malt

Dark Crystal Malt intensifies the colour palette of specialty beers and delivers pronounced levels of complex, rich, sweet flavours and enticing aromas. It’s perfect for Ruby Red beers, Porters, Stouts, and Ales.

Crystal Roasted Malts offer endless versatility in a wide range of beer styles, bridging the gap between sweetness, colour, flavour, and body. Experiment by incorporating them at percentage rates from 5%, 10%, and up to 20% for truly innovative creations for a wide range of beer styles, from cask to craft, to create beers of distinction boasting unique character and unparalleled flavour.

Patent Roasted Malts

Discover the transformative potential of our expertly roasted, handcrafted Patent Malts. Enhance your brewing projects pairing them with our range of roasted Crystal Roasted Malts to further enhance the depth of flavour, colour and character in your brewing operations.

Sustainably Sourcing our Barley​

We source our barley locally from Red Tractor assured farms within 30 miles of our maltings in Hertfordshire, ensuring exceptional quality and consistency. For brewers seeking the finest handcrafted malt to enhance and refine your brewing projects, our Crystal Roasted Malts provide an essential base, featuring in the grist of award-winning beers. Learn more about our Sustainability credentials online here.

Comparison across Crystal Malt varieties

The chart below shows a comparison of characteristics across our crystal malt varieties.
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Testimonials

Fuller's London Pride
Fuller's Brewery

French & Jupps Chocolate Malt is an essential ingredient for us. It reliably provides the rich colour and distinct flavour we demand in all our beers, from our flagship London Pride and ESB to our London Stout, Black Cab.

Guy Stewart

Fuller's Brewery

Fuller's Brewery
Shepherd Neame
Shepherds Neame

French & Jupps Crystal, Chocolate, Amber Malt and Roasted Barley, consistently deliver exceptional quality and flavour to our beers. Their reliability and product excellence keeps us coming back year after year. Highly recommended for fellow brewers

Rupert Hodgkins

Shepherd Neame

Shepherds Neame
Woodforde's Brewery
Woodfordes' Brewery

I’ve long been a big fan of French & Jupps malt. Their Crystal and Roast malts give my beers the depth of malt character that I’m looking for and their quality is second to none.

Aaron Taubman, Head Brewer​

Woodforde's Brewery

Woodfordes' Brewery
Harvey's Brewery

Have a proud tradition with meticulous values of quality and consistency with a passion for malting, equivalent to our passion for brewing

Miles Jenner, Harvey's Head Brewer​

Harvey's Brewery

The consistency and quality of their product is key to us producing consistent beer."

Andy Hepworth, Founder and Chairman.​

Hepworth & Co Brewers

French & Jupps record goes back over a century with us.

Tom McMullen​

McMullens & Sons

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Crystal Malt - Process

Crystal Malting Process Drawing

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Our Vision

Proudly delivering outstanding quality and services for centuries to come.

OUr Mission

We pride ourselves in:
Producing the finest quality speciality malts
Providing an inspiring environment for businesses to develop and grow
Supporting the community and local youth programmes

Our Values

Family owned and driven by core family values. 

We are: One team, supportive, honest, respectful and care greatly about our community, local talented youth and the environment.

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French & Jupps Ltd, Roydon Road, Stanstead Abbotts, Herts, SG12 8HG​

Proudly Creating Perfecting Malting Since 1689