Amber Malt | Thomas Fawcett UK

Amber malt is made from ale malt. It provides a warm, pleasant, biscuit-like flavour with slight coffee undertones. A common addition to Scottish ales, it also is a popular steeper for both pale and brown ales. This malt has no diastatic power.
Typical Beer Style(s): 
Brown Ale, Pale Ale, Red Ale, Scottish Ales
Recommended Maximum Usage:
Up to 10%
Possible Substitution(s):
Melanoidin, Victory, Biscuit Malt, Aromatic
For similar colour:


Crystal Malt: Particularly Crystal 20 or 30L, these malts offer an amber to reddish hue, but lack the biscuit character of Amber Malt 

For biscuit character:


Biscuit Malt: This is the most direct substitute, replicating the toasty, slightly bready notes of Amber Malt. However, it contributes minimal colour.

Balancing color and biscuit character:


Aromatic Malt: This malt offers a balance of biscuit-like flavours and some caramel sweetness, coming closer to the overall profile of Amber Malt.

Caraaroma: This malt provides a similar amber colour with a touch of sweetness, but with less biscuit character than Amber Malt [2].

Combining options:

You can experiment with combining biscuit malt with either Caraaroma or Crystal Malt to achieve a colour and sweetness profile closer to Amber Malt