Carafa L Malt - But which one from these three???

[Frankie4Fingers]

Hi all

Having had a slight recipe fail with my first go at the Red IPA ROTM due to not being able to hold on to my extract, I am gathering the ingredients to give it another go.  The recipe states I need 100g of Carafa L Malt.  My LHBS has 3 different types of Weyermann Carafa each with ever so slightly different characteristics.

All 3 have the following description - The husks of the grains are removed prior to malting and roasting. This reduces astringency and bitterness, while adding coffee-brown colour, a coffee-like bouquet, dark beer aroma, as well as body and mouthfeel to finished beer without introducing harsh flavours. Even small amounts of CARAFA SPECIAL^® malts in the grain bill produce dark beers of unusual smoothness and mildness with a firm, creamy, white head.

Type 1 Specs are:- Colour 800-1000 EBC

Type 2 Specs are:- Colour 1100-1200 EBC

Type 3 Specs are:- Colour 1300-1500EBC

My question is what would the majority go with given the three choices......or would it make minimal difference in terms of flavour but just affect the colour with 1 being the lighter of the three?

[ben 10]

1, not L.

So go with 1, it's a font choice that makes it look like L

[Frankie4Fingers]

2 minutes ago, Green Blob said:

1, not L.

So go with 1, it's a font choice that makes it look like L

Ha, cool.  One, 1,l or L it is.  Thanks for the reply.