{"product_id":"cara-ruby","title":"Cara Ruby","description":"\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eRoot Shoot Cara Ruby is a crystal malt from the northern Colorado Front Range that gives a distinct ruby color and some body from unfermentables. Light caramel, earthy, with a roasty-strawberry cereal note. Not a dark fruit crystal. Not a roast.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eMalt Cup 2025, 2nd in caramel!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFlavor\/Aroma\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLight caramel, floral\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarthy, walnut-like\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoasty strawberry cereal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeer Interplay\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImparts ruby to amber color\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBody from the unfermentable fraction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStays lighter in the flavor than Proximity Crystal 45 and up. The strawberry and walnut are the tell, not burnt sugar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePractical Usage\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\"I need the glass to go red. I do not need prune.\" Root Shoot points it at up to 20% of the grist. A small cut, around 5–8%, is color and a light caramel note in a pale ale or IPA. Toward 10–15% it carries an amber, red, Scottish, or brown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMalt details:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0645\/0089\/1733\/files\/CaraRuby.avif?v=1791492533\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eRoot Shoot Honey Malt spec sheet\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0645\/0089\/1733\/files\/Rahr-2-Rowspecs.pdf?v=1779238400\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEstate grown and malted on a 112-acre, 5th generation family farm in Loveland, CO - that's more than 100 years in the family! Root Shoot leases an additional 1500 acres in northern Colorado, all of which is regeneratively cultivated as the state's only Regenified Certified malthouse.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Root Shoot Malting","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303094603861,"sku":null,"price":3.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/doubledank.beer\/products\/cara-ruby","provider":"Double Dank Brewing Supply","version":"1.0","type":"link"}