How much different are the below ingredients compared to each other?
Munich/ Melanoiden
Carapils/ Pilsner
“Medium Crystal”/ Crystal 40
I believe Melanoidin is more on par with Aromatic malt than basic Munich.
Carapils aka Dextrin malt is a light caramel malt. Pilsner is a base malt.
Depending on how medium is defined here, these would probably be close.
Munich/ Melanoiden - I have heard some people refer to melanoiden as ‘super munich’ however this is not a base malt. As Derek noted, it is on par with Aromatic
Carapils/ Pilsner - carapils is very light caramel malt by Briess I believe. It is not a base malt and is apparently used to increase body and head retention without adding much color
Medium crystal is usually English medium crystal which tends to be 50-60L more akin to domestic crystal 60.
I’ve always seen medium crystal as ~45L
If it’s UK crystal, Simpsons is 50-60L and Fawcett is a bit darker than that (60-70L IIRC)