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Basic malt extract...

Post by Reg » Mon Jan 17, 2005 1:28 am

I've heard of some people, topping up with malt extract on grain brews... (to - ahem - save on time and cost)...

Anybody tried this ir have any opinions? 'sgotta be better than using sugar... :unsure:
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Post by Reg » Thu Jan 20, 2005 8:30 pm

Never the twain shall meet then...

Even extract recipes tend to have some grains... Mind you I guess if you're gonna mash, why bother with extract...

I once went on a tour of a small Welsh brewery that brewed cheap beer for the local mining and working men's clubs that brewed only from extract... Now there's a thing! :blink:
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Post by Jim » Fri Jan 21, 2005 6:31 pm

I've seen a few recipes that use malt extract with a small amount of grain (often crystal malt, which is already converted during the malting process).

Grains that provide mainly flavour, rather than starch, are good for this too, e.g. roast barley and other dark malts.
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Post by Reg » Fri Feb 11, 2005 11:39 pm

Yeah I've tried a few recipes like that in the past...some of them produced a pretty good result...
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Post by Jim » Sat Feb 12, 2005 9:42 am

QUOTE (Reg @ Feb 11 2005, 09:39 PM) Yeah I've tried a few recipes like that in the past...some of them produced a pretty good result...
Interesting! I've never tried it. I just went straight from kits to a full mash. Didn't see the point in piddling about with half measures! :P
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Post by Jim » Mon Apr 25, 2005 4:35 pm

Hi, Grainger, welcome to the forum!
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Post by Reg » Tue Apr 26, 2005 2:34 pm

QUOTE (grainger @ Apr 25 2005, 11:18 AM) hi

i always used malt extract, if you buy it from the whole food shop you can get it dead cheap, though there was some legal warning on it that it wasnt to be used for homebrewing as it was untaxed .. it made excellent brew, about a pound to a gallon.

boil up the hops (or other herbs) in a muslin bag in however much hot water you like - tip it on the malt extract in your bucket - add sugar and yeast and put it in the airing cupboard.

great forum
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Hi Grainger

Good to see another extract brewer on the board...

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