a question on Spray Malt

[PD]

I used a half Kg of dark Spray Malt yesterday in a kit brew for Coopers Dark Ale, my question is how to stop it clumping when added to the liquid brew.
I added mine directly onto the mixture of hot water and malt extract where it immediately went into numerous lumps and I had to spend 10 mins squashing these out with the spoon. Should it be added to a cooler mix ?

 

[RobWalker]

spray malt benefits from being boiled anyway, it goes through the "hot break" which causes a lot of foaming and results in clearerer beer eventually. so boil it in a few litres of water :) you can also add your kit to this if you've got a decent sized pan, that way everything's nice and mixed and you can just mix it with cool water and you're good to go!

 

[PD]

much obliged for the reply. Would it be ok to mix spray malt and the beer enhancer with a litre or two of boiling water, mix, and then add that to the FV along with the kit ?

 

[RobWalker]

Yup, should be great. Kettlefulls of water will help when you move it to the fv too.