vanderkidd
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This weekend i'm planning my 3rd and 4th brews, this time with a mix of DME and LME. I'll list my ingredients and what i was thinking of doing, my query relates to when should I add ideally add the DME because I am limited to a 5 litre pot size!
For both recipes:
1.5kg Amber LME
500g to 1kg of Amber DME (not decided on how much to use yet in each brew but i will have 2kg to use in total)
500g of Dextrose & 500g of Light DME (already mixed in a muntons brew enhancer pack)
250g of Crystal Malt specialty grain (although I just read up that the Amber LME & DME probably already have Crystal in there)
Brew 1: 100g of Columbus & WLP001, Brew 2: 100g of Citra & Safale US-05. Using these brews so I can get a feel for single hops and different yeast options.
My method:
Use 2 litres of water @ 65-67C to steep the Crystal for 30mins. (might need to adjust amount of water?)
Remove and strain via sieve, then sparge with 1 litre water at 80C (I read that's the right temp?)
Make sure the heat is off and add the Amber LME
***Should I aim add any of the DME here? if so which ones?***
Bring to boil, add hops as required, protofloc etc, strain it all into the fermenter.
***add remaining sugars***
Top up with water to 21 litres and pitch at 20C.
Being limited to the 5 litres for boiling is a right pain but my space saving ceramic hob would possibly struggle to heat anything bigger up to a rolling boil.
So, should I put any DME in pre-boil? or just wait and stick them all in post boil and before topping up to 21 litres? Any benefits to the result from either?
And could I use less water for the steep?
For both recipes:
1.5kg Amber LME
500g to 1kg of Amber DME (not decided on how much to use yet in each brew but i will have 2kg to use in total)
500g of Dextrose & 500g of Light DME (already mixed in a muntons brew enhancer pack)
250g of Crystal Malt specialty grain (although I just read up that the Amber LME & DME probably already have Crystal in there)
Brew 1: 100g of Columbus & WLP001, Brew 2: 100g of Citra & Safale US-05. Using these brews so I can get a feel for single hops and different yeast options.
My method:
Use 2 litres of water @ 65-67C to steep the Crystal for 30mins. (might need to adjust amount of water?)
Remove and strain via sieve, then sparge with 1 litre water at 80C (I read that's the right temp?)
Make sure the heat is off and add the Amber LME
***Should I aim add any of the DME here? if so which ones?***
Bring to boil, add hops as required, protofloc etc, strain it all into the fermenter.
***add remaining sugars***
Top up with water to 21 litres and pitch at 20C.
Being limited to the 5 litres for boiling is a right pain but my space saving ceramic hob would possibly struggle to heat anything bigger up to a rolling boil.
So, should I put any DME in pre-boil? or just wait and stick them all in post boil and before topping up to 21 litres? Any benefits to the result from either?
And could I use less water for the steep?