Priming with Liquid Malt Extract? DRM? Sugar?

[Kyral210]

I want to make sure my Munton's Winter Ale adheres to the German Reinheitsgebot, so I want to prime with LME and not sugar.

How do I work out how much I need to add. I have about 20 Litres of ale soon ready to bottle, probably on Monday.

P.S - How does the amounts of LME, DME and Sugar change from each other. Do I have to add more sugar, I know when making extract brew you use less DME than LME.

Also, should I prime largers more than ales? My Mumtons Kit says 1/2 tsp per pint for my ale, would that be 1 tsp per pint for largers?

 

[djskinner]

You brewed without yeast?

 

[Kyral210]

You brewed without yeast?

Where did you get that from? I am getting ready to prime my bottles so of course it is fermented and I used yeast...

 

[graysalchemy]

You brewed without yeast?

Where did you get that from? I am getting ready to prime my bottles so of course it is fermented and I used yeast...

The original Reinheitsgebot or Bavarian Purity Law only permitted the use of water, malt and hops. Yeast was not originally included as yeast and its microbial properties were not discovered until 1800's so yeast was not known to be an ingredient in 1516 when the law was passed.

I think djskinner was having a little joke!!

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AG

 

[nigel]

I would use sugar and DME "like for like". If using LME I would use a little more. I.e- 1 tsp sugar = 1.25 tsp LME

 

[Alestar]

You use different amounts of LME/DME by weight because of the different sugar content. LME is about 1.037-8 ppg and DME is about 1.045-6 ppg (the same as normal white sugar). So if you want to convert a weight of LME into DME/sugar times by 0.8, and to convert from DME/sugar to LME times by 1.25.

So if you would use 1 tsp of sugar, use 1.25 tsp of LME (not sure how easy it is to measure tsp of LME though!).

Yeah, lager is usually fizzier than ale, it's all personal preferance of course at the end of the day and the best thing is try it and get a feel for the amount you like. Maybe try 1 1/2 times the carbonating sugar for a lager as for an ale and tweak it to suit from there?

 

[Kyral210]

Thanks guys, I have now added a 'priming sugar calculator' to my home brew excel workbook. Starting to become a nice little tool. Just one more question. When I boil the malt extract before adding it to the beer (wait and hour before bottling) how much water do I use?