FoReel

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Not much response to my questions about brewing with Briess ...so let me ask this a different way. Does anyone brew with extract only ? No steeping grains or anything ... Or does extract brewing usually mean adding some grains in addition to the extract.

Can a decent beer be made with extracts only?

Thanks

Tim

Shooter

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Are you planning on adding hops or are you talking about a pre-hopped canned product like Coopers?

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mixedbrewer

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You can make beer without steeping grains. Some extracts out there already have a little bit of those other grains malted in their make-up.

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BierMuncher

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Yes. A great beer can be brewed with just extract.

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Indyking

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AG whenever possible and extract with steeping of specialty grains when in desperate need for beer but not much time to brew... In summary 1 extract every 5-6 AG batches.

FoReel

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Yes adding hops ... using various unhopped extracts from Briess.

509inc

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When I first started the guy at the brewshop did not say anything about grains. I thought extract was the only way to make beer. So yes you can make amazing award winning beer with extract.

6 years in to the hobby I prefer AG but to each his own.

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Heavyfoot

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I just made an American wheat beer that was only Briess wheat extract and hops and it's great.

IffyG

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I made something that was just LME and hops. It turned out great, even my BMC friends loved it.

Rev2010

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I even made a phenomenal (IMO) hefeweizen using a prehopped extract can. Here was the recipe:

One 3.75lb Cooper's Wheat prehopped LME can
2lbs Briess Wheat DME
1.1lb (500 grams) Cooper's Light Dry Malt
Used Bayonne New Jersey tap water
One packet Wyeast 3068

Sat in primary for two weeks and bottled - bottle primed with one and a half Cooper's Carb Drops... yes... I cut them in half and it's a pain LOL.

Came out awesome. My wife and father-in-law like it better than my favorite hefeweizen Franziskaner, and sometimes I do too... heck... if not most of them time. And I feel ashamed to say that as it's been my favorite hefe for years! And yes, I've had oh so many and have been to Germany over a dozen times and have sampled many hefe's so it pains me to say that.

Now, I have to ask something and I'm just curious... why ask? I'm sooo NOT trying to cause any conflict here, I'm merely wondering what brought about the question. Steeping grains is so ridiculously simple I don't think anyone should ever rule it out. It takes no more equipment and only about another 30 minutes steeping time and offers so much more. So I'm just wondering, that's all. Please don't take my questioning the wrong way.


Rev.