It's food-grade malt extract, which tends to be lower quality than brewing-grade malt extract. Yes, I've used it in cooking (excellent ingredient for many purposes whenever you want to add some complex sweetness to a dish if you balance it with some spiciness), but you're better off just buying an extra pound from the homebrew store for that purpose. It's cheaper and higher quality. Of course, if you are religiously restricted and need kosher ingredients, this may be your best option. You can always e-mail the major homebrew stores to inquire if their products are kosher or can be thus certified, I suppose (I don't believe in talking snakes and such, so I am not familiar with the details.)
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The Fiesty(sic) Goat Brewery est. 2007 & Clusterfuggle Experimental Ales est. 2009
Planned: Fat Man Brown Porter (Pro-Am #2), WLP 351 Hefeweizen, WLP 860 Munich Helles
Primary: Centennial Falcon IPA (Pro-Am #1), sLambic I
Secondary: Flanders Red
Kegged:Himmel un Ääd Kölsch #8, Farmhouse Session Saison Pilot Batch, Chocolate Milk Stout, Pale Ale, Chili Smoked Porter, Berliner Weisse w/ Brett #3
Last edited by ArcaneXor; 06-25-2009 at 05:30 AM.
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