Pelikan

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+1 to DME at the end. The reason he said to do 45 minutes is that you'll be getting better hop utilization. Thus, if all things are equal, but you add the extract at the end, you're looking at maybe 40 IBU. But if you cut the boil down to 45 minutes, then it goes down to about 30 IBU. This is just an example, but it illustrates what I'm trying to convey.

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Petho

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Intresting. I re-read my notes from brewday and I added the DME after 1/2 hour of the hops boiling and had 1/2 hour of hops and DME for a total of 1 hour boil.
Perhaps my next batch will feature only 15 minutes of DME in the boil and see how that works.

Thanks for the great advice, having all of these opinions and archives is a great tool.

Cheers!
Petho

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Bear in mind, you need some DME in the beginning for full hop utilization. You should shoot for having about 1/3 of your extract added at the beginning, and the rest with 10-15 minutes remaining.

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Isn't this the truth. The ready availablility of forums on nearly every topic is one of the great things about the internet.