Help with dry malt extract

whitesox088 · Nov 20, 2012

So, i need help with a question. I bought the mr.beer kit and made beer and worked pretty well. So i wanted to do another batch but instead of the hop malt extract syrup i bought a 1lb bag of dry malt extract. So my question is how much dry malt extract would i use for a 2 gallon batch.

cheezydemon3 · Nov 20, 2012

5 lbs for 5 gallons is a medium abv, so at least 1 more lb.

unionrdr · Nov 20, 2012

Check out the Mr beer stickies at the top of the forum. Should be some answers there.

dadshomebrewing · Nov 20, 2012

Palmers book says to use 0.80 of the liquid malt extract for dme.

That's the approx conversion rate I've been using with acceptable results.

dadshomebrewing · Nov 20, 2012

And, under the heading of full disclosure, I'm a southwest side Cubs fan, so you might wish to take that into consideration

Yooper · Nov 20, 2012

whitesox088 said:
So, i need help with a question. I bought the mr.beer kit and made beer and worked pretty well. So i wanted to do another batch but instead of the hop malt extract syrup i bought a 1lb bag of dry malt extract. So my question is how much dry malt extract would i use for a 2 gallon batch.

Do you have hops? If you had hopped malt extract before, but now have plain dry malt extract, you'll also need some hops.

For a 2 gallon batch of beer, you'd generally need 2-3 pounds of extract, some hops, and some grains (but only a little bit) like crystal malt (for most beers) or some roasted barley( for a stout).

gcdowd · Nov 20, 2012

Yes, I was going to say don't forget the hops but Yooper beat me to it.

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