Bcause
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Hi fellow brewers,
New brewer here. Just put my 4th batch (extract w/specialty grains) in the primary.
My question is this: Did I screw up by steeping carapils with my crystal malt?
I read the following from John Palmer on HowToBrew.com
"Dextrin malt has no diastatic power. It must be mashed; if steeped it will contribute a lot of unconverted starch and cause starch haze."
For my latest batch I had my LHBS crush 1.5 lb of 10L crystal and 8oz of Carapils for me. I steeped both of these for 20 minutes at 155 F then raised temp to 170 F and removed the grain bag. After reaching full boil I added 4lbs pale LME and 2lbs extra light DME.
This is the second batch that I have steeped 8oz of Carapils in. The 1st batch I did this with is bottle conditioning right now. It tasted great right out of the secondary so Im hoping everything is OK
Thanks
New brewer here. Just put my 4th batch (extract w/specialty grains) in the primary.
My question is this: Did I screw up by steeping carapils with my crystal malt?
I read the following from John Palmer on HowToBrew.com
"Dextrin malt has no diastatic power. It must be mashed; if steeped it will contribute a lot of unconverted starch and cause starch haze."
For my latest batch I had my LHBS crush 1.5 lb of 10L crystal and 8oz of Carapils for me. I steeped both of these for 20 minutes at 155 F then raised temp to 170 F and removed the grain bag. After reaching full boil I added 4lbs pale LME and 2lbs extra light DME.
This is the second batch that I have steeped 8oz of Carapils in. The 1st batch I did this with is bottle conditioning right now. It tasted great right out of the secondary so Im hoping everything is OK
Thanks