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Do any of you subscribe to BYO and do extracts or partial mashes?
If so, have you noticed they'll have recipes formulate for AG, PM's and extract.
The AG recipes are straight forward. Its the partial mashes or extracts w/ grain recipes that annoy me.
You'd think they would call out standard quantities of malt extract, like to the whole pound or as packaged. You would vary the pale malt and the specialty grains to get the balance right, heck you order it to weight anyhow.
Instead they tell you need 1lb, 5oz of DME and 2lbs, 14oz of LME. Its stupid. You either split of the packages or go heavy or light according to the recipe. I don't like the idea of storing partial packages of extract.
Not until just recently have I had a good scale to weigh out stuff. The only reason now is that I'm going AG and I'll want to buy grains in bulk.
What do you guys usually do? Modify them or do you avoid those recipes?
Thanks!!
If so, have you noticed they'll have recipes formulate for AG, PM's and extract.
The AG recipes are straight forward. Its the partial mashes or extracts w/ grain recipes that annoy me.
You'd think they would call out standard quantities of malt extract, like to the whole pound or as packaged. You would vary the pale malt and the specialty grains to get the balance right, heck you order it to weight anyhow.
Instead they tell you need 1lb, 5oz of DME and 2lbs, 14oz of LME. Its stupid. You either split of the packages or go heavy or light according to the recipe. I don't like the idea of storing partial packages of extract.
Not until just recently have I had a good scale to weigh out stuff. The only reason now is that I'm going AG and I'll want to buy grains in bulk.
What do you guys usually do? Modify them or do you avoid those recipes?
Thanks!!