gmcapone
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Anyone have any tips on how to prevent DME from clumping? I try to pour it really slow but this usually just leads to the steam causing it to clump at the mouth of the bag rather than in the pot.
DME Tips
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Not much you can do but pour slowly & stir quickly. The lil clumps do dissolve in a couple of mins anyway,ime. Then I scrape the opening in the bag with my long handled spoon.
beergolf
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I use a scoop and put in about a cup at a time, stir then add more until I have it all in.
hops2it
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I think the key is removing the heat source. Then I don't really care if it clumps a little, just stir or whisk it for awhile and its all good. I experimented with slow dumping far awhile, now I just dump the works, whisk and return to heat.
Use a whisk. You can put the DME in a bowl before adding it, if clumping at the bag is an issue.
Take the pot off the heat, and stir in the dme with a whisk. Keep whisking until it's completely glob-less, which should take less than a minute. Then put it back on the heat and double check to make sure you got all the clumps.
Take the pot off the heat, and stir in the dme with a whisk. Keep whisking until it's completely glob-less, which should take less than a minute. Then put it back on the heat and double check to make sure you got all the clumps.
+1. You can't really do much about the clumps... I will normally add the DME right before it boils, or wait after it boils, but remove it from the heat...
That will keep boilovers away, and you can dump the DME faster...
