desiderata
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Anyone notice a difference in the quality of different brands of DME? I previously used a no name brand (at least not labeled), but now I've got a new store, and the malt is Briess. Brewing with the former I never had any boil overs, even after adding hops. However, with the Briess, it boiled over before I even added hops and it was very foamy before that. (Can't turn your back for one second!) Overall, i think the Briess is better quality. Here's another reason why.
What the AGers refer to as efficiency, I guess--could it differ among brands of DME? I was surprised to have a high gravity of 1.050 using the Briess. I brewed an IPA using 6 lbs. of light DME and topped of the primary to over 6 gallons. I've made an IPA using at least 7 lbs. of the no name stuff (and not topped off as much) and never gotten an OG of more than around 1.040.
What the AGers refer to as efficiency, I guess--could it differ among brands of DME? I was surprised to have a high gravity of 1.050 using the Briess. I brewed an IPA using 6 lbs. of light DME and topped of the primary to over 6 gallons. I've made an IPA using at least 7 lbs. of the no name stuff (and not topped off as much) and never gotten an OG of more than around 1.040.