Up the alcohol a little?

Wanting to up my alcohol 1% or so. I currently do extract. Any tips that won’t really affect the taste of my beers? I read using 1 pound of dme will do the trick? Any input on this?

It depends on the recipe. In a beer that starts at about 1.041, one pound of DME will raise it to 1.050, so about 1% ABV gain. Of course, in a bigger beer, it'll take more DME to raise it 1%. Still approximately 9 gravity points, but a smaller percentage of the total ABV.

As long as the whole recipe is still in balance, it's simple to just raise the ABV a little bit. I like to look at the whole recipe, and consider adding more bittering to it, so it stills stays in the basic style of what I intended.

Ichi-Go said:

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That's what I was about to post. Have you tried it?

More malt extract equals higher ABV. It also equals more malty and sweet flavors. If you want to balance that, add more hops, I guess. Not a hop head here, so more malty and sweet is fine by me.

This post is a generalization.

A higher ABV will throw off the taste a bit due to more alcohol. It may require longer aging to mellow and remove alcohol bite.