undallas
Well-Known Member
I'm planning to get some bulk DME. Briess makes 2 base malt DME: pilsen and golden light.
If you have use them before, which one do you like?
Thanks
If you have use them before, which one do you like?
Thanks
thanks... I just want to make a bulk purchase for base DME. I guess pils would be good. Additional specialty grains can easily altern the flavor profile. At pils can make good pislner, but 2 rows cannot make a real pilsner
Scotty is correct that both Briess extracts are mashed with base malt and CaraPils. I find I prefer to match the extract to the style. In other words, I use Pilsner extract for Belgian ales and Continental beers, and Gold for American and English ales. In other words, I use the Pilsner extract where Pils is traditionally the base malt, and vice versa.
Cheers,
Bob
You are indeed correct. I find that, if I use two-row in an all-grain recipe, using Gold extract gives results I prefer.
That said, you can use whatever base malt you please. There's a brewery in these parts makes an awesome American Amber Ale using German Pils malt as the base.
Bob
What sort of color might one expect from using straight Briess Pilsen DME? Would it be on par for a Czech or German Pilsner, or could it use a little help from some Crystal/Caramel malt?
Thanks!
Chris
I can't speak for Briess, but I did use 100% Munton's extra light to make a German style pilsner. While it was on par, it was a tad bit darker than a good pils. The flavor was wonderful and the color was close enough for me. On the other hand I used the same Munton's extra light in a partial mash American Amber and found that the color and body were too light for the style.
Bottom line, I agree with the other posters that suggest using the extra light/pilsner DMEs when you would want a pilsner base malt and the regular light DMEs for regular 2-row base malt.
I can't speak for Briess, but I did use 100% Munton's extra light to make a German style pilsner. While it was on par, it was a tad bit darker than a good pils. The flavor was wonderful and the color was close enough for me. On the other hand I used the same Munton's extra light in a partial mash American Amber and found that the color and body were too light for the style.
Bottom line, I agree with the other posters that suggest using the extra light/pilsner DMEs when you would want a pilsner base malt and the regular light DMEs for regular 2-row base malt.
The Northern Brewer site specs that, as far as the actual grains go, Pilsen is 1.6° L and Briess 2-row is 1.8 L. I'm willing to bet that no one could tell the difference in color from beers where those grains are the only thing different in the recipe. So something else must be going on with the Golden Light DME. Someone mentioned that they use a percentage of Munich? That might make sense.
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