I'm normally an AG brewer but with time constraints of final year of college along with cold winters and not wanting to be outside washing out a mash tun I have decided to start using extracts. I figure since I'll be putting a little less effort into brewing I would like to get as much education out of it that I can. So I'm thinking about doing a bunch of SmaSH-ish batches to learn about a bunch of types of hops.
So what I'm looking for is a good cheap and easy way to get a malt bill for a 5.5 gallon batch. Should I just use a 6 lb bottle of LME or 6 lbs of DME and of what type? Should I still be steeping grains or would that just make things that much more complicated?
So what I'm looking for is a good cheap and easy way to get a malt bill for a 5.5 gallon batch. Should I just use a 6 lb bottle of LME or 6 lbs of DME and of what type? Should I still be steeping grains or would that just make things that much more complicated?