Extract Brewing Produces Overly Sweet Beers?

[BrewnWKopperKat]

... you are at the mercy of the extract manufactures

You are at the mercy of who made the malt.

Personally, I am not.

I control what goes into the kettle to make the wort.

If the characteristics of a particular brand and flavor of DME fit with the composition of the wort I'm looking to make, I'll use it. If not, I wont.

As always, YMMV.

 

[ListerH]

Thanks all... The thread moved on a little from my original post... but I think I am going to experiment with amylase enzyme... and the move to all grain is in the works once I have my setup configured in the next couple of months...

 

[BrewnWKopperKat]

FWIW, Briess makes much of this information available at their web site and in some of their blog posts.

Here's a point in time answer (and the missing link):

99% Briess Brewers Malt, 1% Briess Carapils® Malt,

http://www.brewingwithbriess.com/As...R_2015BriessReleasesTwoSingleMaltExtracts.pdf

http://blog.brewingwithbriess.com/introducing-the-first-briess-single-malt-extracts/

note: bold text is from the original article

Here ya go! Briess is [in Oct 2015] adding two new CBW® malt extracts to its product portfolio…each produced from a single malt:

• CBW® Goldpils® Vienna malt extract (6º L at 8º Plato) is made from 100% Briess Goldpils® Vienna Malt
• CBW® Pale Ale malt extract (6º L at 8º Plato) is made from 100% Briess Pale Ale Malt

These single-malt extracts make converting from extract to all grain, or vice versa, easier. And it gives the creative brewer total liberty and control. Granted, CBW® Pilsen Light malt extract and CBW® Golden Light Malt extract are close behind this pair. At 99% Briess Pilsen Malt and Briess Brewers Malt, respectively, and 1% Briess Carapils® Malt, these malt extracts can’t qualify for the “single malt” category.