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ok so I think i am going to try and do the 10 gallon batch with 1 recipe mix but add the Malto Dextrin, should I add two bags of Malto Dextrin (8oz's each)? Northern Brewery says 1 bag does 5 gallons. I have never used this before so any recommendations would be great. On other news that yeast...

yea i would agree some really good info here. thanks all!! I have found a UK website that deals with low alcohol beers but they don't ship to the US. I have been to Bevmo, but there low beers suck which made me start this journey. I am gonna watch that podcast now.

beer is good, hence this problem... haha i am also not apposed to watering it down, just didn't know if that would kill the taste (more so than removing the alcohol). I may opt for option 1 as that sounds like a better solution, so i am not watering anything down or cooking the alcohol off.

I have done it serval times, I got the idea from several sources on the internet of different ways to reduce the alcohol. I don't boil the beer, i just raise the temp to 170 degrees to burn the alcohol off. typically for 30 mins.

i have not tried to use less extract, that is interesting, perhaps i will try that next. And that would avoid the reheating right?

hi all, I have been brewing extract beer for a a few years now and have always tried to make low alcohol beers. I do this by burning off the alcohol at the end of the fermentation process, typical around 30 mins in kettle at 170 degrees and then I chill again and keg.The results have been ok'ish...