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Is there a big difference in taste or quality when using LME, compared to DME?

Awesome! Thanks!

So if a recipe calls for .5 lbs of a liquid malt extract what do you do with the rest of it? The smallest quantity I can find is 3.3 lbs. It seems a waste to pay $ for it and just toss it. Thanks!

I wouldn't mind one of those please!!

So I dropped my yeast in last Monday night and it started show signs of coming to life. It quit during the next day and hasn't really done anything since. Is it ok to take the top off and take a hydrometer reading without contaminating the beer? I was going to give it a full week but I have...

Thanks for the input!!

I am actually brewing my first batch of beer and picked up the true brew nut brown ale. It says to add the hops the last 2 minutes of the boil and then transfer the wort into the fermenting bucket. Should I strain the wort as it is going into the bucket or should the hops go in the bucket with...