Recent content by man4labs

Mildew has never been a problem for me when ever using a wet towel to keep the fermenting temperature under control. I keep my towels wet with weak bleach solution that I use anyway for sanitation of my plastic equipment. Works like a charm.:mug:

While both work fine for me, I enjoy the DME over the LME for ease, expediency, and less hassle over all. Also, as mentioned by other posters, I get much better color control (through creative use of specialty malts) using light dry malt xtract as my baseline. Lite LME, especially the older...

Being new to this community, I felt obliged not only to say hello to this community but to also get feedback from others on viability of dry malt extract after it's turned into "rock" malt. I'm just getting back into homebrewing after a 4-year absense and wondered if the dry malt extract that...