All Grain To extract question

[Raider]

I’m new to home brew and I guess I jumped right into it. My wife got me a starter home brew kit and turned out well. Now I just ordered my first bit of supplies and my supplier substituted victory malt grains for Dark dry malt extract. Now I only used grain before and that’s how I want to be but I do want to learn everything and they said I can use this in my recipe as a substitute. So this is going to be used for the specialty malt mostly I believe for colour. So here’s the question, I’m gunna mash the other grains and sparge them. Do I add the extract during the boil? I have spent the last 3 hours googling it with no concrete direction... I just want to make sure before I ruin a batch.
Thanks for any help!

 

[Tobor_8thMan]

Crack the victory and do a simple steep mash.

Victory will add color and some flavor. "Aromatic, Biscuit, Nutty, Toasty". SRM ~ 26.

Always remove the kettle from the heat or turn off the heat to the kettle when stirring in the DME or LME. Ensure the DME/LME is completely mixed/blended/dissolved before resuming the heat to the kettle.

 

[Raider]

Thanks buddy! Please verify that I extract during the boil phase? O believe I do but just confirmation would be nice!

 

[Raider]

also I wanted victory malt but they sent me dark dry malt extract as a sub

 

[Jag75]

Yes once the boil starts turn your flame off and add the DME. Mix it in all the way then turn your heat back on and continue the boil.

Btw , welcome to HBT !

 

[Tobor_8thMan]

Thanks buddy! Please verify that I extract during the boil phase? O believe I do but just confirmation would be nice!

Yes, the extract is usually boiled in a concentrated amount of water (properly mixed). This is normally a smaller amount than the batch size to accommodate the size of the pot most beginning brewers probably have on hand. Once the boiling is done and the wort is chilled the proper amount of cold water is added to achieve the batch size.

Of course, if a larger pot is available allowing the full amount (say beginning with 6 gallons to achieve 5 gallons), then always go with boiling the whole amount (to obtain a better mixture and hop isomerization).

 

[Tobor_8thMan]

also I wanted victory malt but they sent me dark dry malt extract as a sub

Depends on what was used to make the dark DME. If the suppler subbed it for the Victory malt, then either trust their substitution or ask them to provide the dark DME specs.

 

[THESULLI]

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