Best DME

[jettaman]

I was curious what you folks thought was the best DME brand. My LHBS only carries Breiss. They carry a few brands of LME, but only Breiss for a DME.

 

[homebrewer_99]

I buy bulk (55#) DME from Midwestsuppiles.com.

Sorry, mine's Munton's. No complaints.

 

[Brewtopia]

I use Briess and have been very happy with the results.

 

[RoaringBrewer]

I use Munton's whenever possible.

 

[rdwj]

I've used Munton's more times than not. I'm sure there are plnty of good ones on the market, but Munton's popularity has to be for good reason

 

[Walker]

I use Briess and have been very happy with the results.

Same here.

 

[slacker]

My personal favorite is Northwestern Extract. http://www.undergrounddigital.com/driedmalt.htm

But I like Briess and Munton's too.

 

[britishbloke]

If you buy the dry extract, you dont need as much versus malt extract is that correct?

So 55 pounds would make over 10 batchs?

 

[uwmgdman]

If you buy the dry extract, you dont need as much versus malt extract is that correct?

So 55 pounds would make over 10 batchs?

If you buy dry, you don't need as much you would with liquid malt extract (due to % of water in the liquid extract).

How many batches would that make? Depends how strong you want the beer. 5.5 lbs of DME in a 5.25 gallon recipe yields an OG of 1.047. You'd still need to buy speciality grains, hops, and yeast.