Biscuit Malt in extract recipe?

[MountainGoatBrewing]

I was just reading in the Palmer "bible" that biscuit malt is a kilned malt and needs to be mashed. But I just saw a nice Burning River clone extract recipe on this site that called for biscuit malt. I'm confused - can you use it in extract and still get the desired effects?

 

[dezman]

yea you can use it. it'll just give color and flavor and less fermentables if you dont mash it.

 

[MountainGoatBrewing]

thanks!

 

[boist]

You can always do a mini-mash in a muslin bag. Use about two pounds of pale malt with the biscuit malt, and steep in the kettle for about 45min to an hour at about 153 before boiling and adding your extract. (Read Palmer for exact instructions, or look online) This will give the right tastes and fermentability without doing a whole mash (and is a good introduction to BIAB, but that's a different question..)