Brown Ale

[mscott987]

I am about to start cooking a brown ale and I was curious about one part of the recipe. It says that it should be primed with 1/2 cup of dried malt extract. I have plain light malt extract and an amber extract. Which one would be better suited for a brown ale?

 

[Orfy]

It doesn't matter.
It's only a small amount and will not show in the finished beer.

 

[mscott987]

thanks for the help.

 

[joshpooh]

only 1/2 cup? How big is the batch? If its a typical 5 gallon batch that can't be enough. I think when priming with DME its is reccomended 1.25 cups per 5 ounces, but I'm not 100% sure because I use corn sugar and its 3/4 cup. However I know DME is more than that.

 

[mscott987]

It's a 5 gallon batch. I checked the recipe again to make sure and it calls or a 1/2 cup of DME.

 

[BierMuncher]

Brown ales by BJCP standards, have low to moderately low carbonation.

 

[DUCCCC]

I am about to start cooking a brown ale and I was curious about one part of the recipe. It says that it should be primed with 1/2 cup of dried malt extract. I have plain light malt extract and an amber extract. Which one would be better suited for a brown ale?

As a complete noob I may be asking a stupid question here, but here it goes anyways...

Isn't priming for when you bottle? If you're just doing the cooking what are you priming? Is this in reference to a starter?
Curious,
Matt

 

[mscott987]

Your right. Priming is at the botteling step. But, I am a relative newbie as well, this is my sixth batch. I just wanted to make sure that I have the right ingredients.

 

[BierMuncher]

As a complete noob I may be asking a stupid question here, but here it goes anyways...

Isn't priming for when you bottle? If you're just doing the cooking what are you priming? Is this in reference to a starter?
Curious,
Matt

He's most likely (at least hopefully) just getting all his eggs ready for the whole process. Priming is in reference to the bottling stage.

 

[DUCCCC]

He's most likely (at least hopefully) just getting all his eggs ready for the whole process. Priming is in reference to the bottling stage.

OK, just making sure. I'm doing my first extract this weekend and trying to make sure I have all the terminology right.

 

[BierMuncher]

OK, just making sure. I'm doing my first extract this weekend and trying to make sure I have all the terminology right.

Good luck and don't forget to post the results...(under a new thread of course)