cooking an extract withe grain beer

[michaellach]

hti everybody i would like to know if in the steeping part of the cooking i can add basae malts or only spceialty malts?

for instance a wheat beer made of

3 KG light malt extract
2.5 kg wheat malt
0.5 kg pilsner malt

what do you think about thin one?

 

[bonzombiekitty]

Base malts need to be mashed because you need to convert the starch to sugar. Specialty malts can be mashed as well, so if you have base malts as part of your grain bill, just mash them all together.

Mashing isn't much different from steeping. Just a lower temp (~154 degrees F), longer time period(45-60 min), and different amount of water (1.25 quarts per pound of grain). Once they've mashed, they get rinsed with 170 degree F water (called sparging).

 

[Changeduser123]

Yes to the original post, and +1 for the first answer. And just to clarify, this is what partial mash is. So if you are used to buying kits, just get a partial mash kit instead of an extract kit, and you will get exactly what you ask for. You will just need a large nylon bag. Otherwise, if you already brew extract, you should have everything you need.

For more info:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/easy-partial-mash-brewing-pics-75231/