Ever Seen Clear Malt Extract???

[Schlenkerla]

Have any of you ever seen clear malt extract? Clear as water.

A friend of mine sent me this in an email.

I recently acquired a bucket of malt extract from a friend who had it for 2 years. It came from Cargill marked Happy brewing. It's 11lbs and I thought of boiling into a batch of beer. When I opened the seal on the bucket, it was clear as water. Any thoughts? I started scratching my head when I saw the color.​

Thanks for your help!

 

[the_bird]

Is it definately malted barley extract? Any chance it's either rice or corn?

 

[RICLARK]

Are you sure its not CraigTubes A.D.J.U.N.C.T ??

 

[Orfy]

Are you sure it is Malt as in Malted barley.
Is in not barley sugar or even corn sugar?

Barley sugar is not normally clear though.

 

[Donasay]

Does it look like high fructose corn syrup?

 

[bradsul]

My LHBS sells something clear called Maltose Syrup that is clear and extremely thick. I thought it was just corn syrup until I read 'maltose' on the label.

 

[Orfy]

My LHBS sells something clear called Maltose Syrup that is clear and extremely thick. I thought it was just corn syrup until I read 'maltose' on the label.

It is corn syrup.

Maltose Syrup is a kind of organic syrup made from high quality corn starch with maltose as main content by double enzyme technique.

Sort of.
It can also contain rice.

http://www.maltosesyrup.com/maltose-syrup.html


I guess you could use it with pale LME or DME to make BMC

 

[Revvy]

It is corn syrup.

So boil it up, wave a handful of hops over it (but don't actually let any hops touch the wort). Pitch some yeast and call it bud light.

 

[bradsul]

Either way I'd never buy it. I watch him dump it into the lagers for his BOP customers though, just to bump up the ABV. They only make kit&kilo stuff in house, they're primarily a wine shop. It's disturbing when he gets shipments in and they have 20-30 sacks of dextrose.

 

[sirsloop]

Are you sure its not CraigTubes A.D.J.U.N.C.T ??

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[mrfocus]

It is corn syrup.
Sort of.
It can also contain rice.

http://www.maltosesyrup.com/maltose-syrup.html


I guess you could use it with pale LME or DME to make BMC

Corn syrup is a syrup, made using corn (maize) starch as a feedstock, and composed mainly of glucose.

Maltose, or malt sugar, is a disaccharide formed from two units of glucose joined with an α(1→4) linkage.

Maltose is basically a white crystalline sugar formed during the fermentation of starch of corn rice and barley.

Basically, it is about the closest adjunct to malt you could use in beer, but it is not LME.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Gents - Thanks for the replys!

My friend will have to email me back and possibly check w/ his source.

I'm guessing this might work as a adjunct. Using something less than 20% of the fermentables in a pale ale or blonde style brew.

 

[Orfy]

Up to 30+ for BMC.
Yes 20 or < for a stronger brew. I'd aim at 10 to 15 max for any of my beers.