Extract

[SlowDrains]

If you do a full boil on an extract batch do you still do late addition or add all extract at begining

 

[Shred]

I do most of my extract in the last 10-15 minutes. It won't caramelize, keeps your color down and you get better hop utilization in a low gravity wort.

 

[Shred]

Generally I do about a third of the total extract in the beginning.

 

[unionrdr]

Yeah,I use about 1/3 of the extract in the partial boil myself,but in a full boil it'd be great as well. My partial boils have moved up to 3.5G in my 5G BK/MT & is managable when you don't walk away. Hop utilization is better,colors are lighter,& no extract twang. Especially since I use plain DME in the boil,saving LME for late addition. Or most of the LME for the late addition,if that's all you're using.

 

[SlowDrains]

Cool I just wasn't sure if I should add more up front with the full boil amount of water

 

[Shred]

No real advantage to doing it all in the beginning. The only small perk I can think of is if you add your extract all at a lower temp (like 155 after steeping grains) you don't get the big foam up.