Have an ALL extract but wanna add some grains

[Gordzilla]

So i picked up a belgium tripel kit today when i got home and opened the kit i realized it was an ALL DME kit, no grains. Ive always done kits that required steeping grains (ill get to the point soon enough where i comfortable doing all grain brews) are there any good grains out there that i could crush and steep into my brew to add some nice flavoring to it? Do you guys recomend adding a portion of the DME at the beginning of the boil and adding the rest 10-15min left, i thought i heard somewhere that doing this with your LME/DME creates some nice results

 

[Yooper]

What's the recipe as you have it?

 

[weirdboy]

Well if it's all DME I imagine it's pretty straightforward.

e.g.
9 lbs DME
2-3 oz noble hops 60 min
WLP500 or T-58

 

[Gordzilla]

this is the kit that i got (http://www.rebelbrewer.com/shoppingcart/products/Three-Sheets-Belgian-Tripel.html) ....products arent labeled very good 1 DME bag says 3-sheets other bag says dextose2 wheat-1 so its hard to say exactly what the DME's are. I got it for free(probably for a good reason) thought i would try it out. I didnt order it from this site but its definatly where it came from originally or at least their supplier.

--go ahead and flame me for this kit i know its coming, the local brew store gave it to me me selling me a 2cases of broken bottles which they also replace, got home and all the necks of the bottles were cracked or completly broken off

 

[Gordzilla]

the instructions are really straigtforward basically what you stated, ive just never done a all DME and thought that adding some grains to it before hand my add some nice flavor or aspects to this brew

 

[weirdboy]

Most of the flavor in a tripel comes from the yeast and fermentation. What kind of yeast did you get with it?

 

[Gordzilla]

It came with white labs trappist ale yeast WLP500 (best if used before date of june 1st)

 

[McMalty]

Add some Special B

 

[Gordzilla]

would my LHBS have special B? you think like a 3/4lb would be good enough?

 

[McMalty]

well.....idk about your LHBS, but mine has special B. yeah, i'd say .75-1lb is good. I use a pound in my belgian amber. special b is a belgian malt, it'll give your brew a nice darker color and some unique flavor. if u can't find it at ur lhbs, u could always get it online. If you need a place, go to MDHB.com, find what you want, call them up and ask them to mill it and send it to you, they're pretty accommodating (they're my LHBS)