Adam's Apples
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Since suffering what I think was the extract twang in a recent brew, I made the positive, but expensive, decision to use DME only in future brews.
My question is, does everybody here boil the DME for a full 60 mins, or is there a risk of a twang or burning if I do this with DME too? All the info I have found suggest the 60 min boil is really just to make sure the biterness is extracted from the hops. I'm not sure if I should just continue adding the extract in the last 15 mins of the boil as I had started doing with the LME.
My main priority isn't colour, but would be to avoid any twang or burnt flavour and my previous experience has always been with LME.
Wouldn't the late addition method also mean that you get better hop utilisation?
Right now, I can't see any negatives with the late addition method, but as I am very much a bginner at the moment I'm sure there are many other factors to consider.
Any pointers would be appreciated.
Cheers
My question is, does everybody here boil the DME for a full 60 mins, or is there a risk of a twang or burning if I do this with DME too? All the info I have found suggest the 60 min boil is really just to make sure the biterness is extracted from the hops. I'm not sure if I should just continue adding the extract in the last 15 mins of the boil as I had started doing with the LME.
My main priority isn't colour, but would be to avoid any twang or burnt flavour and my previous experience has always been with LME.
Wouldn't the late addition method also mean that you get better hop utilisation?
Right now, I can't see any negatives with the late addition method, but as I am very much a bginner at the moment I'm sure there are many other factors to consider.
Any pointers would be appreciated.
Cheers