I would make them send it, but I think this stuff is 96% unfermentable, so you can probably add the stuff in before you bottle. It just adds body/mouthfeel and doesn't NEED to be there for fermentation. you can go ahead and brew while waiting for it.Clay said:I ordered a Boddington's Clone. The recipe calls for 1/2lb of Malto Dextrin but they forgot to add it in the kit. Should I brew anyway today or should I make them send it and wait to brew?
Thanks
Ah, I see. Mental note, Malto-Dextrin != Dextrin Malt.Walker said:carapils is a grain, malto-dextrin is a sugar.
-walker
Ahh.. i see the confusion. You are thinking of "Dextrin Malt" (aka carapils). Clay is talking about "Malto Dextrin" which is just a non-fermentable sugar. I agree, the names are similar enough to be confusing.LupusUmbrus said:Did they give you anything else? It may be labeled CaraPils.
exactly. clear as mud, isn't it?LupusUmbrus said:Ah, I see. Mental note, Malto-Dextrin != Dextrin Malt.
LupusUmbrus said:Did they give you anything else? It may be labeled CaraPils.
It will taste less-malty (less sweet) and more bitter. ie; it isn't going to taste like the Real Thing.Clay said:No they didn't. I called and the guy and he said it must have been packaged wrong. He said if I was brewing today to go ahead and brew without it and if I ordered from them again just make note of the previous mistake and they would add some kind of discount. I just wanted to check with you all to make sure it would be ok to make it without the malto dextrin. I am making a clone, and if that is part of the clone how the hell is the beer gonna taste now!
Walker said:It will taste less-malty (less sweet) and more bitter. ie; it isn't going to taste like the Real Thing.
Seriously, I would make them send it to you and go ahead with your brewing now. When it comes time to bottle, add the malto-dextrin to the beer along with your priming sugar. Since the malto-dextrin is not fermentable, the beer should taste the same whether you add it at boil time or at bottling time.
-walker
No problem. I'll send you a bill.Clay said:Thanks Walker.
I just called them. They will send it out, and I will add it when I bottle.
Thanks Again.
Clay
Walker said:No problem. I'll send you a bill.
-walker