Maris Otter Substitute For Extract

[stylus1274]

I honestly think that technique is a greater influence on the beer than the ingredients (LME, DME, or grain). I have made crappy extract and crappy grain beers. Then I got better (better control of fermentation, better yeast pitches, better yeast choices, etc.) and I have made better grain and extract beers.

The Brulosophy guys making an extract beer might just be better than most other people's beers because of their level of experience. The color difference is notable, obviously.

This is a good point and for the most part I agree with it. However, I think recipes follow the same suit. There is no denying a recipe when it is good and vice versa.

 

[madscientist451]

To some extent, I agree with ericbw, my extract experiments were failures mostly because I wasn't all that familiar with using extract and really didn't use it properly.
In the Brulosophy experiment, they made a decent LME beer because they used the More Beer Marris Otter Base malt. No added crystal or anything else, except hops. Yes, he had a solid yeast handling routine, that surely helped with the attenuation, But I'm thinking its the 100% MO malt that made the difference.