Is there any downside to steeping grains in water that also has some DME mixed in? I mix the DME in cold water because it dissolves more readily; so it would be easiest to dissolve all my volume of DME into all my volume of water, and then, once my electric kettle gets the temp up to 160, i would remove a gallon or so to steep my small amount of Carapils grains, while the rest of the wort continues the heat ramp to 212.
I could not see a downside to doing this but I wasn't sure if the extra DME in the water would somehow affect the effectiveness of the steep. If I were doing an all-grain batch all my base grain malts and specialty malts would be mashed at the same time.
I could not see a downside to doing this but I wasn't sure if the extra DME in the water would somehow affect the effectiveness of the steep. If I were doing an all-grain batch all my base grain malts and specialty malts would be mashed at the same time.