When to add lme and dme

[cjp89]

Have heard different things about the best time to add dme and lme

Want to know when and why and what different times will do to your beer

 

[jonmohno]

Well adding 1/2 at beggining and end will do for starters. One is a color of your beer thing, another seems to be an extract twang thing which seems to be a thing that needs to be avoided. I however have never seemed to encounter this exactly but not shure either what it really is.

 

[saeroner]

Are you steeping a bit of grains pre boil?

Every Home brew shop recipe i have gotten always says to add LME/DME at 60 mins (start of boil).... mostly everything I've read on the web say 1/2 beg & 1/2 end. Seems like thousands of people have done it both ways so it doesn't matter. I do knows it can "darken" your beer though doing it all at 60... and don't burn it (stir it good).

 

[boydster]

I like to use DME at the beginning of the boil, usually 3-4 lbs, and the rest (including any LME) at flameout. The LME sinks straight to the bottom of the kettle and is difficult to mix completely, so adding it at flameout prevents it from scorching.

 

[cluckk]

I haven't used either for years, but when I last did, it depended on whether I was using LME or DME. With DME I would add about half at beginning and half in the last fifteen minutes of the boil. LME I would add in the last fifteen minutes.

I preferred a late addition because of darkening, and because I had experienced a metallic taste from boiled extract. It also increases hop utilization.

While I don't do extract additions, I of course add candi sugar and other things to beers. To keep them from going to the bottom I use a long handled quart dipper. I start by immersing the dipper in the wort to warm it up. I then empty the dipper and pour in the sticky stuff. Slowly lower and raise the dipper in the wort until it dissolves and flows out of the dipper.

 

[cjp89]

This recipe has steeping grains lme and dme

 

[cjp89]

This recipe has steeping grains lme and dme

 

[E_Marquez]

Having great results lately with adding 1/3 DME at initial boil 2/3 just before my 15min additions (hops, irish moss)

Having brewed two back to back batches now the only difference was all DME at beginning, and my 1/3 - 2/3 way.. The only change we noticed was color being darker for the all in way.

 

[maynardtl8]

In my opinion it depends on what your calc OG is supposed to be. You steep your grains for your half hour then take them out, get your water boiling and then add your extract with your pot OFF THE HEAT. If you have a calc OG over lets say 1.060 I would do half at the beginning and the rest late in the boil. Doing so will keep your boil gravity lower meaning you get better bittering and flavoring hops utilization because high gravity hinders good alpha acid extraction and conversion. So if your doing an IPA or something you expect to have higher IBUs i would do the half and half method. Or if color if important to you, half/half is good too so it doesnt darken. Otherwise it doesnt matter. Hope this helps!