Malt Extracts
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parkerwitton
Malt Extracts
Malt Extracts differ greatly in price especially when buying in bulk...John Bull and Larsen are much cheaper then Muntons/Brupaks. Is there any difference in quality?
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steve_flack
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You get what you pay for. The Brupaks is Muntons Cedarex No.1, which is supplied to a lot of brewpubs. It is a cracking extract, and I've seriously considered switching back to extract brewing to use it, but I love the ability to blend my malts to get the profile I want.
The critical thing I've found with extract is to get it as fresh as possible. If you are going to be brewing a lot then it makes sense to buy in bulk, otherwise you are better off getting it as you need it. It doesn't go 'off' per se but does darken with age, and develops odd flavours.
The critical thing I've found with extract is to get it as fresh as possible. If you are going to be brewing a lot then it makes sense to buy in bulk, otherwise you are better off getting it as you need it. It doesn't go 'off' per se but does darken with age, and develops odd flavours.
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parkerwitton
Brupaks Malt
My sentiments exactly....I have only ever used Brupaks malt extract, but having seen the price of other ME's just wondered why the price difference. Of course when I buy the Brupaks I buy a 15k jerrican cost £45, as against £7.50 for a 1.5k tin...which works out £35 cheaper. I also try to do a brew every 10 days so the extract is used in just over a month.
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parkerwitton
Echo's my sentiments re Clive of India Ale way back in 1997
Thought this might be of some interest to the extract followers, I was reading last night the Home Wine & Beer Maker magazine Winter 1997, the one you could pick up for nowt in your local homebrew shop. It was for a Clive of India Pale Ale.
Ingredients
4.5 kg of Brupaks Premium Grade Malt Extract
80 gms Challenger Hops
50 gms of Goldings Hops
Brewing Yeast
Method
Dissolve the ME in a brewing bucket in hot water, add to boiler and bring volume to 5 gallons (23 litres).
Bring to the boil and add 80 gms of Challenger Hops and boil for 1 hour.
15 minutes before the finish of the boil add 25 gms of Goldings and remaining 25 gms just before switching off the boil.
Cool wort and pitch yeast.
Rack after 5 days into a closed fermenter. After a further two weeks, fine and bottle or barrel in the usual way.
Characteristics
OG 1060
FG 1011
Bitterness 54 EBU
This Brew won Alan Gough of the Elderberry, Whitley Bay First Prize in the IPA class at the 1997 Annual National Wine & Beer Making Show at Scarbrough.
Go on extract brewers have a go at it!!!
Thought this might be of some interest to the extract followers, I was reading last night the Home Wine & Beer Maker magazine Winter 1997, the one you could pick up for nowt in your local homebrew shop. It was for a Clive of India Pale Ale.
Ingredients
4.5 kg of Brupaks Premium Grade Malt Extract
80 gms Challenger Hops
50 gms of Goldings Hops
Brewing Yeast
Method
Dissolve the ME in a brewing bucket in hot water, add to boiler and bring volume to 5 gallons (23 litres).
Bring to the boil and add 80 gms of Challenger Hops and boil for 1 hour.
15 minutes before the finish of the boil add 25 gms of Goldings and remaining 25 gms just before switching off the boil.
Cool wort and pitch yeast.
Rack after 5 days into a closed fermenter. After a further two weeks, fine and bottle or barrel in the usual way.
Characteristics
OG 1060
FG 1011
Bitterness 54 EBU
This Brew won Alan Gough of the Elderberry, Whitley Bay First Prize in the IPA class at the 1997 Annual National Wine & Beer Making Show at Scarbrough.
Go on extract brewers have a go at it!!!