How much lme for dme

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Help Support Homebrew Talk:. For example, a receipe calls for 8 pounds of DME. I want to use LME because its cheaper, do i just order 8 pounds or is there a conversion? Chello Well-Known Member. Yooper Ale's What Cures You! Staff member. Ya beat me to Yooper YooperBrew said:. Haha- I actually copied and pasted from one of your posts!

TexLaw Here's Lookin' Atcha! Lifetime Supporter. Man, do we really want to know? GloHoppa Well-Known Member. Joined Dec 26, Messages Reaction score 2. NitrouStang96 Well-Known Member. In Part 2, we talked about boiling and chilling the wort with The Grainfather and its included counterflow chiller.

In this final segment, we'll discuss cleanup and overall thoughts about the device and its usage. Cleanup Once you've pumped the wort from The Grainfather into your fermenter and pitched your yeast, you're well on your way to a delicious batch of homebrew. Unfortunately, you've still got some cleanup work to do. The cleanup process in my experience will take minutes. It involves the following tasks: Removing and discarding the grain from The Grainfather's grain basket Cleaning the grain basket, kettle, recirculation tube, and wort chiller Cleaning all the other implements used in brewing scale, scoops, mash paddle, etc.

At the end of the brewing process, there will be hops bags if you used them , grain and other residu. Yellow Label Angel Yeast vs.

Typical Brewing Yeast. February 19, I currently have my second batch of rice wine fermenting with the "magical" yellow-label Angel Yeast from China, and wanted to share some of the more unusual aspects of using it.

If you've never seen or used this yeast, I suspect you're not alone. It ships in a gram package that looks like this: What makes it "yellow label" is that yellow box you see in the upper left corner of the package. What is left is a goopy, molasses-like syrup. To some who have taken the time to test different extracts, LME simply creates a more pleasant flavor in beer, as noted in Designing Great Beers.

In recipes calling for large amounts of malt extract, LME may be the best option for a bulk of the fermentables. And while it can seem like a pain to get all the LME into the boil, it can easily be done by swishing around some hot water in the container to get all that sugary-goodness. LME can also be purchased already hopped, so if you are brand new to beermaking, it cuts out one additional step for a quicker and easier brewing experience.

While LME is said to have a shelf life of up to two years under ideal conditions cool, dark and dry , it does have the tendency to experience degradation over time.

This darkening can be the cause of off flavors reminiscent to licorice, molasses, ballpoint pen and soap. DME is created the same way as LME except it goes through an additional dehydration step which reduces the water content down to about 2 percent. Because of the lower water content, DME tends to have a better shelf life without the darkening issues of light malt extract.

Being in powder form also allows for much easier weighing compared to LME when not using an entire package. What this means is as soon as the DME is exposed to air it begins taking in moisture which in turn causes the powder to clump and become a hassle to work with.

You may have experienced this when trying to dump DME directly from the package into a boil. This can even happen by simply being in a humid environment.