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Expert: - 7/21/2009


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Hi chris...from davis i see.used to live nearby but now in alaska for 30 yrs.question....i've brewed with malt extract syrups but never dry malt extract...what is the procedure...or is it the same with extra water?we get very little out here on the bering sea and it sure is nice to enjoy a nice brew
thx, roy

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...and speaking of near Davis, about 10 years ago I attended 4 days of homebrew fantasy camp in Woodland.

Liquid/dry extract brewing are essentially identical except for quantity. If your recipe calls for 10# LME then you'd use 8# DME.

Some LME is pre-hopped, but no DME that I know of is.

Yeah, you will be adding a little extra water, but you do that when you top up to your final volume, same as with LME.

Brew Strong Roy!

Chris Bushman
Colfax, California

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I've been homebrewing beer and mead for about 15 years. I've made beer trips to the Netherlands, the UK, France, Germany, and Belgium.

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I've brewed a couple of hundred all-grain beers and a few dozen meads. I'm a member of the Maltose Falcon's Homebrew Society, the oldest homebrew club in the US. I've attended the Homebrewers Fantasy Camp at American Brewers Guild. In real life I am Optical Effects Supervisor and Laboratory Supervisor for a large movie visual effects house in Hollywood. I've been a fireman, a teacher of English in Okinawa, a personal computer tutor. Other hobbies include orchid culture, koi keeping, photography, sausage making, pickling, and ham radio.

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