"late Edition for DME"

[mgortel]

I saw this in a recipe for Wild Dogs of Summer Ale.......

"Late addition for 70% of DME"

So I assume this means only to put 30% DME in begginning,........


The other 70% goes in "late".....but how late typically? Maybe the last 20 minutes??

What is the purpose of the late addition?

 

[TotemWolf]

10 to 20 mins is perfect.

The idea is to lower the boil gravity for most of the boil and thus help increase you hops utilization.

 

[gallagherman]

It can also keep the beer's color as light as possible. Extract will darken a bit the longer it is in the boil.

 

[mgortel]

Ahhh...sweet.....thanks guys!

Getting ready to start brewing.....gotta love brew day!

 

[TotemWolf]

Yup!!!!

I'm brewing too, here in few.

 

[modernlifeisANDY]

I WANT to brew - but I brewed Monday and don't have an extra fermenter. Boo!

 

[mgortel]

Do you have a bearby Home Brew Store?? GO buy a fermenter...their only like $15 !!!!

Then you can brew with us today!

 

[modernlifeisANDY]

Yeah there's one down the street, but the SWMBO would kill me. Once the APA gets kegged I'll have some more leeway to brew another batch

 

[TotemWolf]

SWMBO will kill me if I didn't brew every weekend.

 

[modernlifeisANDY]

This is why I am excited for summer vacation. My students are taking finals and will be done on Wednesday. Thursday = my last day, Friday = new tattoo, Saturday = brew day! Helluva start to summer vacation!

 

[mgortel]

Awesome....the hole summer off! I need to become a teacher or professor!