How would you brew this?

[car421]

Just purchased a Pale Ale kit from my LHBS and the recipe is not quite what I am used to seeing:

Dumping the DME into cold water and dissolve,

Add specialty malts, set burner for medium/high and afterr 20 min, bring to a boil then remove malts.

Add bittering hops and boil for 35 min.

Add finishing hops and boil for 2 min.

All other recipies that I have done with specialty malts have called for seeping at ~150 for 20 min, removing, bring to a boil and then adding extract continuing to boil and doing the hop additions.

What are your thoughts on this recipe?

 

[nukebrewer]

Personally I would do it the way you've been doing it. Getting DME to dissolve in cold water would be biatch and a half.

 

[Jackie]

I'd read that DME dissolves well in cold water, so I tried it. Man, is it ever not true. I don't recommend it.

 

[unionrdr]

Def follow your own process. The lhbs recipe is wack.