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Dry Malt Extract: Pale Malt Mashed, Wort Boiled Down and Dried
Malt extract is wort boiled down. Crack pale malt, hold it in warm water so its enzymes turn the starch into sugars, drain off the sweet wort, then evaporate it: first to a thick syrup, then on to a dry extract with about 2 % water. Brewers use it instead of mashing.
The picture: our diagram, malt to wort to dry extract.
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Instructions
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Crack the malt
Crack the malt
Weigh the pale malt and crack it in the grain mill, coarse enough to keep the husks whole.
Materials for this step:
Pale Malt4 kgTools needed:
Digital Kitchen Scale
Grain Mill2
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Mash
Mash
Stir the cracked malt into water and hold it at about 65 °C for an hour, then raise it to about 78 °C to stop the enzymes.
Materials for this step:
Water15 litersTools needed:
Large Cooking Pot
Hot Plate
Instant-Read Thermometer
Wooden Stirring Paddle3
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Drain the wort
Drain the wort
Strain the mash through muslin and press out the sweet liquid, the wort.
Tools needed:
Muslin Straining ClothLarge Cooking Pot4
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Boil down
Boil down
Boil the wort down, stirring, to a thick syrup, then keep it over gentle heat, stirring all the time so it does not scorch, until it sets brittle when cooled.
Tools needed:
Large Cooking PotHot PlateWooden Stirring Paddle5
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Grind and store
Grind and store
Break and grind the cold, brittle extract to a powder and keep it in an airtight container.
Tools needed:
Mortar and Pestle
Airtight Storage Containers6
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Water to boil off
Water to boil off
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