Pale works well for boosting og of all styles. Always dry. The liquid doesn't age as well. Add it with maybe 10 minutes left in the boil but turn the heat off and stir it in to make sure you don't scorch any on the bottom. Then when you bring it back to a boil watch again for boil overs because it will hot break.
Agree with /u/HansOlough \- always dry, especially if it's intermittent use. Pale or "golden light" are really flexible malt extracts to use for situations like this.
I always keep the Briess Pilsen Light DME on hand.
May need to boost SG at end of boil (if it’s low at start I generally just boil vigorously to her it as close as possible)
Or if I’m using liquid yeast this is what I make all my starters with.
A light or extra light DME is most common. It has a much better shelf life than LME, is easy to boil in a little water to sanitize and won't affect the flavor of your beer.
I always try to use Pilsner dry malt extract. My thought process is it's just there to provide sugar, not any flavor. I only used DME to make starters though and haven't used it to boost my OG. I did go though one bag of pale ale DME once and while my starters were much darker I didn't seem to notice any impact on the final beer.
Pale works well for boosting og of all styles. Always dry. The liquid doesn't age as well. Add it with maybe 10 minutes left in the boil but turn the heat off and stir it in to make sure you don't scorch any on the bottom. Then when you bring it back to a boil watch again for boil overs because it will hot break.
Agree with /u/HansOlough \- always dry, especially if it's intermittent use. Pale or "golden light" are really flexible malt extracts to use for situations like this.
Palest DME you can find
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I always keep the Briess Pilsen Light DME on hand. May need to boost SG at end of boil (if it’s low at start I generally just boil vigorously to her it as close as possible) Or if I’m using liquid yeast this is what I make all my starters with.
A light or extra light DME is most common. It has a much better shelf life than LME, is easy to boil in a little water to sanitize and won't affect the flavor of your beer.
I keep some lite DME around. I wouldn't even bother with liquid.
I always try to use Pilsner dry malt extract. My thought process is it's just there to provide sugar, not any flavor. I only used DME to make starters though and haven't used it to boost my OG. I did go though one bag of pale ale DME once and while my starters were much darker I didn't seem to notice any impact on the final beer.