Brewed a classic apa this morning.
Old school apa
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2 Row/Crystal40?
Pale ale dme, crystal 20, and victory malt.
My homebrew club president is going to brew an "identical" recipe with pale ale malt and we're going to do a triangle test at next month's meeting.
I'd like to hear the result of that test.
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Me too. I had issues with extract, but I hear people winning awards with them, so an interesting discussion and an interesting triangle test.
I plan to write it up and submit it to Zymurgy.
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Some thoughts:
Pale Ale DME (from Briess) tends result in beers that are "darker than expected" for many people. Product information sheets for Briess DME/LME includes a table that lists °L for various OG levels. When I added that data into my custom recipe spreadsheet, my color estimates were more accurate.
Fermentability of the worts will be different. DME is typically 75% fermentable. A wort made with base malts can be 80% (or more) fermentable depending on the mash conditions.
Steeping vs mashing of the specialty grains will have some impact on OG (maybe 2 or 3 SG difference).
Differences in mineral content between the DME and the base malt (plus flavor salt additions) will influence the flavor of the beer.
It's likely that the DME-based beer will be a little darker, have a little lower OG, a little higher FG, and a lower ABV. Minerals in the DME may be a major contributor to any flavor differences.
In the end, I suspect that two good beers with slightly differences flavor and color will be brewed (and some people will be able to detect the differences in triangle tests).
