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+ | Many beginning home brewers enter into the hobby by making beers with malt extract. Malt extract is created through a process of [[mashing]] [[grain]] to make [[wort]] and then evaporating the water. The resulting extract can be added back to water later in order to create a new [[wort]]. | ||
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+ | There are two main varieties of malt extract [[dry malt extract]] (DME) and [[liquid malt extract]] (LME). |
Revision as of 19:30, 28 September 2007
Many beginning home brewers enter into the hobby by making beers with malt extract. Malt extract is created through a process of mashing grain to make wort and then evaporating the water. The resulting extract can be added back to water later in order to create a new wort.
There are two main varieties of malt extract dry malt extract (DME) and liquid malt extract (LME).