Brupak spray malt, lumpy stuff!!

10 months ago | Jim (Member)

Fellas,

Just brewed my slightly tarted up Coopers Real Ale that you were helping me out with the other day and had planned to use Munton's Extra Light Spray Malt, but BrewUK did not have any in so shipped a Brupak Extra Light Spray Malt instead, view was it is pretty much the same stuff.

I added the spray malt to the 2 litres of hot water and extract as instructions but it was really lumpy, stirred it for ages and could not get it all dissolved, so I left it with quite a few clumps of goo, added the hops (my first experiment with dry hopping) and have left to ferment. I did a Caxton ale recently and used Munton's Dark Spray Malt, added this at the same stage and is dissolved fine and the brew has turned out really well.

What do you reckon, could it be my first stuff up? Thinking that I should only go with Munton's in the future.

Cheers,

Jim.

“If at first, the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it” (Albert Einstein)

Drinkin' - Midas Touch Golden Ale
Drinkin' - Coopers Real Ale (dry hopped)
Conditionin' - Tarwebier
Fermenting' - Admirals Reserve
Plannin' - A Wherry (with Saracen's enhancement)

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saracen:

Posted 10 months ago by Moderator

Hi Jim. As far as I know, Muntons are the only supplier of Spraymalt in the UK, so the BruPak is likely to be theirs anyway. DME can be a nightmare. The water you add it to should be close to boiling. Note: Add DME to water, not the other way around. Don't dump it all in at once. I always found that sprinkling it in whilst going like a demented dervish with an balloon egg whisk did the trick. Hand held food mixer, maybe? If there are any lumps, fish them out and have another go, breaking them up as you go.

I passed the Muntons Maltings today and saw a lorry collecting malt. What was on the side of the lorry? Thomas Fawcett & Sons Ltd. Share and share alike, eh?

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Planning: - To get some more brews on now the weather's a bit cooler
Fermenting: - Ginger Beer experiment
Conditioning: - A normal bitter with Styrians
Drinking: - All of it!!

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Nath:

Posted 10 months ago by Moderator

It wont cause a problem if itn not all dissolved at that stage, the yeast will still munch on it so dont worry about stuffin it up today my friend!

Drinkin' - nowt, it's all gone

Plannin'-
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Jim:

Posted 10 months ago by Member

Thanks fellas, probably a bit late for pulling them out, but know what to do for next time :-)

Sounds like the brew kit industry is like all others, massive commercial consolidation where one holding group actually distributions all the same kit under many brands!

Have a top weekend, all the best

Jim.

Tony:

Posted 10 months ago by Member

Best advice I ever got for spray malt - add it to the water when it is luke warm .... it works! Bring it to the boil once already stirred in. As Saracen says... a whisk can be handy too!

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