HomeBrewWest BH LME?

um7y1h83ge06nx

Anyone get this LME from HomeBrewWest? Happy with it?

Seems a pretty good deal at €6.95 (€6.45 with some kits), considering buying some for Cooper's kits.

http://www.homebrewwest.ie/bh-light-lme-liquid-malt-extract-15-kg-2733-p.asp

sharingan

Used it, liked it.

Hell I used it for an extract beer on its own. It actually has a nice malty character that I really like, and which comes through in the end. If anyone has tried Brooklyn Lager, there is a really pronounced malt presence in that beer, which HBW BfH Extract leaves in the beer.

One issue is that the colour is quite high, more red/amber. If you are really particular about hitting a low SRM/EBC in your beer, it may not be suitable.

Thumbs up. Like having this stuff around.

poitinstill

agree mighty stuff...great price

Devi

Yea I use it all the time for extract beers. Works out €5 per 1.5kg if you buy in bulk.
http://www.homebrewwest.ie/bh-light-lme-liquid-malt-extract-240-kg-16-by-15-kg-cans-2980-p.asp

um7y1h83ge06nx

Sounds good so.

They had special deals going on where you could get a can with some of the Coopers kits for 19.75.

Can't beat that, a fiver for the LME then.

sharingan

Thats a really good deal. You are nearly on the cost ballpark of all grain, when your 3Kg of extract costs you €10 (5 gal batch).

Bookmarked.

Devi

Yea this is it, if you're not in a club grain is going to cost you about €9 a batch anyway. I think if they start to bring out the same colour range as they do for DME it will be a very popular product.

€19.75 is very cheap for coopers and can. Used to cost €22-€23 with DME.

sharingan

Devi wrote: »

Yea this is it, if you're not in a club grain is going to cost you about €9 a batch anyway. I think if they start to bring out the same colour range as they do for DME it will be a very popular product.

I buy my grain at cost from a microbrewer, so I am lucky in that regard, but it is still not enormously cheaper than this extract.

However I think the colour grade might be why it is so cheap. It is possible that this is a blend of extracts left over after other processes that result in a more specific EBC.

I dont do a lot of extract brewing any more, but this is tempting.

Devi

sharingan wrote: »

However I think the colour grade might be why it is so cheap. It is possible that this is a blend of extracts left over after other processes that result in a more specific EBC.

I was thinking it was because light is usualy the most popular but now that you metion it, that does make more sense and probably the reason we havnt got different colours.

Devi

Ive been using this LME for a while now, anybody think the head retention is a bit poor compared to DME? Ive started to prime with DME which has improved things a bit though.

drumswan

thehomebrewcompany.ie has what looks like the same LME for 5.95 a can