A lot of brewers (and most beginning brewers) use malt extracts. A malt extract is made by mashing malts and grains and then concentrating the wort by removing water. In the case of liquid malt extract, almost all of the water is removed and what remains is a thick syrup. As the name implies, dry malt extract has all of the water removed. There are many different brands of malt extracts on the market, and some are of better quality than others. At HopTech we have narrowed the field down to those extracts which are of superior quality. We don't carry any "canned" extracts. All of our liquid extracts are stored under nitrogen and poured fresh from 55 gallon drums per your order. The liquid extracts are packed in a small plastic bucket that holds up to 12 pounds. It is extremely easy to get the extract out of the buckets (since it can be easily dipped in the hot brewing water). The buckets can be easily resealed if you only want to use part of the contents and when empty is useful for many other purposes. Because we pour the extract to your order, you can order as little or as much as you like without the restrictions of pre-packaged extracts. Some brewers prefer to use dry malt extracts (commonly called DME). They are more easily measured than liquid, but tend to have a higher dextrin content and darker color than the liquids due to the extra drying involved. They can also be sensitive to moisture pickup, which causes them to cake easily. HopTech's light and dark dry malt extracts are dried by a special process that creates a granular texture (similar to table sugar) as compared to the powdery texture of most other extracts. This reduces the tendency to pick up water and to cake, and if kept sealed will last much, much longer than others.

Malt Extracts - Subcategories

Liquid Malt Extracts Dry Malt Extracts Corn Sugar (Dextrose)