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Maltodextrin

Post by BBrianBoogie » Wed Mar 02, 2011 6:50 pm

Anyone know if it's available in town somewhere?

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Post by mr x » Sat Mar 05, 2011 6:53 pm

That's something I haven't seen. What are you using it for...?
At Alexander Keith's we follow the recipes first developed by the great brewmaster to the absolute letter. :wtf:

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Post by BBrianBoogie » Sat Mar 05, 2011 7:40 pm

Some homebrew sites stock it but I still haven't found it locally. I'm using it to give some extra food for brett/lacto/pedio. It's essentially unfermentable by saccharomyces, so I'm hoping to get a little more sourness/funk from it.

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Re: Maltodextrin

Post by mr x » Sat Mar 05, 2011 7:53 pm

Ah yes, I recall reading that some guys were doing that. I should try to rack off a sample of one of my lambics for next Friday, let you taste a version with no MD.
At Alexander Keith's we follow the recipes first developed by the great brewmaster to the absolute letter. :wtf:

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Re: Maltodextrin

Post by moxie » Sat Mar 05, 2011 8:12 pm

Brew shop in hydrostone has it.

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Post by BBrianBoogie » Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:06 am

mr x wrote:Ah yes, I recall reading that some guys were doing that. I should try to rack off a sample of one of my lambics for next Friday, let you taste a version with no MD.
That would be great, I'd love a sample. I don't have a lot of experience with brewing funky stuff myself, but I know a common complaint amongst homebrewers is not being able to get enough character/complexity/sourness in their attempts.

Thanks for the heads up on the brew shop moxie. I honestly didn't expect them to have it, as my experience with them has been that they mostly cater to the easy bake oven side of things ;)

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Re: Maltodextrin

Post by NASH » Sun Mar 06, 2011 6:13 pm

BBrianBoogie wrote:
mr x wrote:Ah yes, I recall reading that some guys were doing that. I should try to rack off a sample of one of my lambics for next Friday, let you taste a version with no MD.
That would be great, I'd love a sample. I don't have a lot of experience with brewing funky stuff myself, but I know a common complaint amongst homebrewers is not being able to get enough character/complexity/sourness in their attempts.

Thanks for the heads up on the brew shop moxie. I honestly didn't expect them to have it, as my experience with them has been that they mostly cater to the easy bake oven side of things ;)
In my experience about the only places that ever carry it are the brewshops where they have no clue wtf they are doing or selling! :lol:

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Re: Maltodextrin

Post by BBrianBoogie » Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:59 pm

They do in fact have it. Picked some up yesterday, thanks for the lead Moxie!

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