Liquid vs dried malt extract

[Fal]

What are your preferences between the liquid and/or dried malt extracts in the market?

I have to admit that I've always gone for whatever was cheapest but now I'm wondering if I'm right.

[molc]

Lord Eoin did a great post on this recently. Can't remember where it was, but basically it came down to craft range or dme for me.
If I need fine tuning or smaller amounts I use dme, with craft range one for the rest.

[Chris]

I like to mix the two, I find that dried gives a maltier profile.

[irish_goat]

I spent a year doing extract and always found DME to be far handier i.e. less sticky and easier to measure out if I only needed a smaller amount (e.g. when using wheat DME). I never had problems making decent beer with it either.

[Fal]

I think I might try the craft range. I've been getting an aftertaste in my recent brews. Not a bad taste per say but definatly not a malty flavor.

[LordEoin]

check here: http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php/topic,7537.msg94547.html#msg94547

[Fal]

Great article, I can't believe I missed it!

How do you store 25kg of DME without it going off? Would a sealed container work, I'm thinking about an old plastic FV

[molc]

Surely that's 25kg in smaller 500g bags. It would be a bitch to keep that separated.

[LordEoin]

the biggest bag of DME I've received was 3kg and even that would have been a balls if it wasn't all going in the same brew.

[molc]

I use the 500g bags, push the air out and sellotape the end shut to stop the air getting back in. Don't have any issues opening a bag and partially using it with that.