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I am on my 3rd brew. The first 2 were a sierra nevada clone and a slight variation. Both turned out well, and want to try the Geary's Pale Ale recipe from "Clone Brews". It calls for DME for bottling instead of priming sugar. Am I being told to make a small wort, cool it down, and then add it to give the beer the needed sugar? Or is it simply adding dry extract instead of sugar?
thanks for the help

Essentially, yes. All you’re really doing is replacing the corn sugar with DME. Same process (though amounts of DME vs Corn Sugar vary…sorry, I haven’t bottled in a while). Add them to a pint or so of water, boil for 5-15 minutes, cool slightly, and add to the bucket. Check out http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter11-4.html for a quick reference.

My first brew was a kit that the "Clone Brew" authors put together and used DME for priming. That recipe (a McEwan's clone) called for 1.25 cups of Wheat DME boiled in 2 cups of H2O for 10 minutes and then I just added it to the bottling bucket. Worked out just fine. The kit actually came with more DME than I needed, but since it was my first brew and I was wary of bottle bombs I took the time to measure out the cup and a quarter and just used the leftovers for part of my starter on batch #2.

It may also me a good idea to weigh your priming sugar (as opposed to measuring it). Powders like these can become compacted, and you may end up with bottle bombs. Again, I apologize, as I can't put my hands on the exact weight you need of DEM/Corn sugar, esc, but I'm sure someone on here can.

You can just use an On line Calculator to figure amounts.

+1 on the weighing vs. measuring priming sugars, as even the online calculators will usually give you answers in ounces.