Dry Malt Extract (DME)

Dried Malt Extract (DME) is wort from which nearly all moisture has been removed. Process: The hot wort is sprayed through an atomizer into a heated chamber. Blowers create vigorous air currents within the chamber. As a result of this turbulence, the wort droplets remain suspended, dry out, and eventually settle to the floor of the chamber. DME, unlike liquid malt extract, is never hop flavored, because the hop compounds would not survive the drying process.