All grain with extract???

[The Carbonator]

I have recently been reading up all grain, and have found all grain recipes on this forum that include malt extract.

If you add extract, doesnt that make the brew a partial /mini mash?

I thought that all grain meant, well, All Grain...

[gregb]

My understanding is as follows:

All Grain - All fermentables come from grain. Exception for priming sugar.
Mini Mash - A small mash which includes base malt is added to an extract based wort
Mash/Extract - as per mini mash
Extract with specialty grain - Nearly all fermentables are from extract. Grains usually steeped rather than mashed to provide flavour & color etc. The extract may be hopped or unhopped.

Cheers,
Greg

[Aussie Claret]

Spot on carbonator.
AC