Can you make beer with just DME? It looks like Beer Tang. The stuff in my local supply store has no directions, and my “cookbook” has it listed only as an extra ingredient. Would you just reconstitute it, pretend it was malt syrup and proceed from there?
Although you CAN make it with just DME, it might be a bit one dimensional. None the less, it WILL be beer. Perhaps just not as complex as you might like.
You might want to check out my link to Brewing 1A. It will fill you in on the steps that the poorly run brew shop left behind.
http://knewshound.blogspot.com/2007/11/homebrewing-1a.html
Use the DME exactly as I use the LME in the article.
Give it a shot, all you have to lose is 25 bucks for a kit. I suspect however that you will produce a pretty tasty brew :)
Cheers,
knewshound