Diastatic Malt Extract is malt extract that still has the power to convert extra starches into fermentables and AFAIK Australian extracts do not have this power. EDME in fact stands for "Essex Diastatic Malt Extract" company. This extract was and is widely used in the baking industry in particular, in the UK and elsewhere, to give interesting doughs and cakes and as you can imagine it has an application in home brewing.
What recipe are you using?
If you really want to pursue it, hop across to Jim's Beer Kit Forum in the UK, join up and ask them over there.
Have look at Wyeast Lab Yeast Style Guideno yeast recommendation, I wonder what others would use for a Scottish Ale.
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