All grain

[umpa]

can some one help me with this :-

I have been making beer with DME, and would like to have a bash at all grain, I have been looking at prices and can get 25Kg of crushed malted grains for about 35 quid, thats about £1.40 a kg, my DME costs me £6 Kg. So it seems worth while, but I would like to know if the conversion is sound - does 1kg of crushed grains give out the same stuff as 1kg of DME ?

thanx

Ump..

[flytact]

I tried to figure it out in Beersmith but a quick search turned easier:

Pounds of Pounds of Extract
Grain Liquid Dry
1.0 0.75 0.6
1.5 1.13 0.9
2.0 1.50 1.2
2.5 1.88 1.5
3.0 2.25 1.8
3.5 2.63 2.1
4.0 3.00 2.4
4.5 3.38 2.7
5.0 3.75 3.0
5.5 4.13 3.3
6.0 4.50 3.6
6.5 4.88 3.9
7.0 5.25 4.2
7.5 5.63 4.5
8.0 6.00 4.8
8.5 6.38 5.1
9.0 6.75 5.4
9.5 7.13 5.7
10.0 7.50 6.0

[umpa]

Thanks for the info,

Just so I understand it correctly

6lbs of grain equates to 3.6lbs of dme ?

Thanks again

Ump..

[BarnsleyBrewer]

Hi,
Get your grains from http://www.barleybottom.com/index.html , the prices are very good.

John

[flytact]

Thanks for the info,
Just so I understand it correctly
6lbs of grain equates to 3.6lbs of dme ?
Thanks again
Ump..

Sorry for the formatting, but yes, that's what you'd use.
As for cost over here a pound of grain is $1.5 and a pound of DME is $5. No brainer.

[ade1865]

more to the point your beer will be far better too i would imagine. My only Ag so far is far surpassing anyhting i brewed in kit form, dry or wet. After about 4 weeks conditioning its developing a character all of its own and i love it like a son

[tomU]

Pounds of Pounds of Extract
Grain Liquid Dry
1.0 0.75 0.6
1.5 1.13 0.9
2.0 1.50 1.2
2.5 1.88 1.5
3.0 2.25 1.8
3.5 2.63 2.1
4.0 3.00 2.4
4.5 3.38 2.7
5.0 3.75 3.0
5.5 4.13 3.3
6.0 4.50 3.6
6.5 4.88 3.9
7.0 5.25 4.2
7.5 5.63 4.5
8.0 6.00 4.8
8.5 6.38 5.1
9.0 6.75 5.4
9.5 7.13 5.7
10.0 7.50 6.0

This assumes 100% efficiency though, ie the theoretical maximum. Most homebrewers get between 60% and 80%, so this needs to be factored in. Still way cheaper though, and makes real beer without the 'extract twang', and its much more versatile...