Hi y'all
Can't find this anywhere. Does anybody know how many gravity points spray malt extract is?
light?
med?
dark?
thanks
Matt
Gravity Points
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PieOPah
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Frothy
well yes - Ive got the spray malt in 1.5kg packets so undoubtedly I'm just going to whack the lot in but I've just been a little worried about getting a recipe outlined before actually getting stuck in.
found it in Palmers "How to brew"
for 1lb of liquid extract dissolved in 1 gal water
LME ~ 1.034 - 1.038
DME ~ 1.040 - 1.043
EDIT
in gravity points per pound per gallon (as in the last 2 numbers of the SG i.e 1.010)
liquid malt ~ 36ppg
dry malt ~ 42ppg
actually thats what I've written above but I was presuming that DME stands for Dark malt extract when it obviously stands for Dry. What a foowell....
EDIT
apparently in the states some of their extracts are labelled in gravity points.
touch wood should be on my first extract IPA soon
Matt
found it in Palmers "How to brew"
for 1lb of liquid extract dissolved in 1 gal water
LME ~ 1.034 - 1.038
DME ~ 1.040 - 1.043
EDIT
in gravity points per pound per gallon (as in the last 2 numbers of the SG i.e 1.010)
liquid malt ~ 36ppg
dry malt ~ 42ppg
actually thats what I've written above but I was presuming that DME stands for Dark malt extract when it obviously stands for Dry. What a foowell....
EDIT
apparently in the states some of their extracts are labelled in gravity points.
touch wood should be on my first extract IPA soon
Matt
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PieOPah
Okay, you have a number of ways of getting the results you are after.
1). Visit one of a number of sites that have recipe calculators (eg http://www.tastybrew.com/calculators/recipe.html) and you can create a recipe and it will tell you the OG, FG, ABU and ABV amongst other stuff.
Alternatively you can download some software that will do the same thing for you eg Pro Mash (a little too complicated for me but can be used okay without licence - saving just becomes a problem) or Beersmith (much easier to use but expires after 15 days)
There is also another site that will generate a recipe for you. You give it a style and ingredients and it will give you quantaties to match the style. http://www.beertools.com/html/generator.php
You need to register (free) and on this free account you can only save 1 recipe BUT you can have it email you the recipe for your own storage. Looks quite a good tool from what I have used (only played with, not tested any of the recipes yet - will be doing very soon)
1). Visit one of a number of sites that have recipe calculators (eg http://www.tastybrew.com/calculators/recipe.html) and you can create a recipe and it will tell you the OG, FG, ABU and ABV amongst other stuff.
Alternatively you can download some software that will do the same thing for you eg Pro Mash (a little too complicated for me but can be used okay without licence - saving just becomes a problem) or Beersmith (much easier to use but expires after 15 days)
There is also another site that will generate a recipe for you. You give it a style and ingredients and it will give you quantaties to match the style. http://www.beertools.com/html/generator.php
You need to register (free) and on this free account you can only save 1 recipe BUT you can have it email you the recipe for your own storage. Looks quite a good tool from what I have used (only played with, not tested any of the recipes yet - will be doing very soon)
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PieOPah
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PieOPah
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Frothy
Ah Palmers a legend - he's still missed out some of the stuff I've learnt from the net but yeah he takes it a bit too seriously and I can't stand to read most of it. If you think he's bad stay away from "Principles of Brewing Science" I bought it thinking it would reveal some nice mash info etc but the whole book is entirely useless chemistry and nothing to do with actually brewing anything.
Really annoys me that the american stuff uses
a) Farenheit
B) Gallons & lb's
c) Stupid American Gallons!!!!!
its like I spend my life converting back and forth especially with the hop IBU calcs
Matt
Really annoys me that the american stuff uses
a) Farenheit
B) Gallons & lb's
c) Stupid American Gallons!!!!!
its like I spend my life converting back and forth especially with the hop IBU calcs
Matt
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PieOPah
QUOTE (Frothy @ Aug 9 2006, 11:26 AM)
Really annoys me that the american stuff uses
a) Farenheit
B) Gallons & lb's
c) Stupid American Gallons!!!!!
What annoys me more than anything else is the fact that a US gallon is different to a UK Gallon. The same with Pints and Litres.
Damn it even their numbers are different to ours.
US 1Billion = 1,000,000,000
UK 1Billion = 1,000,000,000,000
Considering the US like everything BIG, why is it their quantities are always SMALLER?
Really annoys me that the american stuff uses
a) Farenheit
B) Gallons & lb's
c) Stupid American Gallons!!!!!
What annoys me more than anything else is the fact that a US gallon is different to a UK Gallon. The same with Pints and Litres.
Damn it even their numbers are different to ours.
US 1Billion = 1,000,000,000
UK 1Billion = 1,000,000,000,000
Considering the US like everything BIG, why is it their quantities are always SMALLER?
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monk
I don't know if you guys have read Papazian's books, but he seems to be the antidote for Palmer. It seems you can divide the homebrew world between people who like Palmer (exactitude, science, chem experiments that you drink) vs. those who like Papazian (approximation, a little fruity new age, wonder at the fact that yummy beer can be made in your house).
I look stuff up on Palmer's online book "HOw to Brew" sometimes. But I own and reread Papazian constantly. He's just more fun.
I look stuff up on Palmer's online book "HOw to Brew" sometimes. But I own and reread Papazian constantly. He's just more fun.
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mysterio
I have a well dog-eared copy of Papazian's book which I still refer to (theres a lot of info packed in there). It's good, but not ideal for all-grain brewing IMO, some of the stuff is a bit out of date. I like Palmer's book aswell for reference. It did put me off initially though. But I do appreciate the idea of having an entire book for free online.