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07-16-2008, 09:36 PM
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No time to search. Need quick starter help.
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Sorry guys. I'm too busy to search right now, but I have to get my starter going for Friday's brew. I usually use one cup of DME to four cups of water, but my HBS is out of DME. I have 2.2 lbs of LME. How much, by weight preferably, do I use?
Thanks guys.
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07-16-2008, 09:42 PM
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My 2 cents....nearly 1:1
and it's just a starter...it'll be ok....I think.
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07-16-2008, 10:00 PM
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LME is about 37ppg. So for a 1.040 starter in a pint of water you would use 2.16oz (by weight) of LME. So, 2oz (by weight) would be good.
Last edited by Beerrific; 07-16-2008 at 10:12 PM.
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07-16-2008, 10:10 PM
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By weight or by volume?
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07-16-2008, 10:26 PM
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I would use about 25% more LME.
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07-16-2008, 10:47 PM
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By weight or by volume?
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By weight.
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I would use about 25% more LME.
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I was measuring the DME by volume but I need to measure the LME by weight.
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LME is about 37ppg. So for a 1.040 starter in a pint of water you would use 2.16oz (by weight) of LME. So, 2oz (by weight) would be good.
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Two ounces of LME to four cups of water then? Seems kind of small, but I'll give it a go. Many thanks.
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07-16-2008, 10:50 PM
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Seeing that I have over two pounds of this stuff, what's the best way of preserving it for later brews? Refrigerator or freezer?
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07-16-2008, 11:19 PM
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Two ounces of LME to four cups of water then? Seems kind of small, but I'll give it a go. Many thanks.
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That was for a pint. I thought you were doing a pint starter, didn't see the "4 cups" in your original post. |
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07-17-2008, 12:05 AM
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My LHBS guy says you need aprox 20% more lme than dme by weight for recipes as a general rule I would think the same thing would apply for a starter.
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07-17-2008, 12:15 AM
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Probably late to the party now but according to promash you want 140G of LME to get 1.040 in 1L assuming the potential of your LME is 1.035.
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