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Old 07-15-2009, 02:54 PM   #1
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I don't have beersmith and just had a quick question. If i brew with 9.5 lbs of LME what will the ABV generally be, compared to if I use 8.5 lbs LME?
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Old 07-15-2009, 03:10 PM   #2
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You're going to get an OG of ~1.061 w/ 8.5 lbs LME vs ~1.069 w/ 9.5lbs.

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Old 07-15-2009, 03:12 PM   #3
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It would be helpful to see your entire recipe. I looked through my notes, and I brewed an IPA (when I was still doing extract beers) and I used 9 lbs of LME. That gave me an OG of 1.067, and the beer finished out at 1.012 giving me 7.25%ABV.
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Perfect thats all I needed fellas thanx! Khuygie88 thanx for that link too!
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Man, I'd have said 'Generally? Higher.' HBT: Not as big jerks as I am, apparently


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