jcberlin

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Does anyone know how to convert Briess Pilsen LME to all grain. The Briess website does not give the exact ingredients only that it is made of a base malt and carapils malt. I am unclear of the ratio and the exact base malt to use.

Thanks,
Carl

avidhomebrewer

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I'm not sure, but I think it is around 0.7 - 0.75# LME per pound of grain. I had it written down once, but don't recall where I put it.

Yooper

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Yes, plan on .75 pounds of LME= 1 pound pilsner malt grain. One pound of carapils (total) for 10 pounds of grain is sufficient.

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jcberlin

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So that is 9 lbs pilsner malt (90%) and 1 pound carapils (10%) for a total of 10 lbs of grain?


I am trying to convert an extract recipe that calls for 50% Pilsen LME and 50% Munich LME. Correct me if I am wrong...The grain bill for a mixture of 3.5 lbs of Briess Pilsen LME and 3.5 lbs of Briess Munich LME would be:

4.2 lbs Pilsner grain
0.47 lbs Carapils grain
2.3 lbs 2-Row grain
2.3 lbs Munich grain

Breiss web site says the Muncih LME is made of 50% Base Malt and 50% Muncih Malt.


Thanks,
Carl

mpruett

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If it were me, I'd just go with 7 lbs of 2-row or 7 lbs of pilsner, along with 2.5 lbs of Munich, probably in the 10 L range, and .5 lbs carapils.

No real point in not rounding up/down to the nearest half-pound increment. If you're new to all-grain, you probably won't nail your gravity anyway, so why sweat it? Plus, unless it's a particularly delicate lager, combining pilsner malt & 2 row won't probably be very noticeable in the finished product, so just go with one or the other.

Poobah58

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If it's Weyermann Munich LME it's 100% munich. Thus your AG recipe might be 50% munich. 40% pils and 10% c-pils...

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