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Old 06-24-2007, 03:35 AM   #1
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Could someone please direct me to a good reference for projecting O. G. of the wort from ingredients, and thereby calculating efficiency?

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Old 06-24-2007, 04:03 AM   #2
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If you just want the extract potential of all the different ingredients, theres a page on the Wiki.

If you want a tool to do the math, download the free trials of ProMash or BeerSmith.
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A very rough rule of thumb I use is that most malts give around 1036 at 1 pound per gallon of wort.

therefore if you have 5lbs of malt in 5g of wort it'll be 1036.

example:

7lbs of malt at 1036 you run off 8 gallon.

7lbs x 10(36)= 252 points

252 / 8 gallon = 31.5

So your wort will be around 1031.5 at 100% efficiency.
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I use this free site: http://hbd.org/cgi-bin/recipator/recipator


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