Target SG

I am currently exhausting my reading resources trying to figure out how to come up with the target SG. Is there a style book which gives you all the SG's? is there a math formula that gets you there? I'm reading the book designing great beers and although it mentions it it doesn't tell you how to get there. I'm FN lost any help would be great.

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Are you asking about what the range of target SG is for a particular style, or you asking how to determine the estimated SG from a recipe, or ?

Jim

Try http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/catdex.php

-a.

Yes to both and is there reference material available for the SG or a percentage for a particular grain or fermentable?

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See https://www.homebrewtalk.com/wiki/index.php/Malts_Chart
The potential is the SG that could be achieved assuming 100% efficiency assuming 1 lb grain per US gallon
If you are using extract, DME yields about 1.046 and LME about 1.037

-a.

When formulating a recipe, you have to pick an SG to start with. If you have a classic style in mind, the BJCP will have a range of SG's typical for that style.

Recipe calculators are pretty good for figuring out your SG from your recipe if that's what you are asking. I use hopville, it's free.

thanks all im have something to work with now. ill keep reading and use these tables as a guide and if you dont mind it ilk update yall' what i come up with BTY anyone know an SG for an blsck IPA?

Micah said:

thanks all im have something to work with now. ill keep reading and use these tables as a guide and if you dont mind it ilk update yall' what i come up with BTY anyone know an SG for an blsck IPA?

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Alf said:

Try http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/catdex.php

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Follow Alf's link, you'll find all major BJCP styles. If you don't find exactly what you're looking for, you can extrapolate from it (like a black IPA might have the same SG range as an English IPA or an American IPA).

After you know the range of the SG for the style you want to brew, it is easy to use brewing software (like Beersmith) to estimate an original gravity from a given amount of grant. Some people do the calculations by hand, but the software makes it so easy.

Jim

Jim
Thanks! I'll follow the link when I get near a PC.

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