Converting A Recipe To All Grain

Skarekrough said:

Hey all...

The jump to AG has been a fantastic experience. I don't feel like I've missed out on anything by taking the plunge.

Well, except for one recipe that I used to make. I'm hoping a kind soul can take a minute and convert it to AG for me. It's one of my faves and I'm getting low on my supply!

2 Cans LME
1# Light DME
.5# English Crystal Malt
.5# Carapalis (Dextrine) malt grain
.25# Chocolate Malt Grain
1# Belgian Candy Sugar, Dark
1 oz. Styrian Golding hop pellets
1 oz. Saaz hop pellets
1 tsp. Irish Moss

Thanks for the help!

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BigEd said:

Since extract recipes are usually conversions of existing all grain recipes or attempts to replicate commercial beers

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Walker said:

I think this is a false assumption. When I started making my own recipes, they were extract based , but they were not attempts to replicate an AG brew or attempts to clone commercial brews.

I had to go through the same process as the OP when I switched to AG and convert all of my recipes.

There are a lot of extract brewers out there with a lot of recipes that they created.

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BigEd said:

Since extract recipes are usually conversions of existing all grain recipes or attempts to replicate commercial beers, IMO you will get better results if you start at the beginning rather than try to make a copy of a copy.

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Skarekrough said:

Actually the recipe is not a clone of anything. It's from an extract kit the LHBS has in stock. I've asked several employees as well as the owner what it's a clone of and all have stated that it was a recipe they developed in house and is not based on any existing beer.

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