LME and DME question

jakis · Nov 9, 2015

Hey all,

I'm hoping to brew the NB Saison De Noel recipe tomorrow. The recipe calls for 6lbs of Pilsner malt syrup and 1lb of Briess Pilsner dme. However, my local home brew store doesn't have any pilsner malt syrup. They do however have briess Pilsner DME. Would it be okay to just use 5lbs of the DME instead.

Jake

FreddyMar3 · Nov 9, 2015

jakis said:
Hey all,

I'm hoping to brew the NB Saison De Noel recipe tomorrow. The recipe calls for 6lbs of Pilsner malt syrup and 1lb of Briess Pilsner dme. However, my local home brew store doesn't have any pilsner malt syrup. They do however have briess Pilsner DME. Would it be okay to just use 5lbs of the DME instead.

Jake

Jake,

There might be a slight difference in OG by using dry vs liquid but at the 5lb level, it's too small to worry about. It'll most likely come in a few points high.

You should be fine subbing in the DME.

unionrdr · Nov 9, 2015

Here's a handy conversion chart; https://www.jaysbrewing.com/2011/11/17/lazy-chart-for-converting-dme-lme-grain/
It gives 4.8lbs of DME sub for 6lbs LME.

Calder · Nov 11, 2015

jakis said:
Hey all,

I'm hoping to brew the NB Saison De Noel recipe tomorrow. The recipe calls for 6lbs of Pilsner malt syrup and 1lb of Briess Pilsner dme. However, my local home brew store doesn't have any pilsner malt syrup. They do however have briess Pilsner DME. Would it be okay to just use 5lbs of the DME instead.

Jake

Yes - No problem.

RM-MN · Nov 11, 2015

The grains used to make the DME should be the same as for LME but it is a little cheaper to make LME since they don't have to remove all the water. You should be fine to substitute if you convert the amounts required as mentioned by Unionrdr.

turbo86 · Nov 23, 2015

1lb DME typically has gravity of 1.044 in 1 gallon of water.
1lb LME is more around 1.037 in the same amount of water.

source: this book, amazing btw http://www.amazon.ca/dp/160342539X/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

you can do the math and get what you are looking for

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