Converting an extract recipe to all grain

[skyking95]

While I have been all grain brewing for a while I have.n extract recipe I made a while back I'd like to convert to all grain. How is the best way to do that?

Thanks!

Jim

 

[Yooper]

The easiest way is to replace light extract in the extract recipe with two-row, and keep all of the specialty grains the same. Normally, 1 pound grain = .75 pound LME = .6 pound DME.

The hard part would be if the extract recipe had dark or amber malt in it- since no one really knows what's in "amber extract", it'd have to be a bit of a guess.

 

[skyking95]

Great and thanks. That makes perfect sense. I am doing a dark wheat so all the LME and DME was just wheat.

Thanks again

Jim

 

[asidrane]

Great and thanks. That makes perfect sense. I am doing a dark wheat so all the LME and DME was just wheat.

Thanks again

Jim

I think wheat malt extract is usually a combination of 2-row and wheat. You would need to check the manufacturer's specs, but it is usually 50/50 or 60/40 (2row/wheat) I believe.

 

[Yooper]

I think wheat malt extract is usually a combination of 2-row and wheat. You would need to check the manufacturer's specs, but it is usually 50/50 or 60/40 (2row/wheat) I believe.

Yes, that's true. I think Briess's wheat DME is 65/35. So use 65% two-row and 35% wheat malt to replace that.

 

[skyking95]

Thanks and excellent. The liquid extract was from Muntons and it turned out to be 55% wheat and 45% barley (which I take is 2-row). The dry I used was 65% wheat and 35% barley.

Thanks again. Your help has been very helpful!

Jim