Difference between malted grains, malt extract and dried malt as % of recipe.

[Gee Tee]

I'm new to designing recipes and am trying to figure out percentage of malt to adjuncts. Does one calculate 10oz of malted grain, 10oz of dry extract and 10oz of liquid extract the same? Isn't 10oz malted grain the same percentage as 10oz of dry malt, or 10oz of dry malt etc? How do I calculate the different malts as percentage?

 

[hotbeer]

It's the percentage of the total weight of the fermentable ingredients used.

So 50% each for the malt and DME in your example.

 

[DBhomebrew]

If the recipe calls for 50% grain 50% DME, yes, 10oz malt +10oz DME.

But if you're adapting an all grain recipe into extract then you need to weight it differently. You don't just replace 10oz grain with 10oz DME. Or replacing LME with DME, 10oz does not equal 10oz. Charts and calculators are available.

https://www.brewersfriend.com/extract-to-base-grain-conversion-calculator/

 

[Gee Tee]

If the recipe calls for 50% grain 50% DME, yes, 10oz malt +10oz DME.

But if you're adapting an all grain recipe into extract then you need to weight it differently. You don't just replace 10oz grain with 10oz DME. Or replacing LME with DME, 10oz does not equal 10oz. Charts and calculators are available.

https://www.brewersfriend.com/extract-to-base-grain-conversion-calculator/

Thank you DBHomebrew. This is invaluable. I will study and internally digest before I start brewing. I'll also try and figure out how to do it without the internet (someone once told me that a pound of extract is 80% a pound off dry).

 

[AmarikinBrew]

https://www.brewersfriend.com/extract-to-base-grain-conversion-calculator/

 

[AmarikinBrew]

CRAP. Late to the game!