How much more LME vs DME?

[Trapaddict]

I did a quick search and I did not locate anything on this although I'm sure it's been discussed before. If you are using LME for a recipe that calls for DME, how much more LME do you need to use? Is there a standard accepted conversion? I gotta figure the LME to be around 20% moisture and the dry, under 2%. Would 20% more do the job?

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[Lou]

yeah, 20% more is the generally accepted value.
good guess

 

[mysterio]

Yeah, 20% extra.

edit: .... Lou beat me to it.

 

[homebrewer_99]

I have a chart that equates Grain to LME to DME. It does not keep its format whenever I tried to copy/paste it into this forum.

If you send me an email I can email it to you: [email protected]

 

[JRGSPE73]

I usually use this as a guideline...it's essentially based on that 20% rule as mention above:

1 lb. DME = 1.25 lb. LME
1 lb. LME = 0.80 lb. DME

I doubt this is exact, but it should be precise enough for practical purposes.

 

[jldesign]

milage may vary - my opinion from brewing mixing LME and DME depending on brand and age you'll get a variation of all of the below - but it aint rocket science so I always round up. thanks to other brewers for sharing this with me so I pass it along.

enjoy

grain lb. x .75 = liquid extract
grain lb. x .67 = dry extract
liquid lb. x .89 = dry extract
dry lb. x 1.1 = liquid extract

lb. Grain / lb. Liquid / lb. Dry
1.0 0.75 0.6
1.5 1.13 0.9
2.0 1.50 1.2
2.5 1.88 1.5
3.0 2.25 1.8
3.5 2.63 2.1
4.0 3.00 2.4
4.5 3.38 2.7
5.0 3.75 3.0
5.5 4.13 3.3
6.0 4.50 3.6
6.5 4.88 3.9
7.0 5.25 4.2
7.5 5.63 4.5
8.0 6.00 4.8
8.5 6.38 5.1
9.0 6.75 5.4
9.5 7.13 5.7
10 7.50 6.0

 

[homebrewer_99]

milage may vary - my opinion from brewing mixing LME and DME depending on brand and age you'll get a variation of all of the below - but it aint rocket science so I always round up. thanks to other brewers for sharing this with me so I pass it along.

enjoy

grain lb. x .75 = liquid extract
grain lb. x .67 = dry extract
liquid lb. x .89 = dry extract
dry lb. x 1.1 = liquid extract

lb. Grain / lb. Liquid / lb. Dry
1.0 0.75 0.6
1.5 1.13 0.9
2.0 1.50 1.2
2.5 1.88 1.5
3.0 2.25 1.8
3.5 2.63 2.1
4.0 3.00 2.4
4.5 3.38 2.7
5.0 3.75 3.0
5.5 4.13 3.3
6.0 4.50 3.6
6.5 4.88 3.9
7.0 5.25 4.2
7.5 5.63 4.5
8.0 6.00 4.8
8.5 6.38 5.1
9.0 6.75 5.4
9.5 7.13 5.7
10 7.50 6.0

That's the chart I was referring to...