Switching a DME recipe to all grain

[beardlybrewer]

So my buddy who is a homebrewer gave me his recipe for a Watermelon Wheat that got great reviews from his friends and family. I want to brew this beer as well but his recipe uses DME but I want to make it all-grain.

He uses 4 lbs of Muntons dry malt light and 3 lbs of Muntons dry malt wheat. The watermelon isn't added until the secondary ferment.

My question is how to translate the DME to all grain. I'ver never brewed from DME. Always all grain. Any recommendations on grains to use to get the desired wort?

 

[beergolf]

.6 lb of DME equals 1 lb of grain.

The wheat DME is a mix of 2 row and wheat so you will have to look up the percentage of wheat that DME has and calculate from there.

 

[Calder]

AS BG said the wheat DME is a mix of 2-row and wheat. Probably about 40:60 of 2-row:Wheat.

As a rough guide, you would want about 5 parts 2-row to 2 parts Wheat.

DME has roughly 45 gravity points, so in 5 gallons, 7 lbs of DME would give you 1.063. Based on your efficiency, you would need to figure out how much grain to use.

 

[bajaedition]

Is the extract recipe a full wort boil or a partial wort boil?
you will need to adjust your hops if it was a partial