How Many Cups In .5 Kg Of Ldme

[Cube]

Searched and even googled this with no results. Can someone with scales, or who just knows, tell me how many cups make up half a KG of LDME. I assume it will be the same measurements for dex as well. I have accurate cup measurements here, but no scales.

Cheers in advance!

 

[tdack]

Converting to Metric measures might help a bit.

 

[Cube]

Thanks. Been to a few like these with no real results. Different ingredients have a different mass per volume....

Still after a quick .5kg of ldme into cups conversion

Cheers

 

[buttersd70]

I found some dex in the cupboard, and a metric 1/2 cup, leveled off with a knife, weighs 82g.
EDIT: just realised you were after ldme. duh.
1/2 cup loosely packed and leveled ldm came in at 50g. (didn't think it would be that much different to dex, but hey, live and learn.)

 

[Barley Belly]

I used to measure in cups till I recently bought some scales (which can be bought relatively cheap by the way)

I measured out a cup of each of Dex and LDME once I got my scales to see how my previous recipes were.

I got:-

1 cup Dex = 215g

1 cup LDME = 180g

So working on the measurements I did

500g Dex = 2 1/3 cups

500g LDME = 2 3/4 cups

But as Butters said it can depend on how tightly packed down it is.
These measurements were taken on how I normally make up cup measurements to add to my pre wort boil

 

[Cube]

Wow - what a difference.

Buttersd70 .5kg ldme is 4 cups there abouts, or a litre.

Finners, your .5kg ldme is about 2 3/4 cups. Massive difference.

I got a .5kg bag of ldme off HB store and it fills up to just over 4 cups.

So my latest brew of Morgans IPA is 4 cups of ldme and 6 cups of dex.... hope this works!..OG is 1044, maybe 1046.....

 

[buttersd70]

Compression will make a huge difference. I poured mine into the cup; i would take a guess that finners scooped into the cup. I'm not all that surprised that 2 different people would get such massive differences. The only way to get even close is to fill the cup exactly the same way, each and every time. I mean, if you fill a cup and level it, then compact it down, you can get as much as 50% difference fairly easily. It also depends on how fine the powder is, as well. Which is why you should really just bite the bullet and get some scales asap.

 

[kook]

What is it with Queenslanders refusing to use scales, and measuring brewing ingredients by volume?

Next you'll be claiming 110% efficiency :lol:

 

[buttersd70]

I read on one post on here, I can't remember who put it up, that in order to measure grain, they would stand on the bathroom scales, take their weight, then pickup what they thought was the right amount of grain and get back on the scales. Classic! :lol:

(sorry, cube, not meaning to make fun.....but you've got to laugh :lol: )

 

[QldKev]

Do they fill their cars with fuel by weight??

Oh. ****! I'm a qld'er too.. (But I was born in WA)

QldKev

 

[Cube]

I needed it for a one off brew I was putting down the other day and like the idea of getting it semi-right. Had digi scales but gave them away before I came to QLD and started brewing.

I hate the fact that when you give something away you need it a few weeks later...grrrrrr.

 

[sinkas]

Reminds me of the Cheech and Chong album "how many joints in a lid?"

 

[buttersd70]

Reminds me of the Cheech and Chong album "how many joints in a lid?"

"two!"
"two?"
"I roll big joints, man"
:lol:

 

[drtomc]

I read on one post on here, I can't remember who put it up, that in order to measure grain, they would stand on the bathroom scales, take their weight, then pickup what they thought was the right amount of grain and get back on the scales. Classic! :lol:

It's a method that does have its place. I know some small hospitals weigh kids being held by a parent that way, and my old man weighs baby alpacas that way.

But for weighing brewing ingredients a $20 set of electronic scales from Target, K-Mart, &c is easy and reliable. Except my old set which became stuck on pounds and ounces after being dropped too many times.

T.

 

[jendres]

Searched and even googled this with no results. Can someone with scales, or who just knows, tell me how many cups make up half a KG of LDME. I assume it will be the same measurements for dex as well. I have accurate cup measurements here, but no scales.

Cheers in advance!

It would depend upon the SG of the LDME. SG is the weight of a liquid compared to plain water. I think it is around 1.360 SG according to this thread.

Multiply the SG by 250g to see how much a cup of LDME weighs.

Or, in this case: 0.5 (kg) / 1.36 (kg/litres) = 0.368 litres = about 1 and a half cups.

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Argh... Sorry confusing LDME with LME. It is one I see mixed around a lot.