Who Much Liquid Malt Extract Should I Use?

[deluca]

Hi there.

Im new to the post. First time, so bear with us if ive ballsed up somewhere.

I was wanting to make an Amercian style IPA and im wanting to do it on me own, no can kits. i was wanting to know how much liquid malt extracts i should use. im wanting to get an OG of around 1056 - 1075, and should i be using just pale malt extract or a mix of pale and dark or light and pale etc. ?

Is there a rough formula to figure out how many points one kilo of extract will add, or is this on the cans?

And then should i add dried malt extract (i was thinking prob around 500-750g light DME) or dextrose (thinking around 250-500g)?

Also are there any specialty grains that i could steep with it, or not bother? and if so how much, what type and how long?

Cheers, i know theres a couple of questions.

 

[Wortgames]

Generally a kilo of LME will add around .030 SG per 10 litres batch size.

So to get 20 litres of 1.060 you would need 4Kg of LME.

4Kg in 21.4L = 1.056
4Kg in 16.0L = 1.075
5Kg in 26.8L = 1.056
5Kg in 20.0L = 1.075
6Kg in 32.1L = 1.056
6Kg in 24.0L = 1.075

and so on...

 

[sah]

It sounds like you're at the stage where you'd benefit from using one of the computer programs available that will work out all these calculations for you. I use BeerSmith, ProMash is also very popular, and apparently BeerTools is the latest and greatest.

All the best.
Scott

 

[albrews]

Hi there.

Im new to the post. First time, so bear with us if ive ballsed up somewhere.

I was wanting to make an Amercian style IPA and im wanting to do it on me own, no can kits. i was wanting to know how much liquid malt extracts i should use. im wanting to get an OG of around 1056 - 1075, and should i be using just pale malt extract or a mix of pale and dark or light and pale etc. ?

Is there a rough formula to figure out how many points one kilo of extract will add, or is this on the cans?

And then should i add dried malt extract (i was thinking prob around 500-750g light DME) or dextrose (thinking around 250-500g)?

Also are there any specialty grains that i could steep with it, or not bother? and if so how much, what type and how long?

Cheers, i know theres a couple of questions.

hi, you need points/pound/gallon or litresdegrees/kg ie points /kg/litre information for the malt
typical is 36 points /pound /gallon. us gallons

cheers alan

 

[ghostman]

good questions.... saved me from asking them!

Let us know how you went/going.......

 

[albrews]

good questions.... saved me from asking them!

Let us know how you went/going.......

hi,
very roughly you could work out something from the instructions on a can. i.e. 2.8 kg of malt will give an o.g of 1.048 or 48 gravity points in 22 litres. of water. i hear sugar will provide 46 points /pound/gallon.

cheers alan