Chart for Converting All-Grain to Extract

How To Convert All-Grain to Extract

Below is a simple chart for converting All-Grain to Extract (or vice versa). You’ll need to understand the make-up of the extract in question in order to get your results as close to the original recipe as possible.

Some things to keep in mind:

* Most extracts contain some dextrine or crystal malts to help with head retention and provide color.

* Specialty extracts (wheat, rye, etc…) have varying ratios of the advertised specialty malt to barley. Check the manufacturer website for exact figures and use these numbers in your calculations.

* The below chart figures an efficiency of about 70% and uses round figures. It is not 100% exact, but it should get you close. You may need to adjust according to your actual brewhouse efficiency.

Grain to Extract Conversion
Grain	LME	DME
1	0.75	0.6
1.5	1.125	0.9
2	1.5	1.2
2.5	1.875	1.5
3	2.25	1.8
3.5	2.625	2.1
4	3	2.4
4.5	3.375	2.7
5	3.75	3
5.5	4.125	3.3
6	4.5	3.6
6.5	4.875	3.9
7	5.25	4.2
7.5	5.625	4.5
8	6	4.8
8.5	6.375	5.1
9	6.75	5.4
9.5	7.125	5.7
10	7.5	6
10.5	7.875	6.3
11	8.25	6.6
11.5	8.625	6.9
12	9	7.2
12.5	9.375	7.5
13	9.75	7.8
13.5	10.125	8.1
14	10.5	8.4
14.5	10.875	8.7
15	11.25	9
15.5	11.625	9.3
16	12	9.6
16.5	12.375	9.9
17	12.75	10.2
17.5	13.125	10.5
18	13.5	10.8
18.5	13.875	11.1
19	14.25	11.4
20	15	12