That is it, I opted to double the amount of Muntons spraymalt extract in
this batch.

In my 1st batch of Cooper's Real ale I used 1 lb. The "kit" of ingredients
put together by my local store consisted of the can of concentrate, 1 lb of
the Muntons spraymalt extract and about 5oz of priming sugar.

John


"Denny Conn" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> JM wrote:[color=green]
> >
> > Started a batch of Cooper's Nut Brown Ale yesterday. During the[/color][/color]
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> > broke my only hydrometer and was unable to measure OG.
> > I used 2lb of Muntons spraymalt extract. The total volume was 5 gallons
> > (US.)
> >
> > What would be a good guestimate of the OG? I will be buying two[/color][/color]
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> > hydrometers (1 spare) to measure the FG.
> >
> > John[/color]
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> Was that all the extract or sugar you used? If so, it's gonna be a
> very low alcohol beer! Spraymalt (also known as DMW) has a potential of
> about 45 ppg. So using 2 lb. would give you a total of 90 points.
> Dividing that by 5 gal. gives an OG of 1.018! Are you sure you didn't
> add anything else?
>
> --------->Denny
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> Life begins at 60 - 1.060, that is.
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