Converting AG recipe to Extract

[Kiltlifter]

I seem to remember reading about how to do this but can't remember where I saw it. Is there a formula or rule of thumb that I can use to do a conversion?

[jsmurphy]

Try this: http://www.brewbyyou.net/conversion.htm

[msk]

Does anyone by any chance keep up with that website? It seems to be a dead link, so I wonder if they moved or if they just plain had too much to drink

[wild]

Excerpt from BYO,
The one thing to bear in mind with extract brewing in general is that any grain added to a steeping bag should be compatible with the method. These ingredients include crystal or caramel malts and roasted grains. Grains requiring mashing, such as pale malts, Munich malt, rye malt, wheat malt and adjuncts like rice and corn must be mashed to convert their starch to fermentable sugars.
If you choose to use this method, you can easily convert an all-grain recipe to a DME-based recipe by multiplying the weight of pale malt by 0.7 and substituting the pale malt with DME. This only works for beers that do not use other malts — such as wheat or Munich malt — in the formulation.
Or see:
http://home.elp.rr.com/brewbeer/extract/pres.pdf
http://www.realbeer.com/discussions/showthread.php?threadid=950&perpage=15&highlight=&pagenumber=1
http://www.beersmith.com/convert_tool.htm


Good luck,
Wild

[HogieWan]

Nice excerpt, wild. My suggestion was to get beersmith and input the ag recipe. It has a convert function. I'm pretty sure promash has a similar function