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When about to Steep Your Grains Make Sure you Steep Using 1 Gallon of water to 1 Pound of Grains.... The wort or beer sample should be at 60° F when a reading is taken Use only the decimal portion of the gravities when using this equation; for example, use “55” for a beer with an original gravity of 1.055. When using this equation, you will slightly overestimate your OG. The OG is overestimated because dissolved proteins and lipids figure into the pre-boil gravity. These compounds, however, sediment out of the wort during boiling. This results in a lower gravity than you estimated. It’s always best to check any piece of brewing equipment to see that it is reading right. At 60° F in pure water, the hydrometer should read 1.000. If it does not read 1.000, note how far it’s off and take that into account when taking your readings. For example, if the hydrometer reads 0.098 in water at 60 degrees, add 0.002 to all your gravity readings. DME is about 44 ppg, meaning gravity points per pound per gallon -- 1 pound of DME in 1 gallon of water makes a 1.044 wort. In 5 gallons, 1 pound adds around 9 gravity points. __________________ Post Boil gravity =_________________ Desired PB = ______________________ Gallons in the boil =_______________ What you have now (PB_________ * Gal__________ )=______________ Desired (PB_________ * Gal__________ )=______________ Difference in points is:____________ Difference: ____________/PPG of 44= ______________LBS of DME to Add