3 gallons of grain

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Underground Joe

3 gallons of grain

Post by Underground Joe » Fri Nov 02, 2012 9:50 pm

My scales are broken and I need to know roughly how much grain I've got. I have just over 3 UK gallons of maris otter, any ideas what this will weigh?
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masterosouffle

Re: 3 gallons of grain

Post by masterosouffle » Fri Nov 02, 2012 9:57 pm

Sort it yourself you lazy b*stard!
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barney

Re: 3 gallons of grain

Post by barney » Fri Nov 02, 2012 10:08 pm

Looks over 10 kilo, A quick google provides this handy calculator. :)
http://www.aqua-calc.com/calculate/volume-to-weight
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Underground Joe

Re: 3 gallons of grain

Post by Underground Joe » Fri Nov 02, 2012 10:15 pm

Cheers Barney
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Re: 3 gallons of grain

Post by TC2642 » Fri Nov 02, 2012 10:22 pm

You could convert it to kilo's, use a jug, it's roughly around 2ltrs grain to every kilo.
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Re: 3 gallons of grain

Post by Eric » Fri Nov 02, 2012 11:02 pm

I get roughly 4 kg malt in a 10 litre bucket if shook just a little to get it settled.
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Re: 3 gallons of grain

Post by gnutz2 » Fri Nov 02, 2012 11:11 pm

barney wrote:Looks over 10 kilo, A quick google provides this handy calculator. :)
http://www.aqua-calc.com/calculate/volume-to-weight

Maybe a bit over enthusiastic that calculator.

I had 12kg brimming a 5 gal fermenter so i'd say 1 gal is about 2 kilo, about the same as Eric.
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barney

Re: 3 gallons of grain

Post by barney » Fri Nov 02, 2012 11:17 pm

Is it crushed or un-crushed?
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Underground Joe

Re: 3 gallons of grain

Post by Underground Joe » Sat Nov 03, 2012 12:09 am

It's crushed. Anyway cheers for the help everyone, I remembered that I had some luggage scales and weighed the bucket and it was 8.3 kilos, the bucket weighed about 700 grams, so 7.6 kilos of grain. I love Friday night maths. Just think, there are some people that don't have anywhere near this much fun on the weekend.
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Re: 3 gallons of grain

Post by barney » Sat Nov 03, 2012 12:59 am

Should take up chess Joe, hours of fun. :)
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Re: 3 gallons of grain

Post by guypettigrew » Sat Nov 03, 2012 8:16 pm

Now you know how much you've got, what are you planning to do with it?!

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Re: 3 gallons of grain

Post by soupdragon » Sat Nov 03, 2012 8:23 pm

masterosouffle wrote:Sort it yourself you lazy b*stard!
:?:
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masterosouffle

Re: 3 gallons of grain

Post by masterosouffle » Sat Nov 03, 2012 9:22 pm

soupdragon wrote:
masterosouffle wrote:Sort it yourself you lazy b*stard!
:?:
Don't worry he's a mate, we normally brew together!
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Underground Joe

Re: 3 gallons of grain

Post by Underground Joe » Sat Nov 03, 2012 11:57 pm

You say mate.....
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masterosouffle

Re: 3 gallons of grain

Post by masterosouffle » Sun Nov 04, 2012 10:10 am

Underground Joe wrote:You say mate.....
Okay, lover...
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