[a10t2]

85% is *very* high. I don't think I've ever seen an analysis over 83%.

[Kaiser]

85% is *very* high. I don't think I've ever seen an analysis over 83%.

that's what I thought too. Babalu just recently send me analysis sheets from a North Country Malt and the FGDB is generally around 82%.

Kai

[denny]

You guys are correct.  My memory was wrong...wow, imagine that!  Blatz reported in the other thread that his last order was 81.2%.  I'll get the figures re-entered and see what happens.

And I've gotta ask....81.2% of what?  what does that figure mean?

[Kaiser]

And I've gotta ask....81.2% of what?  what does that figure mean?

81.2 % of the dry weight. The dry weight is the weight of the malt w/o the weight of the moisture. I.e. malt weight multiplied with (100% - MC). MC is moisture content and generally between 3 and 5%. Your 81.2% of dry weight are 81.2% * 0.96 = 77.652% of the actual malt weight if the MC is 4%. That's why I have an field for both the extract potential and the moisture content in my spread sheet.

Kai

[denny]

Thanks (again) for the explanation, Kai.