Rice Syrup/Rice Flakes conversion

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Towradgi Brewer
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Rice Syrup/Rice Flakes conversion

Post by Towradgi Brewer »

Hi all

I have an extract recipe for .5kg or 1lb of Rice syrup but my LHBS has only Rice Flakes,How much Rice Flakes would Ihave to use to find the equivalent.

thanks in advance

Rick
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Post by BillyBock »

According to Promash, Rice Syrup and Rice Flakes have equal gravity potentials of 1.040 ppppg. Therefore, 1 lb of flakes will get you the same gravity as 1 lb of syrup in the same volume of water.

Hope this helps.

v/r
Bill
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