Help converting recipe

Northern Brewer General
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I found some clone recipes for one of my favorite beers, Sam Adams Alpine Spring, but they are in all-grain form and I would like to know if somebody can convert this to an extract type. I’m on the verge of going all-grain myself but would like to do a few more extracts as I’m introducing my father-in-law to the wonderful world of homebrewing. Besides that, I would like for some nicer weather here in the northeast to help comfort me as I make the leap! Here is the reipe I found:

Batch Size 5.500 gal Boil Size 6.394 gal
Boil Time 60.000 min Efficiency 90%
OG 1.053 FG 1.014
ABV 5.1% Bitterness 18.0 IBU (Tinseth)
Color 7.0 srm (Morey) Calories (per 12 oz.) 175

Fermentables
Total grain: 8.709 lb

Briess - 2 Row Brewers Malt Grain 7.500 lb Yes No 80% 2.0 srm
Honey Malt Grain 8.000 oz Yes No 80% 25.0 srm
Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L Grain 6.350 oz Yes No 74% 60.0 srm
Briess - Wheat Malt, White Grain 5.000 oz Yes No 86% 2.6 srm

Hops
Tettnang 4.8% 0.250 oz Boil 30.000 min Pellet 2.9
Tettnang 4.8% 0.500 oz Boil 15.000 min Pellet 3.8
Tettnang 4.8% 0.750 oz Boil 60.000 min Pellet 11.4

The guy used a kolsch yeast as he did not have a ferm chamber to “lager” his beer and neither do I. Any suggestions comments on this matter would greatly help as well!

:cheers:

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You can do this on the tastybrew.com web site. There is a recipe program there. Enter the grains. Adjust the efficiency/volumes to match the recipe.

Remove the base grain and substitute light DME or LME to match the OG.

90% efficiency, IMO, is a little high. It’s possible but…

Roughly you need between 5-6lbs of DME to replace the 2 row. Steep the rest of the grains.

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This helped me out a ton when I first switched to partial mash. It can help you convert from all grain to partial mash or to all extract. I still use it now and then for reference. There’s lots of good info within.

http://home.roadrunner.com/~brewbeer/extract/pres.pdf
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You can’t do that recipe extract only. You would have to do a partial mash. You would need to mash the honey malt, the wheat, some of the two row to convert the wheat.

http://homebrewtalk.com/wiki/index.php/Malts_Chart

edit: I guess you could use some wheat extract for the wheat malt. But you still need to mash the honey malt.

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The grain bill would convert to the below items for an extract version:

5.5lbs Briess Light DME
8.0oz Briess Wheat DME
8.0oz Honey Malt
6.35oz Crystal 60L

Honey malt is a crystal malt and does not require a mash, it can be steeped along with the crystal 60L.

Hops and yeast would remain the same.

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[quote=“gregscsu”]The grain bill would convert to the below items for an extract version:

5.5lbs Briess Light DME
8.0oz Briess Wheat DME
8.0oz Honey Malt
6.35oz Crystal 60L

Honey malt is a crystal malt and does not require a mash, it can be steeped along with the crystal 60L.

Hops and yeast would remain the same.[/quote]

http://homebrewtalk.com/wiki/index.php/Malts_Chart

this chart says otherwise.

as does this

http://homebrewtalk.com/wiki/index.php/ ... Honey_Malt
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Steep, mini mash, brew in a bag (BIAB). Call it what you may. If you “soak” the grains for 30 min you will get conversion.

It is only 20oz’s of grain.

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Thanks for all of the responses. I think I’m gonna try gregscsu’s converted recipe and see what I get. Worst case scenario should be a good spring beer that doesn’t quite match SAAS.