The following are a variety of useful equivalencies

This table is useful for determining the increase in points of a specific amount of sugar. The value of the chart is mostly for recipe formulation unless you have a Refractometer and can measure original gravity on the fly. You can use the temperature correction table below but it is less accurate.

• What happens if I add 4 pounds of DME to my 10 gallon batch?
  • Multiply .0042 (from 10 gallon column) by 4 pounds DME, .0042 x 4 = .0168 (round to .017)
  • Your original gravity will increase by about 17 points.

• I just finished Lautering my 5 gallon batch of IPA and the gravity is only 1.055, I want it to be 1.075 and I'll use LME.
  • A target gravity of 1.075 minus the original gravity of 1.055 is a 20 point increase. 1.075-1.055=.0200
  • Divide the point increase by the value for LME from the 5 gallon column above.
  • .0200 / .0068 = 2.94 Add 2.94 pounds (or 47 ounces) of LME to the boil.

Hydrometer Correction and Temperature

40 degrees	subtract .002
50 degrees	subtract .001
60 degrees	add .000
70 degrees	add .001
77 degrees	add .002
84 degrees	add .003
88 degrees	add .004
95 degrees	add .005
100 degrees	add .006
105 degrees	add .007
115 degrees	add .009
120 degrees	add .011
140 degrees	add .016
150 degrees	add .019
170 degrees	add .026
212 degrees	add .042

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Prepared by Rick Reineman based on a variety of published information.