Weight of malt when wet

Is there a known weight of malts/grain when wet?

Say I have 10kg of malt when dry, what is that weight when wet?

Thanks!

Topic malt homebrew

Category Mac

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We always assume weight wet is 1.8 * dry weight, which is inline with Rob's estimeates.

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It would depend on the composition of your grains, as the absorption is different between different grains.

The normal absorption is somewhere between .1 and .2 gallons of water absorbed per pound of grain. In my experience it tends to be closer to the lower end of this spectrum.

So with some maths

10kg = ~22 LBs

Loss In Gallons: 2.2gal (min @ .1 gal) - 4.4gal (max @ .2 gal)

Absorption in KG where 1 gallon of water weighs ~ 3.78 kg

8.3kg - 16.6kg

So, your wet grain will likely weigh somewhere between 18.3kg - 26.6kg although I think it'll be closer to the 18kg range.

Apologies for odd back-and-forth conversions here. Most of my brewing knowledge lives in the odd U.S. system of weights and measure.

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