"with just a little bit of concentrated effort, time and money, it could be so much better" I see you fell for PP's usual line! :lol: Great to have you here Sarah. As a once active but now hit-and-run contributor here, it's great to see a renewed enthusiasm at the site. I'm looking forward to all t...
Thanks all! My GF and several friends surprised me this past Saturday morning by showing up with a chauffeured van and taking me on the local beer trail (there are dozens of craft breweries here in Rochester and the surrounding area). We managed to get through 5 different breweries before the day wa...
Welcome BeerisGOD, BIAB is as popular as ever these days! There are old posts, new posts, even some nonsense posts, have a look around and do not hesitate to ask questions.
Regarding the Oxiclean: Oxiclean is a cleaner, NOT a sanitizer. In order to avoid infection we must both clean AND sanitize. Use the Oxi or PBW for cleaning and Starsan, Idophor, or iodine for sanitizing. You can use bleach for sanitizing but you must rinse REALLY well. Keep doing your research. ---...
aamcle, I've never done a beer that big but I have seem mention of others using DME to reduce the grain bill and raise the OG. My thoughts would be to use as much grain as you possibly can and DME for the remainder.
Hopefully someone with some experience in this area will jump in shortly,
Stokperdjie, my girlfriend got me started too! (so she can't complain about it being an obsession now) weylend, glad to have you here. (don't let PistolPatch find that out you're a programmer....he may put you to work) edgarmsmith, welcome to the site from a fellow 'Murican. (remember, "hob" is Aust...
Welcome Buz! Being a biologist perhaps you can teach us a thing or two about the care and feeding of those lovable little yeasties? Let us know how that first brew turns out. Regarding Saisons.....ferment them on the hot side of the yeast's range. I've fermented with harvested Dupont yeast and had g...
Welcome Muggy, it's nice to see some representatives from Oz in the forums. Figure up your Stout recipe in the BIABacus and get to brewin, let us know if you have any questions.
Welcome cascaniov! Now that you've got an extract batch under your belt you are ready to step up to all grain with BIAB. Have a poke around and get cracking on that next batch.
An impressive work of gathering and analyzing data! Experiments like this are what this site is all about, thank you very much for taking the time and sharing your results.