SNPA Clone recipe check

First post by Streamer, 7 years ago

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Hi all. I've brewed the All Amarillo APA 3 times now and I've decided to try something different. This time a Sierra Nevada clone. I copied the recipe from somewhere on this site a couple months ago and now can't find it's origin - my apologies to the brewer who first posted it! I did make adjustments for my equipment, and changed out one line for the addition of 1/2 tablet Whirlfloc.
One question I have is the last addition of the Cascade hops at 0 minutes. Do I leave the hops in the hop sack...

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Hey Streamer, Glad to hear things worked out for you!

The cover with a towel thing...didn't come from me. ;)  Might have been PP...  :scratch: 

I think there is a lot more knowledge on hops and hopping yet to be learned. For me...I've tried the whirlpool at flame out thing, and it took about 40 minutes to get the temp below 170 deg F, which supposedly where the isomerization of hops stops... Then I used immersion chiller to get temp to 70 degree F range quickly. Final result - plenty of...

Water measurement

First post by Tomas, 7 years ago

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Soon I will be doing my first BIAB after tweaking the All Amarillo recipe with BIABacus to fit my kettle.  I have a kettle with a sight gauge and calibrated it after first getting the kettle two years ago and found the sight gauge measurements to be off from the measured qts/gal that I added to the kettle, so I marked the sight gauge accordingly.  How are most BIAB brewers dealing with measuring your water levels?  I've seen recent posts from Mad Scientist with his Spike kettle on a scale and a...

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You can measure the headspace in the kettle before transferring to the fermenter and then measure how much you have left in the kettle after the transfer. The difference will be what is in the fermenter.

First BCS conversion to BIABacus

First post by jeatmon, 7 years ago

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Getting back to brewing after 1 year layoff.  I have 5 BIAB's under my belt, all with good results.  Looking to branch out a little by converting a BCS recipe, Weizen/Weissbier.

I've followed these BIABacus conversion instructions:

The rules for converting BCS recipes now become very simple. All the original ingredients go on the left hand side of Section C and D in the exact same weights they are in the book. Then, on the first line of Section D, type type 21.82 L and you are done. (The...

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Good catch MS, I missed that.  Updated section E per the recipe...

Jim

Site Closing for Several Hours from UTC Sat 1AM

First post by Pat, 7 years ago

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Just a notification that this weekend we will be upgrading the site to a later system from 1am, on Saturday, November the 26th, UTC . The upgrade will probably take less than five hours.

What this Means for You

This the first of two shutdowns that will occur. For you, the user, nothing much will be different after the first shutdown. The temporary skin we'll be using may, in fact, even be a little worse than the current one :).

This first shutdown will enable us to invisibly work behind...

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Well this skin already looks better than Tapatalk!

Second BIAB, think I've blown this one

First post by Duffer, 7 years ago

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After a very successful first BIAB Brew (a Brewdog Dead Pony Club clone), I thought I would try something a bit simpler to allow me to develop an understanding of what each ingredient is actually contributing to my beer.

Brew two is therefore a Citra APA SMASH recipe.

Unfortunately I had a bit of a disaster during the mash and think I may have wrecked my batch. I am using a Buffalo boiler controlled by a plug thermometer.

All was going well until I removed the thermometer probe to add...

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Brewing: Where even the mistakes taste good! Very true more often than not :).

Another thing to note is that hydrometers are pretty dodgy. I did some test on six of them recently and it was a bit frightening at how much the results varied on the same wort at different gravities. I have it on some spreadsheet here somewhere but can't find it atm.

The same goes with thermometers so always try and rely on more than one instrument. As said above, all will be fine though by the sounds of things...

BIABacus and Beersmith discrepancies

First post by Dadoffrosty, 7 years ago

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I have been using both of these and I note that I am getting significantly lower TWN figure in the spreadsheet compared to the Beersmith for the same equipment setup and recipe. I am totally bamboozled as to why this would be. I plugged in the evaporation rate, vessel dimensions into both yet I end up with a different TWN figure- the spreadheet being about 4 litres less for a 90 minute boil. Anyone out there can steer me in the right direction? The last receipe I used the Beersmith volume and...

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Stuff like that is currently in the works. When the revamped new site is released us old hats will have nothing to do!

First BIAB - Programmers Elbow

First post by dmkelgin, 7 years ago

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Hi guys,
I have finally managed my first BIAB after what seems like months of gathering together the bits and pieces I needed.

I settled on Programmers Elbow from the BCS book. Everything went reasonably well, no major dramas, at least until it came time to transfer the wort from the kettle to the fermenter. I had about 28 litres of cooled wort in my kettle.

I attempted a whirlpool with the intention of draining the wort into the fermenter through the tap at the bottom of my kettle. Anyway,...

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Hi dmkelgin

When I started all grain I was worried about letting to much trub into the fermentor but hated wasting all that wort. I read this And my next batch which was the programmers elbow so I dumped everything into the fermentor and since then haven't worried that much about trub in the fermentor. I use hops sacks (actually my BIAB bag) so not hop material is making its way into the fermentor. No off flavours or murky beers. After primary I'll transfer to secondary if dry hopping or...

Batches turning out bad

First post by Wadey82, 7 years ago

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Hi guys,

My last 3 batches have all tasted bad with the same off flavour. Which off flavour I'm not 100% as I've never tasted off beer before. I thought I had an issue with chlorine giving me a band aid flavour but my last batch I used all bottled water even in my no rinse sanitiser bottles, even rinsed fermentor with bottled water after cleaning. I just tasted this batch after doing FG reading and it has the same crappy taste. I've used NRB pale ale receipe for one batch and brewing classic...

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Hi Scott,

It sure sucks dumping a batch of beer! I took one of off beers to my LHBS and luckily one of the staff is a BJCP judge. He identified phenolic off flavours and after discussing my brew day process thought that wild yeast was the most likely cause with the chill stage being when wild yeast may be contaminating the wort. I've since installed a carbon filter and adapted the no chill method to avoid having cool wort sitting around.
I've just dry hopped a pale ale and fingers crossed no...

Which Pickup Tube??

First post by jrstephens65, 7 years ago

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Hello Everyone,

I have been leaving too much behind when draining the kettle into the fermenter. I want to add a pickup tube to my kettle but I am struggling with which one. There are two from Spike Brewing that seem plausible or I could make one. Let me know what you think. As always any and all advice is appreciated.

I am leaning toward this one.
Pickup_Shorty_Close (Small).png

Pickup_Shorty_Installed (Small).png

This one sits above the domed bottom of the kettle so maybe pick up...

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I have a shorty on my Spike, but haven't brew with it yet. That's a nice high flow tube. What size kettle do you have?

I have the 10 gallon. Kinda wish I would have gone 15. Oh well I'll make due! Love the quality of the Kettle.

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User error - obviously

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First post by Streamer, 7 years ago

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I brewed my second All Amarillo APA today, this time a 5 gallon batch. I thought I was very careful with volumes, mash time, boil time, everything. Even took careful notes. I ended up way off of my target volume and surprisingly (for me) slightly low on my OG. I was going for a VIP of just over 5 gallons, which according to Biabicus I would need 5.42 gallons VIF. My VIF ended up at 4.6 gallons with a lower OG than predicted!
I've looked at Some common reasons for a Low Efficiency Reading and...

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Want to use a freezer with a temp controller. I have a chest freezer and it works well. Had difficulty finding a decent used one on Craig's List...and got new one at Best Buy, low priced chest freezer.

EDIT: I've read the same...not super clear verbiage on the mash out. Pat says in the tests he's ran, you get an extra point or two by doing a mashout, so I take it that we are extracting the last little bit of goodness out of the grain, at a different and higher temperature before the boil......

Which One Next? :)

First post by MargateNoob, 7 years ago

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So i recently had my first brew day and am just waiting for the fermentation to finish.

My question... I am looking to do my next brew asap and am looking for a nice light session ale not too alcoholic

I have a 32 litre peco boiler so as you know what kind of quantities i am looking for

Thank You and look forward to hearing suggestions ;)

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Yeah Lumpy's right. For sure smack the smack pack at start of the brew day and let it provides starter for the yeast. That's its purpose.

Jamil's APA check

First post by Aidan, 7 years ago

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Well, the 3 ring burner is assembled and the 70L pot is on the way, so I guess it's time to put together a recipe to test it out. I'm sure there are other people who've converted Jamil's APA into a BIABacus, but thought I'd give it a go too just to have a play around. This will most likely be the first brew I try. The only real contention is going for US-05 or the Mangrove Jacks West Coast yeast.

The second file is an attempt at converting a very low integrity recipe to a BIABacus, just...

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Thanks, Scott!

APA:
1. They're placeholders for now, I'll update with the real measurements once the pot arrives
2. Yep, I have two 30L fermenters, but didnt want to go too big to start with
3. Good catch - I've seen that recommendation but didnt update the sheet
4. I'll update that one too

Other recipe:
1. Apparently all late additions can get similar bitterness (with more hops of course) but it's more rounded , or so I've seen Jamil cited as saying. I guess I'll see!
2. Yes, maybe I'll try...

Third go at All Amarillo

First post by Streamer, 7 years ago

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This will be my third attempt at BIAB and NRBs All Amarillo; the second batch was better than the 1st, the 1st wasn't bad for my first go.
After getting some very helpful input I'm changing the yeast to Wyeast WLP090 to see if I can knock down the apricot aftertaste I've been getting.
So, here is my revised Biabicus - I'd appreciate a look to see if I've messed anything up. I did delete the .4L in X Adjust volume loss from Lauter , although I'm not sure this is a good thing as it increased my...

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MS - are you saying that the 0.4 is supposed to be in there, perhaps correcting a default error...?

First BIAB - Simcoe SMaSH attempt

First post by Wolfman101, 7 years ago

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Hi All

I'm about to kick off my first BIAB. I've got an electric Urn and going to try for a SMaSH for my first attempt.

Marris Otter and Simcoe for an APA.

I was hoping people could critique the biabacus file to see if I've dropped any clangers.

I'm going to no Chill in a cube and keg, so only need 21L for the fermenter.

I'm looking forward to getting the extra options from extract brewing

Thanks

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New Kettle Questions

First post by Streamer, 7 years ago

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I recently purchased a 60 quart aluminum kettle, and haven't yet used it to brew (coming soon though!). The inside dimensions are 16 x18 (40.6cmx45.7cm) which I input in section B. So my question is how accurate are sections S, T, U and V? I'll probably go ahead and fill and measure, but really, this should be a very simple geometry issue involving the volume of a cylinder. Maybe this is a nonsensical question, but should I test the volume of the cylinder and compare my measured volumes to...

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Thanks for the feedback MS.

FG and Bottling - First Ever Brew

First post by MargateNoob, 7 years ago

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Hi all

I am just preparing and getting close to doing my first ever brew.

I am going to use the Hoppy APA Mash Kit from Get`er Brewed.

My question is this. The kit states that i am aiming for a FG reading between 1.010 - 1.015 but my Stevenson Reeves states DO NOT BOTTLE (OR KEG) UNTIL HYDROMETER SINKS BELOW 1.006 OR BOTTLES WILL BURST....

iS iT sAFE :)???

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I focus on the distance between OG and FG. The larger the delta the more AVG .

I'm lost. What do you mean The larger the delta (I get that) the more AVG. what is AVG? It isn't in CBT that I can find

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Unwanted Souring of beer

First post by Wadey82, 7 years ago

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I have a problem with my last two batches, they're turning sour in the primary. First time round I thought it must have been an infection so I cleaned the crap out of everything. I've just taken a gravity reading of my second batch, tasted the sample and it taste the same, sour! I started thinking what else I've done different to previous brews and realised I added calcium sulphate to both these batches. I'm wondering if had faulty PH strips and I've pushed my PH to low which is causing the...

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I know you are very experienced in this matter very seriously.

Maxi Biab advice

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First post by Gazkilla, 9 years ago

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Hi, I've got 7 Biabs under my belt and everything's going great :drink:
I have a 70 litre pot and I've been doing 23L batches,however I really like my last Abbots ale
and I'm thinking of doing a double batch. My pot will only let me go to a 40l batch so I'm looking
at Maxi Biab and sparging with the extra 6 litres to get a better efficiency.
I thought it was a case of just doubling up on all ingredients but I've been told I should add an extra 10%
on all grain & hops to make up for the...

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Yeah, I don't use the baby one, only if a baby got stuck in my kettle for too too long, lol.

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Finally - my first BIAB brew day coming up

First post by Streamer, 8 years ago

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I had hoped to brew my first BIAB batch right after New Years, but life got in the way. I'm ready to start this batch in a couple of days and wanted someone to check my recipe to make sure I haven't inadvertently altered something. I used the BIABicus to scale down an All Amarillo APA to 6 gallons TWN, finishing up with approximately 3 gallons VIF. Any tips or comments would be appreciated.
Also, when I fill my brew vessel, is it ok to use hot water from the tap to jump start the heating...

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Hey Streamer,

Let me take a stab at the hop question... I don't think under-shooting the OG would have any negative effect on hops. If anything, a lower OG might intensify the hops that are in the beer (balance would be heavier toward the hops than malt). So, I would look at the hops...

1) Are you sure there were no mistakes with hop measurements (etc.)? That would be an easy one...

2) Assuming you measured twice and cut once , what was the age of your hop pellets (or were they flower?),...

First brew - what to do with 1lb extra malt

First post by imafan, 7 years ago

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Hello,
I'm about to start my fisrt beer brew ever (have done some wine but never beer). I'm making a centennial blonde (Biermuncher's on homebrewtalk) that calls for a total of 8.8lb of malt (7lb pale malt, 12oz carapils, .5lb caramel, .5lb vienna malt). However, I just double checked the grind i bought from my LHBS and the bag is 9.8 lb. Should I remove 1 lb or just brew it all? What do i need to adjust in biabacus?

Thanks,
billy

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I normally shake wort vigorously before pitching wort. After pitching I will sometimes give it a shake now and then the first few days for extra O2 but the additional shaking may not be that important... Supposedly if you do it late in the fermentation it can oxidize your beer. (?) So I avoid doing it later on, but don't worry about it too much just the same...

Nice to hear that you're on your way...! Good job. For sure, let us know how it turns out.

I've got to try wine fermentation...

Another First Time BIABacus Brewer

First post by JimiJimi, 7 years ago

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Hello everyone,

Hope you're all good.

I've been very much glued to this forum after registering last week. As the title of the thread suggests, I'm in the midst of planning my first BIABacus brew however I have a number of questions which I'm hoping some of you lovely people can spare a few minutes to answer.

This will be my fourth BIAB brew however I've always used recipes I've found online in the past, to largely mixed results. Despite all tasting reasonably well, they've all been much too...

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Hey JimiJimi,

ShorePoints mentioned the potential of needing to dilute and lower your OG because of the better efficiency of our BIAB process. It's something I have to do most of the time. Below is a link to some advice I gave someone else to assist with this. It's not hard to use math and get close. Hopefully the proper formula (shown there) gets you right on...

I think my post gets into other things for using the BIABacus to help your brew operations. If you are ready to tackle the, too...

3rd eBIAB - Overshot my gravity - Good or Bad?

First post by FatDog, 8 years ago

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Hi all,

I kegged my 3rd biab brew, a summer saison. It looks like I overshot my FG. What would cause that and is it a good or a bad thing? It tastes pretty good, but, I'm going to condition it in the keg for a few weeks.

Groenendael Belgian Summer Saison - BIABacus PR1.3T.xls

Appreciate your thoughts.

FatDog

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Great stuff. Thanks!

Trapistmonk first wheat beer

First post by trapistemonk, 8 years ago

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Thanks!
I am doing my first wheat beer this weekend for my birthday.
The grain bill has 5lbs of malted wheat in it which I understand from countless internet searches, can help with head retention.
Grain Bill:
5 lbs malted wheat
4 lbs 2 row barley
1.5 lbs 30L crystal
.5 lbs Munich
1 oz Hallertau at 45min
1 oz Saaz at 15min

Have not decided on yeast, yet. Perhaps the WY 3942, Belgian Wheat or the WY 1010 American Wheat...looking for something that I can slam
on a Georgia HOT day...

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TrapisteMonk,

I found that only 10% Wheat of a recipe will give you Great Foam, and if the Glass is CLEAN, a Great Lacing.

A link I have for Wheat beer Yeast is onclick= window.open(this.href);return false; ... _36-1.html

Good Luck.

Imperial Stout Brew this Weekend

First post by meryvn, 8 years ago

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I'm planning an imperial stout brew this weekend to the below and attached recipe, it's probably a bit late for feedback on this brew but if anything looks very wrong then please let me know. Not sure where the #VALUE! are coming from in the report, if anyone has any clues then let me know.

BIABacus Pre-Release 1.3T RECIPE REPORT
BIAB Recipe Designer, Calculator and Scaler.
(Please visit onclick= window.open(this.href);return false; for the latest version.)
RIS with Coffee - Batch 1...

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So i managed to bottle this on the 17th June after leaving it at 22°C from the 5th June until the 12th June then 4°C until i bottled it. I'm quite interested in how cold crashing will effect the brew.

I managed to get 40 x 330mL bottles out of the fermenter after transferring to my bottling bucket which i'm quite happy with. Also took a sample to confirm FG at 1.022 and it tasted pretty good. I've aimed for about 2 volumes of CO2 for carbonation and the bottles are currently sitting at 19°C in...

Porter..... what went wrong?

First post by Supernaut72, 8 years ago

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My Buddy and I are new to brewing, we have a couple of batches under our belt with decent results. We have been sticking to brewing the kits from our local store till we get the nuts and bolts down and dial in the nuances of our equipment.

So here's my quandary..... We brewed a kit of Shallow Grave porter, the beer had great color,had a nice creamy head and retention, as well as laced nicely on inside of the glass{if this stuff matters} on the initial sip you got a decent porter flavor but it...

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You're in the vicinity of 3% each for the dark malts ... that part is fine.

Mashing at 151 and attenuating to 1.011 would be my guess as to why you are getting these flavors in general, especially if you're not confident in the thermometer accuracy (could have been lower). I generally hold my porter recipe in the 154-156F range, and attenuate to 1.015-1.018 (mash pH in the 5.4-5.5 area to lessen the fermentability). Not saying these are correct numbers, but they are what I seem to prefer for...