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Cannot speak from personal experience about a smaller bag restricting flow, therefore compromising efficiency, but if internet lore is to be believed, then why not make a bigger bag ? The material is cheap enough, and you might already have some spare. The shape of my bag have been based on a two pi...

Mate, firstly congratulations on getting so close to your target. You might want to work out what the efficiency was, then in future brews you might just find that its always going to be the same. Maximum efficiency is less important that consistent, repeatable efficiency. Disorganised brewdays, I h...

Good day w00g You lost 50% of liquid between strike volume and finished volume ? That in itself seems a bit high. As an example, on a 5kg grist if I start with 33 L and do a two hour + boil, I'll end up with around 26 L at the end (flameout). That includes a good stir five times through the mash tim...

I make a mean curry, a recipe that I formulated myself (as I do with brewing), and the secret ingredients being...... FRESH SPICES ! There's nothing quite like dry roasting seeds then grinding them immediately prior to using them. Take coriander seeds for example, the aromatic powder you end up with...

I wonder how long you will be able mature that keg Mex? :) If it was me, it might get 2 weeks max. Cool, so I'm not the only one :yum: Late last year I brewed a relatively high alcohol choc porter, with the intention to age it until the middle of winter 2011. As of today there are three bottles lef...

What's in a Name

It finally dawned on where I have heard the term "Bia" (as in BIA-Brewer) in reference to beer. In Vietnam there are these little places called Bia Hoi (translation - fresh beer) bars that sell cheap, home brewed beer as an alternative to the commercial lagers. Ok, so I know its actually BIAB-rewer,...

One thing to realise, is you've done 20 BIABs, and now you have a good idea of your volumes at various stages... Only took the first two to figure it out. But to be fair to new people, I had in mind exactly what I wanted to determine, and that was the pre-hopping volume, zero-minute volume, and the...

Hi All, I have never concerned myself too much with mash pH, because I'm happy with the beers being produced. However in the quest to further the experimentation process, and keep the hobby interesting & challenging, in 2011 I am determined to monitor the variances between various grain bills out of...

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