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   1. First BIAB issues

      by Barbarossa, 12 years ago in Gas-Fired BIAB

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      I attempted my first BIAB yesterday, an English Pale Ale (Montheiths Original Ale Clone from AHB). Things were going pretty well until it came time to boil. I couldn't get a rolling boil, more of a simmer, the wort was circulating and I could see the hot break swirling around but the surface was pretty flat. Also, it took about an hour to get up to strike temp and another hour from mash temp to boil . I think the issue is with my gas burner, I realised now that it is only about 13,000 BTU,...

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      Only time for a quick post Barbarossa* and your question above caught my interest as I nearly always do dried yeasts or yeast slurry so yeast starters are not my level of expertise. For example, one thing I have never been able to find clear info on (though I haven't looked hard) is if you should be adding all the liquid from your yeast starter to a brew or just the yeast layer?
      
      My thinking has always been it should just be the yeast layer but I'm not sure. In this case, then you wouldn't make...
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      PistolPatch
      12 years ago

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