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   1. equipment

      by baikinman, 11 years ago in BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members

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      I need to get a larger pot to get biabing and wandered what size i would need, I was initially going to get a 33l thermos pot from mrlard but he said this is really only for mashing in as it repels heat to certain extent.
      
      So i only want to end up with 13.5 litres in my fv and am not really interested in 'BIG' beers, i know a lots of people argue that the bigger the pot the better , but i've been doing these amounts for extract for the last 2 years and have found it a good amount for me, i...

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      You may want to have a look at Nisbets then baikinman.
      
      I have a Buffalo 40L urn that is still going great after 2-3 years.
      Just had a look now and they are currently £80+VAT.
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      mally
      11 years ago
   2. new to no chill

      by baikinman, 11 years ago in Chilling

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      I'm yet to try biab but am just trying to get everything sorted in my head first. No-chilling is something i will be doing just to save me waiting around for wort to cool.
      
      I wandered why i cant just leave my finished hopped wort in the kettle wrapped in cling film (to stop any thing getting inside) overnight ? Everything inside will be clean as its just been boiling hops for an hour, or does something develop inside in the time being ? it'll only ever be left for 15-24 hours. Then just syphon...

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      Thanks guys,
      
      I no chill without the tap attached, using a bung instead as the tap gets in the way. On the day I need to transfer from the cube to bottles/keg, I sanitise the bung area and the tap and install it.
      
      Afterwards I hose out the cube then clean with a sodium precarbonate solution before storing dry (read that on AHB and it seems to work well), then on brew day I wash and sanitise then transfer very hot wort to the cube and pitch yeast as soon as it's cool enough, I'm not storing...
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      nicko
      11 years ago
   3. biabacus

      by baikinman, 11 years ago in BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members

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      I'm a bit confused (already) i downloaded the calculator first, then realised this is the wrong file as its now called biabacus, so the file i have is - BiabacuPR1.3 T is this the file i'm after ?
      
      If so can i use this on a mac with Numbers or will i need to get a copy of excel for mac ?
      
      Think i'm going to have a lot of questions to come :blush:
      
      Cheers

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      Welcome to the forum baikinman,
      
      PR1.3T is the current pre-release file and will be the final pre-release file. Hopefully the New Year period will allow the time required to get the first main release out which will have help just a click away.
      
      Forget using excel on Mac. Do a quick search of 'Mac' here but from memory it's not great (the BIABacus is actually quite a demanding spreadsheet calculation-wise). Instead, install Libre Office. I think this Mac advice is correct but someone will...
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      PistolPatch
      11 years ago

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