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Oh wow, that might just be the solution! Thanks mally, I have a few suitable bowls in the kitchen that might get me over the boil threshold.

Thanks.

Forum: The Boil (Sweet Liquor to Wort)
Topic: Can't bring new BIAB kettle to the boil on stove
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Can't bring new BIAB kettle to the boil on stove

I was using a 19 litre Big W stock pot for my 11 litre batches. But I had trouble fitting everything in with higher gravity beers and didn't really like the flimsy nature of the pot. Plus, the latter aspect made holding mash temperatures more difficult. So recently I bought a new 25 litre pot, much ...

Forum: The Boil (Sweet Liquor to Wort)
Topic: Can't bring new BIAB kettle to the boil on stove
Replies: 3
Views: 15773
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15 min hop additions and no-chill?

I know this topic gets discussed widely on all brewing forums but I just wanted to get a second opinion on hop additions for a no-chill clone I'm doing of Fullers 1845 Ale. The recipe aims for 50IBU roughly, of which 40 IBU come from the 60 minute addition and 10 from a 15 minute addition. In transl...

Forum: Chilling
Topic: 15 min hop additions and no-chill?
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Views: 12450
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Thanks MS for taking the time with this, it was useful to see your xls. I squeeze pretty hard, bag on a rack on top of the kettle and use the kettle lid, then into a colander where I squeeze some more so I'm closer to 0.5l/kg it seems than the defaults. I brewed my Brown Ale yesterday, first batch u...

Forum: Measurement, Mathematics and Records
Topic: BIABacus — how to adjust grain absorption?
Replies: 3
Views: 12051
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BIABacus — how to adjust grain absorption?

Just brewed a batch today and my Volume into Boil (VIB) was higher than anticipated by my BIABacus spreadsheet.

So the spreadsheet is overestimating my grain absorption rate — where can I amend the default for this?

I was expecting to do so in Section X but can't see the appropriate amount there.

Forum: Measurement, Mathematics and Records
Topic: BIABacus — how to adjust grain absorption?
Replies: 3
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Thanks joshua.

I'm really tempted to re-pitch some yeast. I really don't want an overly-sweet beer and figure I don't have much to lose by trying to get it lower. At the very least it will be a learning experience.

Forum: Fermentation (Wort to Still Beer)
Topic: Doppelbock stuck at 1.028
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Doppelbock stuck at 1.028

Thanks MS - will have a look. In the meantime I've swirled the yeast back into suspension.

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Forum: Fermentation (Wort to Still Beer)
Topic: Doppelbock stuck at 1.028
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10 litres (2.5 gallons roughly) and I actually used 34/70 slurry from a fresh, previous batch of a dunkel.

I did use Mr Malty to give me the amount of slurry to pitch and certainly don't feel I underpitched.

Forum: Fermentation (Wort to Still Beer)
Topic: Doppelbock stuck at 1.028
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Doppelbock stuck at 1.028

Brewing a doppelbock with 34/70 yeast. Initial fermentation took off quickly and was very active. Fermented at 11C and after a week was 65% attenuated to around 1.028 so raised the temperature to 18C for a diacetyl rest. Note that I'm following the quick lager method here: http://brulosophy.com/meth...

Forum: Fermentation (Wort to Still Beer)
Topic: Doppelbock stuck at 1.028
Replies: 8
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BIABacus — where to keep notes during a brew?

Hi there I'm using the BIABacus and am wondering where other brewers keep notes during the course of a brew? For instance, I like to keep notes about temp changes, gravity readings, obversations etc I'm aware of the 'Special Instructions/Notes' field but on my mac, this doesn't allow paragraph break...

Forum: Measurement, Mathematics and Records
Topic: BIABacus — where to keep notes during a brew?
Replies: 7
Views: 17460
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Thanks MS.

Recipe file attached.

The recipe is based on Cigar City's Maduro Brown Ale, but I'm not looking for an exact clone.

As mentioned, I already have the milled and bagged grains on hand, so I've tweaked my volumes to fit my estimated OG and BIABacus kettle efficiency figure.

Forum: Intermediate Brewing
Topic: BIABacus "pre-pitching corrections" and adding DME
Replies: 4
Views: 7348
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Ah, thanks MS — that's interesting about "safe" mode. I'll bear that in mind. I think the best approach for me right now is to look forward to my next batch, not backwards to past batches and stick with the defaults, except for evaporation rate. I'm planning a Northern Brown Ale right now so maybe i...

Forum: Intermediate Brewing
Topic: BIABacus "pre-pitching corrections" and adding DME
Replies: 4
Views: 7348
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BIABacus "pre-pitching corrections" and adding DME

I have a few BIAB 10 litre batches under my belt and am currently investigating the BIABacus. I'm doing so by plugging in a couple of BeerSmith recipes that I'd previously brewed, as well as mapping out the next two brews I have in the pipeline, a Brown Ale followed by a Fullers 1845 clone. My last ...

Forum: Intermediate Brewing
Topic: BIABacus "pre-pitching corrections" and adding DME
Replies: 4
Views: 7348
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Greetings fellow BIAB'ers. I'm from Byron Bay, NSW and brew 10 litre batches via BIAB. Really enjoying English styles (Bitter, Mild, Porter, Strong Ale) although currently running a couple of German lagers (Munich Dunkel and a Doppelbock). I've been using BeerSmith but have just downloaded the Biaba...

Forum: BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members
Topic: My First Post! - Post here to become Fully Registered
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