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phishie It looks good to me, but I've never had one of those. You'll be fine with the FWH and a 90 minute boil. :) I found this clone recipe, it has a much lower OG than yours; http://brulosophy.com/2015/04/27/under-" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... results-2/ MS Does that mean I ...

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Planning to brew this Zombie Dust IPA clone in a few days, was hoping you guys/gals could take a look and let me know if anything looks off please (file attached as well)? Only things to add is I will use 100% RO water with 1 teaspoon Calcium Chloride Dihydrate and 1 teaspoon Gypsum added. Also when...

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So my lessons learned from Brew Day: 1. Use a checklist that spans the entire brew time, then you won't make the mistakes I did. 2. Don't add hops during the mash rather than the boil, aka don't get too excited and perform steps out of sequence. See #1. 3. Add your water mineral salts prior to the m...

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Swirl them up, let them come to temp, tell us what happens. Hopefully the yeast just went to sleep, if no activity in a couple of days you could always repitch. ---Todd Thanks! Just gave them a good hard swirl and put all that stuff back in suspension. Hopefully they're re-awake and all will be wel...

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Oops, fermented first 12 hours @ 32F!

Ahhhhh so a bit of user error here! I have a fridge on a temp controller with a digital thermometer to read the internal fridge temp. Unfortunately I had it set to read the ambient temp instead of the probe temp. So when I thought the fridge was at 64F it was truly at 32F! D'oh! Sooo yesterday I mad...

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Is the sauermalz really necessary? It looks like that protocol is designed to get you under 5.5 mash ph, so yeah I would use it for the lighter beer. The ipa might be alright though, as there are more grains to bring that one down more. Weyermann acidulated malt is what seems to be most available i...

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Is the sauermalz really necessary?

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To KISS this time around I think I'm going to use RO water for both with the following additions: Flower Power: (per 5 gallons) 1 teaspoon calcium chloride dihydrate, 1 teaspoon gypsum Kentucky Common: (per 5 gallons) 1 teaspoon calcium chloride dihydrate *edit* I was reading through a KISS primer o...

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Yeast nutrient isn't necessary for all grain. As far as clarifying agents, I have forgotten to use them enough times and ended up with clear beer anyway. I still toss it in when I remember, but probably won't buy more when I run out. YMMV. I would try to find reverse osmosis water in your area if y...

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Yeast nutrient isn't necessary for all grain. As far as clarifying agents, I have forgotten to use them enough times and ended up with clear beer anyway. I still toss it in when I remember, but probably won't buy more when I run out. YMMV. I would try to find reverse osmosis water in your area if y...

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Any "extras" you think I should include? E.g. Whirlfloc, Irish Moss, Yeast Nutrient, etc? The Flower Power calls for Irish Moss so I'll add it in that recipe. Going to use bottled spring water without any additions.. water chemistry is an insane topic I waded knee deep into then ran far away from. A...

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Looks like Section X (Change Evaporation Rate to:) is where I adjust the boil off rate (if I find mine is different)? Yeah. Generally it's best to leave that alone for a few brews until a trend is revealed, but I dunno ... I'd probably test and then change it immediately for 1 gallon batches. Cool,...

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Looks like Section X (Change Evaporation Rate to:) is where I adjust the boil off rate (if I find mine is different)?

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I see your edit. Mash for 90 minutes, if only to remove a variable. If you miss your OG on the low side you will regret a 60 minute mash. We generally preach 90 minutes boil here as a catch all for recipes with pils malt (to drive off SMM). Also, you will need more total water in the mash(or sparge...

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Also, I calculated the grain:water ratio for both for kicks and came up with following: Flower Power 9.92 quarts water 2.88 pounds grain 1 lb : 3.45 quart KYC 9.56 quarts water 1.71 pounds grain 1 lb : 5.59 quart That seems crazy high, is that normal for BIABers here? A little worried about fitting ...

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I see your edit. Mash for 90 minutes, if only to remove a variable. If you miss your OG on the low side you will regret a 60 minute mash. We generally preach 90 minutes boil here as a catch all for recipes with pils malt (to drive off SMM). Also, you will need more total water in the mash(or sparge...

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Trying my first mini-BIABs tomorrow, excited and nervous!

Hi BIABer's - First of all, thank you all for the incredible resource, your Forums have immensely helped me prepare for my brew day tomorrow! I'm planning to brew two 1 US gallon mini-BIAB brews tomorrow: a Flower Power Clone and a Kentucky Common . I've attached the two BIABacus recipes I completed...

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Oops sorry about it, got it now. Thanks for the quick replies, extremely helpful!

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With my first brews should I worry/check wort PH at all? Seems that's a point of concern with lighter beers but I'm guessing not so much the the heavy IPA and darker Kentucky Common I'm looking at brewing. The recipes I'm following have 60 minute wort boils but I've seen it highly encouraged here to...

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Hi BIAB'ers - Reporting in from Washington D.C. I found your site via Google and also saw it mentioned on reddit.com/r/hoembrewing - its a veritable treasure trove of information and the XLS tools are incredible (and I have my nose in spreadsheets most days working with formulas and VBA!). I've brew...

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