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   1. So yeah, FVV, overnight mash, questions etc.

      by Esquid, 10 years ago in Brew Day Stories and/or Pics

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      Homer
      
      So,yeah, grain is cheap, and that inspired the following events. I wanted to get a bit of a supply of beer built up so I don't drink them too green, so decided to have a go at a FVV in my 23 L kettle. Opted to add 4 litres at boil time, and 4 litres at FV time for a total of 14.5L though I monkeyed about a little with the FV dilution.
      
      Also decided to...

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      Water is consistent here, so that won't be a problem. And I have a plan regarding the predictability of natural products.
      
      Like I say though, it's only a couple of hours anyway, no biggie if it fails.
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      Esquid
      10 years ago
   2. Priming sugar

      by Esquid, 10 years ago in BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members

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      Ok,so, haven't done huge amounts of BIABing (4th brew in FV now), but have done plenty of kits in the past. I've just had a bottle from batch 2, and the carbonation is disappointing. I do, in comparison to others, like my beer a little fizzy anyway, but still, disappointing is the word. I didn't take notes on this brew, so can't recall precisely what I did, but I'm guessing it was probably a level teaspoon or so of sugar in each bottle. On that basis it's around 120g in total for a 15 litres...

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      Lumpy5oh, the links I have are...
      
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      These are older bookmarks, but are still available.
      Josh I have read these links and there was no mention of the corelation between high gravity and priming sugar levels. The links simply reinforced what I had said about yeast health. I think the statement that high gravity beers needing more sugar to carb is actually a dangerous...
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      Lumpy5oh
      10 years ago
   3. First brew

      by Esquid, 10 years ago in Brew Day Stories and/or Pics

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      Just drank a bottle of my first AG, which was a SMaSH MO with amarillo hop (think that's the correct spelling). Since it was the first AG I had done and because I'm doing stovetop BIAB, I'm only brewing in small quantities (about 2 gallons), and with the first effort I reckon mash temps were all over the place, I got the hopping wrong (though not drastically), and forgot the whilfloc thingy, but I thought, 2 demijohns, what the hell, ferment it out anyway. I did one gallon with US yeast, and...

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      I started my Biab career late last year doing smaller batches; try to scale up a little is my advice as the grief and rage of loss to trub, bottling fails, etc can leave you with very little beer if things go against you. The smallest batch I do nowadays is 12.5L
      
      GLHF
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      Inconceivable
      10 years ago
   4. Some suggestions for grains/hops etc

      by Esquid, 10 years ago in BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members

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      Just started out with BIAB and have a few brewdays under my belt. So far everything has been SMaSH, and I only have a sack (well 18kgs or so left) of Crisp's Maris Otter.
      
      So not having researched too many recipes so far, and bearing in mind I have a fondness for IPA and also English bitters, what would be good hop and grain choices to add to the store cabinet. Although I would like to support my local brew shop, they're not that cheap so I really want to get a bulk order together and order...

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      I have a mill at home and it is great. If you store your malt in dry, airtight containers it will last for at least 12 months with no dis wrangle difference to the flavour of the beer. My last stocktake I had over 20 different kinds of malt on hand so even if I don't have exactly the same malts as suggested in a recipe I usually have a reasonable substitute.
      
      As a good jumping off point to cover a range of styles in addition to your Maris otter I would add the following:
      Pilsner as a base malt...
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      Contrarian
      10 years ago
   5. BIABacus, hopping, SMaSH etc.

      by Esquid, 10 years ago in BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members

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      So, I've been having a look at the BIABacus. I think I've got the idea now but I have a quick question or two regarding hopping. Specifically I've been looking at this one which is nice and simple, a good starting point for my plan:
      
      BIABacus PR 1.0 - American Pale Ale - NRB%27s All Amarillo APA.xls
      
      I'm planing as SMaSH brew as a simple introduction using Maris Otter malt. So deleting the two superfluous malts I can see that the grain bill for the remaining malt is increased to make up for the...

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      If anyone needs the Current Link .....download/file.php?id=3265
      
      FWIW.
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      joshua
      10 years ago

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