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   1. Second BIAB, think I've blown this one

      by Duffer, 9 years ago in BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members

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      After a very successful first BIAB Brew (a Brewdog Dead Pony Club clone), I thought I would try something a bit simpler to allow me to develop an understanding of what each ingredient is actually contributing to my beer.
      
      Brew two is therefore a Citra APA SMASH recipe.
      
      Unfortunately I had a bit of a disaster during the mash and think I may have wrecked my batch. I am using a Buffalo boiler controlled by a plug thermometer.
      
      All was going well until I removed the thermometer probe to add...

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      Brewing: Where even the mistakes taste good! Very true more often than not :).
      
      Another thing to note is that hydrometers are pretty dodgy. I did some test on six of them recently and it was a bit frightening at how much the results varied on the same wort at different gravities. I have it on some spreadsheet here somewhere but can't find it atm.
      
      The same goes with thermometers so always try and rely on more than one instrument. As said above, all will be fine though by the sounds of things...
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      PistolPatch
      9 years ago
   2. First attempt at Biabacus

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

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      Having great fun wading through the wealth of knowledge and information on this site and looking forward to getting my first all grain biab brew going at the weekend!
      
      In preparation I have been having a play about with the impressive Biabacus spreadsheet...and what a feat of spreadsheet engineering it is!
      
      For my first brew I was planning on attempting a go at the Brewdog Dead Pony Club as this is my default session ale and the prospect of being able to churn out a batch of this is very...

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      Nice job Duffer and fantastic labels too :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:.
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      PistolPatch
      10 years ago
   3. First Biab

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

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      First AG brew day today with 40L electric boiler.
      
      Chuffed to get a strong rolling boil without boiler mods and ended up with OG close to target, although ended up with much more wort volume than expected.
      
      Looking forward to waking up to (hopefully) lots of FV bubbles o. The morning, but for now, a well earned beer!
      
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      Ha! Especially on the 3 hour front! My wife knows that if in brewing it's for the day and any timeline I give her around a brewing related thing is out by at least a few hours.
      
      Also doing a bit of gardening, mowing, playing with the kids during the mash can add a few brownie points! Another good reason for a 90 minute mash!
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      Contrarian
      10 years ago

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