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   1. Batches turning out bad

      by Wadey82, 8 years ago in BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members

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      Hi guys,
      
      My last 3 batches have all tasted bad with the same off flavour. Which off flavour I'm not 100% as I've never tasted off beer before. I thought I had an issue with chlorine giving me a band aid flavour but my last batch I used all bottled water even in my no rinse sanitiser bottles, even rinsed fermentor with bottled water after cleaning. I just tasted this batch after doing FG reading and it has the same crappy taste. I've used NRB pale ale receipe for one batch and brewing classic...

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      Hi Scott,
      
      It sure sucks dumping a batch of beer! I took one of off beers to my LHBS and luckily one of the staff is a BJCP judge. He identified phenolic off flavours and after discussing my brew day process thought that wild yeast was the most likely cause with the chill stage being when wild yeast may be contaminating the wort. I've since installed a carbon filter and adapted the no chill method to avoid having cool wort sitting around.
      I've just dry hopped a pale ale and fingers crossed no...
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      Wadey82
      8 years ago
   2. Unwanted Souring of beer

      by Wadey82, 8 years ago in BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members

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      I have a problem with my last two batches, they're turning sour in the primary. First time round I thought it must have been an infection so I cleaned the crap out of everything. I've just taken a gravity reading of my second batch, tasted the sample and it taste the same, sour! I started thinking what else I've done different to previous brews and realised I added calcium sulphate to both these batches. I'm wondering if had faulty PH strips and I've pushed my PH to low which is causing the...

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      I know you are very experienced in this matter very seriously.
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      Lonetery
      8 years ago
   3. Home brew Club Melbourne

      by Wadey82, 9 years ago in General Chit-Chat, Nonsense & Rambles

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      Any suggestions for home brewing clubs in Melbourne, I'm based in the inner west.
      
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      They meet once a month in West Footscray
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      nosco
      9 years ago
   4. Managing the Trub

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      by Wadey82, 9 years ago in General Chit-Chat, Nonsense & Rambles

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      Hi Guys,
      
      I always seem to lose more wort than I'd like when transferring to my fermenter as I worry about having to much Trub in the fermenter. Is trub in the fermenter an issue or am I worrying about nothing? How do other people minimise trub loss? Whirl-pooling never works for me as I have an immersion heater fitted at the base of my kettle which disrupts whirl-pooling. Are bazooka screens useful or should I just not worry about Trub?
      
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      PP I'll pm you re details of grain bag material... Still trying to convince my wife it will save money in the long term :lol: :lol: Great ;). I think men honestly lying to their wives has been going on for quite a while. When my Dad proposed to my Mum, he said, We'll have two children and go on overseas holidays every three years.
      
      The end result was nine children, and, no overseas holiday until they were in their 40's.
      
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      PistolPatch
      9 years ago
   5. Bottle labels

      by Wadey82, 9 years ago in General Chit-Chat, Nonsense & Rambles

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      Does anyone know where you can design and buy bottle labels online in Australia for a reasonable price?
      
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      What I have done the past two times is fix up a design of some sort of photoshop, print the labels out at kinko's, and adhere them to the bottle using a gelatin mixture. Its super simple. The hardest/most tedious part is cutting out the labels.
      
      Here's the beer and wine I used doing it this way:
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      Karch
      9 years ago
   6. First BIABacus Brew

      by Wadey82, 9 years ago in BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members

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      I'm planning my second BIAB and first time using BIABacus, I going to brew the APA recipe from Brewing Classic Styles. I've uploaded this into the BIABacus, played around with the VIF to suit my kettle. I've added 3 liters before the boil as I'm being greedy and want to get the most beer out of my kettle.
      The only thing I'm not sure about is the hop bill. The total IBUs in BIABacus are 34.6, the recipe lists 40 IBUs and I have read that BCS recipes can be a touch light on the hops, I also had...

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      Good on you Wadey82. Definitely keep us posted on how it turns out.
      Did you adjust your hop additions to account for the longer boil?
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      Lumpy5oh
      9 years ago
   7. Horizon Hop Substitute

      by Wadey82, 9 years ago in BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members

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      I'm after a substitute for horizon hops, my LHBS doesn't stock these. I'm looking to brew the pale ale receipe from BCS which calls for horizon hops for bittering.
      
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      A BCS recipe that I brew somewhat regularly calls for horizon, and I just use Warrior to keep from buying another hop ... and I think it's been very successful.
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      Rick
      9 years ago
   8. Recipes from brewing classic styles

      by Wadey82, 9 years ago in General Chit-Chat, Nonsense & Rambles

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      Hi everyone,
      
      I purchased brewing classic styles this weekend, I've noticed that the receipes list the extract required, specialty grains and then AG grain bill. Regarding the speciality grains I assume these are just mashed along with the rest of grain and the steeping step is removed.
      
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      BCS is a fantastic book for Brewers. The recipes are really solid and give you a great starting point to work from for your own tastes.
      
      All the recipes o have brewed from the book have turned out great.
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      Contrarian
      9 years ago
   9. First AG Brew

      by Wadey82, 9 years ago in Brew Day Stories and/or Pics

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      I attempted my first BIAB last weekend. Overall it went OK with a few hiccups along the way. My kit consists of a 36L SS Kettle and an electric immersion heater. FullSizeRender.jpg The kettle also has a thermowell for a temp probe that connects to a keg king temp controller that then controls the immersion heater. I also use a false bottom to avoid the bag burning on the heather FullSizeRender copy.jpg
      My first brew was a golden ale, mashed at 66 deg for 60 min,(temp reading says 67 as I had...

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      Congratulations on your first crack wadey :clap: :thumbs:,
      
      Ditto what contrarian and MS have said. Run your next brew plan by us here, and we'll make sure you're on track so everything will work in your favour. For example, we'll advise a 90 minute mash with a few agitations and temp checks.
      
      Unfortunately, those little plastic tubes a hydrometer comes in are useless - way too narrow. I'm not too sure I'd trust myself with a glass hydrometer jar :). The type I use is pictured below. The base...
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      PistolPatch
      9 years ago

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