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   1. Mash and boil on separate days?

      by AaronP, 15 years ago in BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members

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      My brewing time has recently become seriously restricted due to the arrival of a new baby (why isn't there a 'sleep-deprived' smiley?). It's very unlikely that I'm going to have half a day spare to do a brew for many months :( . However, I should be able to steal a couple of hours here and there. Sooooo...I was wondering if it is OK to mash one day and then do the boil a day or two later? Obviously that's less efficient as I'll have to re-heat the sweet liquor, but other than that I can't see...

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      Aaron, good question. I have been wondering the same thing. Thanks for all the answers on how you can split the process up.
      
      ebo
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      ebo
      15 years ago
   2. 3-ring burner for 20 L boils?

      by AaronP, 15 years ago in Gas-Fired BIAB

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      I may be able to get my hands on a cheap 3 ring burner. Will it be grunty enough for doing a full size (20-23L) BIAB?

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      Thanks all. Sounds like it should do the job :D
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      AaronP
      15 years ago
   3. Why boil for 60 minutes?

      by AaronP, 15 years ago in BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members

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      Just wondering why a boil time of 90 mins is recommended even though the first hop addition might not be until 60 min? :? Is it to do with getting rid of DMS? I'm planning to do a Brown Porter, in which case I would guess that DMS wouldn't be such an issue?

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      Yep, the beauty of the dunk sparge/ high- gravity boil is that you can dilute it to exactly where you want it for OG rather then just accepting what you get with other methods. (I am about to do this tonight with 16L of 1.074 3% Caraaroma Landlord, should give me about 24L of 1.050). The maths are roughly:
      Actual SG/ Target SG * Actual Volume
      (SG such as 1.050 expressed as 50, so 74/50*16=23.7, so, after rounding, water added= 24-16=8L)
      
      The down side is that the final volume may not be quite...
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      Ralph
      15 years ago

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