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   1. Recipe review requested

      by Tomas, 7 years ago in Creating Your Own Recipes

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      Attached is a recipe I pulled from the Mar/Apr Zymurgy magazine for an India Dark Double Black IPA . Previous forums have spoken to recipe integrity and when specifics aren't given as to VAW or VIP, only 5.5 gallon batch size, I can't compute how they arrive at their OG, etc.
      
      I post it for review, as I have a few questions.
      
      1) Based on what they say is a 5.5 gal. batch, how do they achieve the 1.070 OG based on the original grain bill?
      
      2) BIABacus doesn't have a provision for hop additions...

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      Firstly, thanks to ShorePoints , who with one or two others has been keeping things afloat while the rest of us are slacking off :salute: .
      
      And, SP's answers are always top quality. Unless my memory is failing, his answers are also, always correct. For example...
      
      1. Zymurgy and many other magazines have very poorly defined terminology. Their batch size will mean Volume at Flame-Out and they will have a set efficiency figure for all recipes submitted to the mag. (Somewhere on this site there...
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      PistolPatch
      7 years ago
   2. Adding sugars to a recipe

      by Tomas, 7 years ago in Creating Your Own Recipes

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      My last brew required 1 pound of dark candi sugar to be added 15 min. prior to flame out. I am confused as to where to input this in Biabacus and am getting ready for the next brew which calls for the addition of honey at flame out.
      
      I have acquired a new kettle and plan on the attached recipe (Raging Irish Red) being the first brew in that kettle. The recipe calls for the addition of 1 pound of honey at flame out. I have the following questions I'm seeking clarity on:
      
      1. Does the honey or in...

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      PP - thanks for the response and the timing is fine, as I have some addl equipment I'm waiting for, and other work to be done in the brewery before I can brew. I appreciate the thoroughness of your answers, as the honey addition this time and the dark candi sugar in the last brew were a bit confusing for me. The tip on Googling sugar content for honey is invaluable as well.
      
      Thx
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      Tomas
      7 years ago
   3. 2nd Brew - still some issues

      by Tomas, 8 years ago in Brew Day Stories and/or Pics

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      Brewed Jamil's Ruabeoir Irish Red yesterday, which was my 2nd BIAB brew.  Day went well, but I missed my gravity targets both GIB and GAW.  I lost 10F @ 70 min into the mash & refired the kettle to bring the temp back up.  I want to find a better way of insulating the kettle during mash to reduce the temp loss.  Attached is the BIABacus file BIABacus - Ruabeoir Irish Red scaled to zman kettle.xls  for review and any insight into why I am undershooting the gravity.  I did not adjust the gravity...

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      I agitate really well with potato masher when first mashing in
      
      wrap with old sleeping bag.
      
      I use a paint stirrer which looks much like an oversized potato masher, it works brilliantly and the length is spot on for my urn depth, however my search continues for a Stainless steel version.
      
      +1 on the sleeping bag. I've never had an problems with using one and only lose about 1dC over a 60-70min mash. Plus when I go camping I get to enjoy to aroma as I drift off to sleep. :thumbs:
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      Muggy Dawson
      8 years ago
   4. 1st Brew result

      by Tomas, 8 years ago in Brew Day Stories and/or Pics

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      Brewed NRB's All Amarillo on 1/3, kegged on 1/16 and pulled the first pint today. As noted in an earlier post, I'm not confident on my pre-boil and post boil gravity measurements, but it's drinkable with good aroma. It's still settling out after adding gelatin yesterday & not fully carb'd.
      
      Planning on brew #2 next wk, weather permitting. Irish Red.
      
      Cheers.

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      A picture is worth a thousand words - looks tasty!   :thumbs:
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      Brew4me
      8 years ago
   5. 2nd BIAB recipe for review

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

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      I have taken Jamil Zainasheff and John Palmer's recipe from Brewing Classic Styles and adapted it with BIAB to my kettle for my 2nd brew.  The recipe is outside the BJCP style guidelines both for OG and color, so I reduced the target OG, but have not made an adjustment for color.
      Please take a look at it and advise of any areas you think may be an issue.  Thanks.

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      Have time for a quick reply... I would go with Jamil's recipe without any real changes for this batch. After brewed, if desired it is easy to adjust and make changes to later brews. Get a benchmark ...then you will know what to expect with his recipe. It will be good, and can always be adjusted later.
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      Scott
      8 years ago
   6. 1st BIAB experience

      by Tomas, 8 years ago in Brew Day Stories and/or Pics

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      I brewed NRB's All Amarillo on 1/3/17.  Overall the experience was positive, although there's room for improvement.  I hit my volume targets :clap:  but missed the gravity estimates :sad: , although there's an issue with the temperature I took the measurements at, which I will correct on the next brew.  Not knowing exactly what to expect, I was surprised at how well it went.   :thumbs:
      The beer's been in the fermenter for 11 days and has reached a final gravity of 1.010.  I'll transfer to a...

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      Cart materials are from 80/20 Inc in Columbia City, IN. It's 1515-Lite t-slot aluminum extrusion, cut to my specs, counterbored for anchor fasteners connecting the legs & crossmembers, with legs tapped for threaded casters. Strong technical support from them while designing, good customer service & 2 day turnaround on multiple orders, as the project morphed after I got started. It was designed so each section could be at a different height, so if/when I might go electric, I can raise the kettle...
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      Tomas
      8 years ago
   7. Water measurement

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

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      Soon I will be doing my first BIAB after tweaking the All Amarillo recipe with BIABacus to fit my kettle.  I have a kettle with a sight gauge and calibrated it after first getting the kettle two years ago and found the sight gauge measurements to be off from the measured qts/gal that I added to the kettle, so I marked the sight gauge accordingly.  How are most BIAB brewers dealing with measuring your water levels?  I've seen recent posts from Mad Scientist with his Spike kettle on a scale and a...

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      You can measure the headspace in the kettle before transferring to the fermenter and then measure how much you have left in the kettle after the transfer. The difference will be what is in the fermenter.
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      Lumpy5oh
      9 years ago

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