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   1. First biab attempt

      by El Vagabundo, 7 years ago in BIAB Recipes

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      Here is what I am looking at for my first biab. I am planning on following Ralphs guide to mini-biab. It looks like exactly what I'd like to do. I have played around with biabicus and have the file posted. I'd love to know if the numbers look alright. I was wondering what I would do if I wanted to use a different recipe. Let's say I wanted to make a porter. Would I assume that I would use around 5 pounds of grain (I am using 4.77 for the Pale Ale)? Could I just create a recipe of...

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      El Vagabundo,
      The latest info/advice I have seen on whirlfloc use is 1/4 tab in the final 5 minutes of the boil.
      You will not do harm using a half tab.
      In the past I followed advice that changed over time from an entire tab in the final 15 minutes of the boil, to 10 minutes, then half a tab at 10 minutes, then 5 minutes.
      At least it keeps going down, instead of up. :think:
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