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   1. First Attempt A Few Questions

      by Wooderson, 15 years ago in Brew Day Stories and/or Pics

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      I had my first go at BIAB using my new 40 litre Buffalo boiler.I went for an Autumn Ale and purchased an Exact Ingredient kit that should make 23 litres at 4.5%.
      
      I'd played around with the calculator and possibly due to my own error it seemed to want me to use 40 litres of water initially,thinking this was a bit high I decided to wing it for my 1st attempt as I was eager to get started and went with 33ltrs.I went with a strike temp of 69c with after doughing in left me with my target of...

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      IMO, re-hydrating or making a starter with a dry yeast is not an improvement. I became a believer of just sprinkling it on top of the foamy aerated wort. Granted, cost could be a factor but so is your time and sanity. To me BIAB is all about simplicity.
      
      I use Mr. Malty's (tm trademarks of Jamil Zainasheff) pitching rate calculator; and measure my dry yeast with a gram scale. I've made a 1.068 with 16.5 grams, for example.
      
      Now I've done yeast harvesting and washing... can be fun, worth while...
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      Mad_Scientist
      15 years ago
   2. Newbie with a cople of questions

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

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      Hi there, I was hoping to move on from kits and try a BIAB this weekend I have an electric boiler that holds around 27ltrs so it looks like i'll be going down the maxi-biab route.I bought this recipe kit
      
      Pale Malt (Maris Otter) (grams) 4440
      Crystal Malt (grams) 495
      Black Malt (grams) 20
      
      Start of Boil
      Goldings Hops (grams) 23
      Fuggle Hops (grams) 23
      
      Last Ten Minutes of Boil
      Goldings Hops (grams) 8
      Fuggle Hops (grams) 8
      
      1 x Protafloc last 15 mins of Boil
      1 pack of S-04 yeast.
      
      Alcohol content...

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      G'day Wooderson
      
      PP beat me to it but yeah, have a read of that post. You probably want to start with 19-20 litres of strike water and with that kind of liquor to grain ratio you want the strike temperature to be 3-4 degrees higher than the mash temperature. Don't make it too hard for yourself the first time you do BIAB by having the boiler too full. You can always start with a bit more water next time.
      
      During your boil you probably want to add some more water by boiling the kettle. It depends...
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      dick
      15 years ago

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