Thanks very much for that PP. I see what you've done and could hopefully do the same myself next time. Brew day has been postponed until tomorrow, and I have changed the recipe slightly to get up to 5.7 kg with stuff I have in the house. I will use all the volumes from the Boddies recipe and see wha...

I'm afraid I do need some help putting the stuff into the calculator. I had a go, but the things I want to change, well, there's a big red angry warning at the top telling me not to change. I didn't save it either, because I don't want to break the internet. So this is the recipe: http://hopville.co...

Hi guys, First of all thanks for the great advice from all on the site. Special kudos and respect to Pistol Patch. Lylo, the original recipe, here http://hopville.com/recipe/602956/home-brew/korean-steam is very similar to what you are doing, with 500 g less pilsner malt. I'm still new, and thus far...

LOL! Your original gravity should be closer to 1.050 than 1.030 so something has gone wrong here. The great thing about BIAB is that it is very hard to bugger up so if you did actually start with 5.5 kgs of grain you will almost certainly get a beer of around 5% ABV. What you need to do is another ...

When exactly did you take the reading? And did you take pre-boil readings? Also, did you discard the first bit of wort that came out of the tap? You may have had some water or sanitiser in the sample you took thus making your reading incorrect. HC Good call. I took a reading immediately after pitch...

So I brewed today and thought I'd post a report and ask for some advice. I ended up mashing in 29 l for 80 minutes at 68C. It had dropped to 63C after the 80 mins but I didn't bother to wrap the kettle. I will do next time, but since I'm not really aiming for a "style" I wasn't worried this time. Th...

Hey Joey, Just a quick note, you might want to be careful with your measurements there, from the dimensions you gave for your pot I calculate it as being 32.5L. With the calculator stating that you need 36L things might get a bit messy! Yep, I'm just waiting for it to heat up to strike temp now and...

Hi everybody, I'm getting ready to do my first AG and first BIAB and I need some advice. I think I've got all my gear together and my grain bill arrived today. The problem is I designed the recipes before I decided to go the BIAB route (using hopville) and now the calculator is telling me I need ano...

Hey everyone, I'm from Manchester, England originally, but I have been living in Korea for the last ten years. I managed to tolerate Korean beer for too long and have just brewed a couple of extract kits. I have all the equipment ready to go and have worked out a couple of recipes, but think I might...