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   1. Overnight Brewing

      by Telford QPR, 14 years ago in From Mash to Lauter (Water to Sweet Liquor)

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      Anyone on here with young kids and family may also share the issue I have with the time it takes to brew. Working during the week leaves pretty much only a day at the weekend and this results in issues with the family. One option I have seen muted is splitting brew day overnight and wanted to run a potential solution by some experienced brewers.
      
      I only have a small vessel (approx 26 litres) so use maxi-BIAB approach. I'm thinking on an evening (once kids put in bed) get the mash done and...

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      Brewing takes a lot of time, but it does not take a lot of our time.
      
      Get organised and it gets easy. I spend, maybe, an hour total on a brew day doing brew stuff. the rest of my time is doing other things while the heat, grain, water and the hops do their thing.
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      hashie
      14 years ago
   2. Thoughts on this for a boiler

      by Telford QPR, 15 years ago in Electric BIAB

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      Hi
      
      Was wondering if anyone had used or have thoughts on the following as a boiler?
      
      Any feedback appreciated
      
      Kenny

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      Nice report Telford. Good on you :party:
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      PistolPatch
      14 years ago
   3. 1st BIAB = Disaster...HELP

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

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      Hi – finally completed my 1st BIAB after much planning and what a disaster!! I’m hoping you guys can help me establish where I have gone wrong so #2 is a bit more successful.
      
      RECIPE
      
      Aimed to do the Amarillo Pale Ale recipe on here – my scaled recipe was:
      Brewlength: 12l
      Grains (bought pre-milled)
      Pale Ale Malt: 2,781g
      Munich 1: 557g
      Cara Amber: 282g
      Hops
      US Amarillo (5.3AA) – 30g @ 60 mins and 25g @ 20 mins.
      Misc
      ½ tsp Protafloc and ½ tsps Yeast Nutrient 10 mins before boil end.
      Yeast –...

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      Should be interesting to be able to literally taste the difference! cheers
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      Squared
      15 years ago

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