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   1. All Late Addition Citra Pale Ale

      by Ralphus, 14 years ago in BIAB Recipes

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      This recipe comes courtesy of Kal Warner, a well respected Canadian Brewer. A friend and I have both brewed it and it's fantastic. Highly recommended if you like a citrusy but well balanced pale ale.
      
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      I used The Calculator to scale it to suit my equipment and it worked flawlessly. I should add that I substituted Pilsner malt for 2-row pale without any issues.

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      BIABacus
      
      As in a simple calculator, an abacus
      
      Snappy and includes BIAB ;)
      
      So... that was when the name was born. I learn more and more reading all these posts
      Kudos stux
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      Wyoracer
      9 years ago
   2. Partigyle & BIAB

      by Ralphus, 14 years ago in Intermediate Brewing

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      I am a big fan of Fullers ESB and have brewed one clone using BIAB which turned out quite well. But I was doing some more research and stumbled across some episodes of the Jamil show where they tried to clone the beer. The first wasn't successful, but on the second they believe they nailed it. The link is below:
      
      Apparently using partigyle and the first runnings is a big part of getting the malt profile right for this beer. Basically they have enough grain for two batches of beer. They are...

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      The details of how they did start at 49:30 mark and it only takes a few minutes to get through it.
      
      They are effectively doing a double 6G batches for 12G. 95% pale malt, 5% british crystal 70-80. 8 gallons for starting mash, 1.3 quarts per pound. First runnings for the ESB were 5.5 gallons with gravity of 1.063. Diluted with a gallon of water to get 7 gallon pre-boil. Ended up with an OG of 1.060.
      
      Second runnings produced the London Pride wort of 1.038 @ 7 gallons, and after the boil they had...
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      Ralphus
      14 years ago
   3. First BIAB Experience

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

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      I had my first BIAB session last night. It was good! There were many things done right, some things done wrong, and hopefully sometime in the future I'll have a beer that will be drinkable. Here's the intro synopsis:
      
      Recipe: Lloydie P's Krispy Kolsch
      Volume into fermenter: 20.79L (~5.5G)
      Bag: Did not have one so went with the big square approach :)
      Kettle: 48L aluminum, 40cm diameter
      Fuel Source: 72,000 BTU propane burner
      
      Because my schedule is so busy I did not have time to do many of the...

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      Ralphus,
      Keep up the good work! Your brewing skills are skyrocketing! Your evap rates will rarely be perfect unless your humidity is always the same. My humidity changes each day in the summer. One day everything is sopping wet and the next it is crisp and clear. Winter is the only time it is stable. Great for lagers! As summer is winding down here I am actually looking forward to brewing lagers.
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      BobBrews
      14 years ago
   4. Southern Tier IPA Clone

      by Ralphus, 15 years ago in Creating Your Own Recipes

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      Does anyone have a recipe for a clone of Southern Tier's IPA by chance?

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      Southern Tier's IPA
      
      Mash
      Malt Name Wt. (lbs.) % of Mash
      Pale Malt 2-Row (Muntons) 18 78.3
      Crystal (10L) 1 4.3
      CaraMunich 1 4.3
      Torrified Wheat 1 4.3
      Corn Sugar 2 8.7
      
      Total Weight 23.00
      Mash & Sparge Water info.
      Strike Temp. Mash In Gallons Sparge Gallons Sparge Temp.
      163.8�F 6.6 gal. 2.9 gal. 170�F
      
      Hops
      Hop Variety Alpha Acid %Amt. (oz.) Boil (min.) Hop IBU
      Chinook - Pellet 13 2.5 60 84.4
      Cascade - Pellet 5.75 1 15 7.4
      Cascade - Pellet 5.75 1 5 3.0
      Centennial - Pellet 10.5 1 5 5.4...
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      BobBrews
      14 years ago
   5. Efficiency and Boil Gravity

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

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      I have a question about the point in time that the gravity reading is done to calculate efficiency that I'm hoping someone can help me with.
      
      From what I have read it appears as though efficiency should be calculated using the Boil Gravity (ie, the gravity of the wort just as it reaches a boil). The reasoning in Palmer's How to Brew is, we want to think in terms of the boil gravity because that volume of wort and its gravity is our actual yield .
      
      It's not clear to me why it has to be boiled...

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      Deebo, i love my cheap chinese refractometer!
      read this: onclick= window.open(this.href);return false; ... fg-results
      it is a great improvement to the traditional refrac correction for alcohol formula.
      
      Thanks for that will give this a shot next time to see how close it looks.
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      deebo
      15 years ago
   6. BIAB kettle & pot

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

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      Any chance someone can review the following pieces of equipment and let me know if they would be suitable for BIAB brewing?
      
      Thanks!

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      I picked the gear up today. I'm used to stainless steel and in comparison this pot feels like a pop can. It is very light and thin, but the price was right ;) I was also surprised at the size.. I was expecting it to be taller but it is very wide.
      
      The burner looks solid. Now I just need to get a few propane tanks, some swiss voile, some grain and I should be good to go.
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      Ralphus
      15 years ago

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