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   1. Maxi BIABs 5,6,7,8

      by Tarmac, 13 years ago in Full-Volume Variations - FVV (diluting and/or sparging)

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      Been keeping busy since my last post and knocked out following brews.
      They're all at various stages and am planning on having a few people round next month to help drink it all:
      
      Butty Bach 'clone': a rough estimate based on the website
      Proper Job Clone: Based on info from brewery
      Bramling Cross single hop experiment
      Citra SMaSH : lightly hopped
      
      The butty clone tastes great, but after the PJ clone I will never, ever, ever, ever loose dry hop again. Nightmare.
      
      I think my original PJ clone (on...

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      Have you considered a screen on the bottom of your autosiphon. I frequently use a piece of pantyhose or cheesecloth held in place with a rubberband... all sanitized of course :lol:
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      HbgBill
      13 years ago
   2. Maxi BIAB#4 Summer Lightning

      by Tarmac, 13 years ago in Full-Volume Variations - FVV (diluting and/or sparging)

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      Will be trying this one out this weekend using my usual method.
      
      I'm also going to try hopbursting this recipe rather than following the traditional method.
      I'll start adding hops with only 20 minutes left on the boil which should produce a more rounded bitterness, loads of hop flavour and aroma.
      (So I'm told).
      
      Also means it doesn't affect any timings hugely when I stick the immersion cooler in have to bring it back to the boil.
      
      So far I've had high and low effiency from the same batch of...

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      I have archives to June of 05. At about 48 shows per year and 3 hrs/show it will take me a lot of road trips to get thru them all!
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      Lylo
      13 years ago
   3. Maxi BIAB#3 DBHG

      by Tarmac, 13 years ago in Full-Volume Variations - FVV (diluting and/or sparging)

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      Here’s my first ever original recipe.
      It’s a citra/ekg blend which should hopefully be nicely balanced with some fruity tones from the citra.
      Due to the two types of hops used and my other hobbies I've decided to call it: Double Barrelled Hopgun :shoot:
      
      Even though I have a 33 litre pot I’m doing a maxi style brew.
      
      I’ve told the maxi calc that I only have a 24 litre pot for three reasons:
      1)Using up some ingredients before I order more (hence the 16.5 litre brew length).
      2)The Maris Otter...

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      I wonder what's going on with the plastic taste? A good fermentor should not impart any plastic flavours so I am thinking you need to look at changing the fermnetor tap (possible infection). Also make sure you are not using vinyl hose for any transfers to or from your fermentor. (If you keg, there is another possible issue). Also, make sure you are using both an alkaline and an acid in your cleaning/satiation process. Not dong so can bite you on the bum a year or so after you start brewing....
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      PistolPatch
      13 years ago
   4. First Maxi Biab - Please have a look!

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      by Tarmac, 13 years ago in Full-Volume Variations - FVV (diluting and/or sparging)

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      My grain finally showed up yesterday so I'm planning this one for the weekend.
      Got a bit of a shock when I saw just how big a bag of 5kg of grain is! Made me wonder if my pot will hold it :interesting:
      
      Could someone have a look at this and see if I've done everything properly?
      Cheers :)

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      I only bought two bags of 5kg and have had low efficiency from both batches. As they were my first I expected it to be honest.
      
      I've attached my calculator with my efficiency data entered. Not great.
      
      I did an 8 litre dunk sparge which sat for 20 minutes and came out at 1.020 and that all gradually went into the boil.
      Gravity readings done at 50 degrees and then converted using Beer Alchemy for the most part.
      
      Still not sure where my extra 3 litres went... maybe my evaporation rate needs upping...
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      Tarmac
      13 years ago

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