Todd, I've heard that about pilsner, I wonder why the recipe creator went with 60. Maybe I should aim for a smaller brew length. My largest fermenter is 6.5 gal carboy; would you recommend tweaking for 5 gal into the fermenter? Also, the original recipe calls for the first hop addition at 45min, but...

Greetings again! While my 1st attempt at BIAB is sitting happily in the fermenter, I figured I'd give it another go. This time with this recipe: Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: Wyeast 3068 Weihenstephan Yeast Starter: Yes Batch Size (Gallons): 5.5 Original Gravity: 1.052 Final Gravity: 1.009 IBU: 10-1...

Yeasty, Thanks again for the help/work on the calculator & spreadsheet! I brewed last night and was a bit intimidated by the checklist -- I didn't strictly follow the steps, but in the end it helped tremendously to keep me on track. I was amazed at how the volumes you provided on the calculator matc...

Yeasty wrote:Ok I'll do a calculator, I've a version that you can change between Metric and USA units.

Wonderful! Look forward to it. Hey, thanks for the help!

Hey Yeasty -- yeah, I can look at an excel file. I've been trying to play with "THE CALCULATOR" xls, but I have a hard time with metric (damn U.S. public schools!).

Thanks, Todd, for the comments on the recipe! I don't think I've ever had a beer with amarillo hops.

Thanks gents!

Greetings all! I'm getting ready to try my first BIAB! I'm super excited about giving it a go, but I'm getting a bit overwhelmed by the calculations (I was good at math in school -- really!). Anyway, here is the recipe that my local shop put together for me: OVERVIEW Style: IPA Name: LHBS Yeast: WL0...

Greetings all! My name is Brent and I'm from Northern Colorado, USA. I started brewing a couple of months ago and have gone crazy with the hobby! I spend countless hours reading forum posts & books, watching youtube videos, listening to various podcasts, etc. I've brewed six batches using extract (o...