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1. Very clever beer ad by Heineken
  
  by Pat, 6 years ago in General Chit-Chat, Nonsense & Rambles
  
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  Just stumbled across this today. Pretty clever #BeersWithoutBorders :)
  
  Heineken's #OpenYourWorld campaign ad
  
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  Just stumbled across this today. Pretty clever #BeersWithoutBorders :)
  
  Heineken's #OpenYourWorld campaign ad
  
  This is really an interesting ad. Gotta view it again. :)
  
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  ZacharyCosta
  5 years ago
2. I'm thinking of buying a...
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  by Pat, 6 years ago in BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members
  
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  Imagine you just heard that your sister/brother had just bought a good or service that you had already bought and that good/service had failed you. In hindsight, you'll be thinking, I wish I had told them of my experience, and your sibling will be saying, I wish I'd asked their advice.
  
  Once the transaction is made though, it's all a bit too late, isn't it?
  
  So, before you buy anything, use this thread to check with other family members - ask them, Am I making a good decision?
  
  Cheers,
  Pat
  
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  With the BIABacus at hand, there is a wide range of kettle sizes that will work for just about anyone. There is no right or wrong answer, just personal preferences.
  
  Indoor stove-top brewers might have trouble lifting the bag above a 40+ cm tall kettle within the space available above it (hood and/or ceiling). A wider kettle with less height would have an enhanced evaporation rate. That would add to the indoor humidity more so than having a smaller kettle. Outdoor brewers will have to have help...
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  Zoner
  5 years ago
3. SOLVED: "Not secure" notice - who's getting it?
  
  by Pat, 5 years ago in Important Notices
  
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  While in the process of re-arranging things here at headquarters, one part of my main computer has decided to play up. I'm still trying to get the time and knowledge to find out which bit - hopefully not the motherboard!
  
  So, for the last few days I've been working off my phone and ancient laptop but I am seeing this...
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  Q1 Is anyone else getting this?
  Q2 If so for how long?
  Q3 Using one browser or just a particular browser?
  
  Main question is does anyone know how to fix it. I...
  
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  Finally my brain is not only working again, I have also had some time to actually use it :)
  
  Just installed some server updates, one of which was Certbot. It asked me to make a choice between two things that I had no understanding of. Tossing a coin solved that problem :) . The biabrewer.info address still threw the problem up, however the -d trick, Kevk mentioned, fixed that :salute:.
  I believe I have the certificates set to auto-renew but, if things start playing up again on 17 Oct 12:25...
  
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  Pat
  5 years ago
4. BIABAcus PR1.3U - Fixes an error in Section F
  
  by Pat, 6 years ago in Important Notices
  
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  BIABacus PR1.3T and perhaps some other prior versions were incorrectly calculating the WYWU (What you will use) amount in Section F. This version fixes it.
  
  I do have quite a new version of The BIABacus however I think I'll need a mathematician to make a few changes that I really want to see. Until then, I trust PR1.3U will keep you going .
  
  All the best,
  Pat
  
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  quote: frustrated with how little the various brewing software I've tried matches the reality of my brewday.
  
  I’ve used the BIABacus for as long as I have brewed All Grain (>60 five gallon batches) and it usually matches my brewday experience. I am always pleased when Specific Gravity readings are spot on, even the extra digit after the /. The BIABacus has built into it by design that you should get a bit higher OG than targeted, but I customize my inputs and get a match based on experience....
  
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  ShorePoints
  6 years ago
5. Farewell 2017 and Welcome 2018
  
  by Pat, 6 years ago in Your Feedback
  
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  [Before posting here, please make sure you have read How to Help Us Ferk Up 2018 .]
  
  Happy New Year to You All :salute:
  
  Traditionally, I try to bring in the new year by doing some or all of the following: attempt to pass on my gratitude to members here who serve others so diligently, review the last year and outline plans for the next 12 months. In the thread linked at the top of this post, I'll be outlining what needs to be done to make this site outstanding. (I thought we'd be there by now...
  
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  ShorePoints : A potato masher is a must so no harm done there. I'm not going to ask what an Arduino is otherwise I'll probably buy one :)
  mally : Lol. As I was waiting, I was tempted to write stuff like, Can you hold on a second? My baby is crying and I need to give it more whisky. But, there was no need, Microsoft provided all the humour :P
  
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  Pat
  6 years ago
6. Ferking Up 2018
  
  by Pat, 6 years ago in Important Notices
  
  I thought that might get your attention :P
  
  This is an important year, one that is going to mainly rely on you! So, before we go any further...
  
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  Ferking up basically means to move things forward.
  
  Whilst I now know what you can all do to help ferk up 2018, I still need a week or two to work out the ferking order.
  
  More soon and best wishes to you all,
  Pat
  
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  Pat
  6 years ago
7. New Skin coming in a few days.
  
  by Pat, 6 years ago in Your Feedback
  
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  Just heading in to another marathon run of site development.
  While that is happening, in a few days, we'll give you a much nicer skin to work with.
  I'll keep you posted ;)
  Pat
  
  Gold Members Only
  
  If you go to the beta site, you should be able to see all the sections in the pic below.
  You must log in to see all sections.
  Please do as much testing as you can there in the next few days. (As always, much appreciated.)
  
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  Update*
  
  - Gold members caught a few bugs on the beta site. Just one left to solve.
  - Solving the above and installing new software took up the week window of time I had available.
  - I'd like to re-write the intro part of the site for the new temporary skin. I'll try to do that before...
  - Next unbroken time slot I have is this coming weekend. I'll aim to give you the new temporary skin then.
  
  Pat
  
  *Topic moved to Feedback.
  
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  Pat
  6 years ago
8. All the best for 2016.
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  by Pat, 8 years ago in Your Feedback
  
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  Thanks to 2015 Contributors
  Many thanks to all members, old and new, who have contributed actively to BIABrewer.info in the last year :salute:.
  
  2015 was the first year where I found myself unable to contribute to the site on a daily basis. In fact, for various reasons, there were months that went by without some key members being able to contribute. Whilst this lead to at least a halving in forum traffic/activity (something of no importance to us), it also allowed some space for some very...
  
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  uys once I find a way to post pics, I want to show you the clarity of the beers I have been brewing BIAB since I joined.
  
  I just did a continental lager, no filtering, just my 4 step infusion BIAB that is so clear I am stoked like a beginner brewer. Being a lager head one thing we love to show off is clear beers.
  
  Hos I not found this site, and not listened to the advice I was given in my troubleshooting thread I would still be upset about conversions and trying to do as I did 3 vessel. The...
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  Jamato
  6 years ago
9. Notes/Bugs on Temporary Skin
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  by Pat, 7 years ago in Your Feedback
  
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  As some members will know, we are in the process of moving to a completely new site structure.
  This involves the use of the not-so-great temporary skin you see now - don't worry, it is temporary, and the skin we will be using is far better.
  We will be starting a new topic soon to inform you of all the changes, however, in the meantime, please don't hesitate to let us know if the current skin is causing problems for you.
  We'll add your notes to the list below.
  
  Cheers,
  Pat
  
  Known Issues...
  
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  Have Posted a Support Request on the phpBB Forum
  After creating several new test sites from scratch, it looks like the problems we are having are with phpBB 3.1.10 so I've put in a support request on the phpBB forum.
  
  This problem has probably been going on for quite some months now but been disguised amongst all the other additions we've made to phpBB. I've spent hours on it, Mikey spent 8 straight hours on it on Sunday and a phpBB style author has been working on it as well over the last...
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  Pat
  7 years ago
10. 2017 - A Major New Year for the Site
  
  by Pat, 7 years ago in Your Feedback
  
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  The New Year is going to be the most exciting yet for this site.
  
  About nine months ago, I made a decision to concentrate soley on the re-development of this site; after all, what harm could eight weeks without an income do? Thirty-six weeks later :), I now know why no one has attempted what was promised last year, a website that; has an information side that is fast and easy to use and covers brewers at all stages and their circumstances; is far more dynamic and customisable than the current...
  
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  Lol Streamer and good on you Richard :thumbs:
  
  Will lock this thread now as What's Happening to BIABrewer.info in 2017 is now up and running.
  
  A Little Update
  
  We are running behind on some of the above; Mikey is now working full-time and Sarah has had family visiting, leaving etc., all last week. I've been learning yet another bit of software (Bootstrap Studio - quite good actually).
  
  Sarah is working at a festival this weekend, however, Mikey will be here on Sunday so I think we'll...
  
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  Pat
  7 years ago
11. Site Closing for Several Hours from UTC Sat 1AM
  
  by Pat, 7 years ago in BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members
  
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  Just a notification that this weekend we will be upgrading the site to a later system from 1am, on Saturday, November the 26th, UTC . The upgrade will probably take less than five hours.
  
  What this Means for You
  
  This the first of two shutdowns that will occur. For you, the user, nothing much will be different after the first shutdown. The temporary skin we'll be using may, in fact, even be a little worse than the current one :).
  
  This first shutdown will enable us to invisibly work behind...
  
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  Well this skin already looks better than Tapatalk!
  
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  Lumpy5oh
  7 years ago
12. Bottle Priming/Carbonation - We need your numbers!
  
  by Pat, 8 years ago in Bottling
  
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  We've had several threads over the years on priming bottles to get the right carbonation. One thing those threads have shown is that there is a massive variance in recommendations*.
  
  We've nailed tricky stuff like this before so we might as well do it again.
  
  Can you please click on the link below that applies to you or that you have experience in, and then follow the instructions there to give us your numbers on what works or has not worked for you?
  
  If you are a bottler and prime your...
  
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  That's fantastic thanks goulaigan and thanks very much for your PM as well :salute:.
  
  Yeast Strain
  
  In his PM, goulaigan said, Something I have really wondered about is yeast strain having an effect... I think maybe the particular yeasts ability to eat them may also come into play... Not all yeast strains produce the same amount of C02 and alcohol from the same amount of sugar. Whilst we do have yeast strain in the template (main yeast and that used for bottling, if any), it wasn't until...
  
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  Pat
  8 years ago
13. The New Site
  
  by Pat, 8 years ago in General Chit-Chat, Nonsense & Rambles
  
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  I'm posting this in the General Chit-Chat, Nonsense & Rambles forum as it is a bit of a ramble.
  
  I've been working on the new site a lot recently but am worried I am missing something obvious. The new site will have an official section designed in such a way that any brewer, regardless of their experience or equipment, should be able to find the right info, for them, within three clicks. Designing a structure that is so simple has been extremely difficult and is still going to take many more...
  
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  Mally, sorry for the slow reply. Hopefully, I privately said thanks for it in an email?
  
  I also think the local thing would be a big bonus, but, once that is done, having someone like yourself on board would be a great bonus!
  
  :)
  
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  Pat
  8 years ago
14. Carbonation of Kegs - What do you do?
  
  by Pat, 8 years ago in Kegging
  
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  We've had several threads over the years on carbonation. One thing those threads have shown is that there is a massive variance in recommendations and techniques*.
  
  We've nailed tricky stuff like this before so we might as well do it again.
  
  Can you please click on the link below that applies to you or that you have experience in, and then follow the instructions there to give us your numbers on what works or has not worked for you?
  
  If you keg and force carbonate (fast or slow)
  
  If you keg...
  
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  If you naturally prime your kegs, please select and copy the Code below, paste it into the Quick Reply box and complete the details. An example follows the code.
  
  Keg - Naturally Primed
  Overview
  
  Beer Style:
  Original Gravity:
  Final Gravity:
  Desired Vols CO2:
  Metric or US Measurements Supplied:
  
  Yeast/s, Times and Temperatures
  
  Main Yeast:
  Type and Amount of Yeast Used when Priming (if any):
  Wort Temp 72 hours before Priming:
  Wort Temp at Priming:
  Days Allowed for Carbonation:
  Avg Temp...
  
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  Pat
  8 years ago
15. Looking for high quality brewing pics for the new site.
  
  by Pat, 8 years ago in Important Notices
  
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  One of the many, many skills I don't have is photography.
  
  I'm not sure if brewing photography is a common skill, but I need lots and lots of pics for the new site on anything and everything relating to brewing. For example, I need photos, pics, graphics, or illustrations:
  
  - to act as the background image for various landing pages.
  
  - to act as the background image for smaller sidebars. [such as are used on the right of the above example or the graphics used here .]
  
  - lots of pics of the...
  
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  Thanks Pat, trying to do my part...
  
  By the way, the image of using a sheet of OSB as a brew kettle wind break may not be a good example. With the weather we had that day, raining sideways , it was something that had to be done...to brew on the back porch. If someone wasn't paying attention and had the sheet too close to the flame, it could use the sheet of OSB as a bridge to get into the roof of a house... Don't want someone to burn their house down. :nup:
  
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  Scott
  8 years ago
16. A note on the Amazon ad at bottom of the page.
  
  by Pat, 8 years ago in Your Feedback
  
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  For those of you who have been here for a while, you may remember the Amazon banner being at the top of the site for the last two and a half years where I just discovered it has earned a whole fifteen dollars :lol:.
  
  In the last few weeks, I have been looking at the new PhpBB software that runs the site and it is so much better than the current version. We'd like to get it up and running in a whole new format asap and this has forced me to learn my way around the backend of the site a little....
  
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  Firstly, apologies for my lack of feedback in this thread. I did track things, for, perhaps a fortnight, and found no purchases besides B4M's. Thank you for your purchase B4M and to the others above who replied to this thread. I just spent some time trying to log into my Amazon account but it takes more time than it is worth. They do send me a monthly email though that always says the following...
  
  Dear Amazon Associate,
  
  We have just sent payments to eligible Associates for the advertising...
  
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  Pat
  8 years ago
17. "Notify me upon replies by default:" Is it working for you?
  
  by Pat, 8 years ago in Your Feedback
  
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  In your User Control Panel, you can set it up so as you are emailed anytime someone replies to a topic you have posted to.
  
  Is this currently working for any members? If so , have you ever had a problem in the past?
  
  If it is not working for you, how long do you think it has not worked and have you had a problem before?
  
  Would really appreciate some feedback on this one ;),
  Pat
  
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  I didn't get Rick's updated thread today, yet I replied on the #2 post.
  
  Sent from my XT1053 using Tapatalk
  
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  Mad_Scientist
  8 years ago
18. A Behind the Scenes Pic.
  
  by Pat, 9 years ago in General Chit-Chat, Nonsense & Rambles
  
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  One of my big worries for this site atm is that information is not easy to find. New members might think, on a casual glance and from looking through 'stickies', that little effort is/gets put into the site. The latter is far from true (see below). Until we get things sorted though please just ask your questions on forum. There is no other forum that has so many members willing to give you their undivided attention. Please respect, respond and acknowledge their efforts as they are...
  
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  Pat, one of the Most Useful options are the Forum Search.
  
  A few of Us that post links to answer questions, use the Forum Search to get those Links.
  
  It may be difficult to make the search auto like Google, but, only you guys will know!
  
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  joshua
  9 years ago
19. Site Down Log
  
  by Pat, 9 years ago in Your Feedback
  
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  I've noticed several times in the last month the site going down for an hour or so usually at times when I would normally be at work. If you notice this, could you please log the time and approximate duration here using UTC time ?
  
  First downtime for this thread was:
  
  22nd June, 2014 aprox 6:00am for approx 1.25 hours
  
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  When I click on the 1 new message (basically a new PM) I get the following screen;
  
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  I don't know if there is a new message or not?
  
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  mally
  9 years ago
20. Some Products that BIAB Brewers should Consider.
  
  by Pat, 10 years ago in General Chit-Chat, Nonsense & Rambles
  
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  When I have a little more time, I'll think more on this thread but for now, if you have anything to add to it, feel free to make a post here and if it looks as though it could be useful to a majority of brewers then I will link yur ost below. PP will get the ball rolling in the first two posts below.
  
  pH strips - Easier to use than a pH meter. Careful though as not all pH strips are designed to measure wort. (PistolPatch)
  
  Brewing Classic Styles (Book) - Eighty high integrity recipes. Click...
  
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  Jack .. those do look good .... Saw them b4 on another sites ad and people do seem to like them.. I might check them out when I buy my 15 gal pot.
  
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  jhough
  10 years ago
21. Site Speed
  
  by Pat, 10 years ago in Your Feedback
  
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  Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that the site is significantly slower for say the last three or four weeks?
  
  I don't think it makes any difference where you are from but if possible, please let us know.
  
  If this keeps up, I'm getting my old tin cans and string out!
  
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  I think you are right Bob :).
  
  The speed seemed to correct within half a day of starting the topic.
  
  I'll leave the thread open a little longer though.
  
  Many thanks for your reports :salute:.
  
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  Pat
  10 years ago
22. admin (NME) wins James Squire's, "You Brew," Competition.
  
  by Pat, 10 years ago in General Chit-Chat, Nonsense & Rambles
  
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  Well done Simon on your win here .
  
  Great article but tell your girlfriend to have a shave next time please. Simon's Hairy Girlfirend.jpg
  :roll:
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  SCORE ONE MORE FOR BIAB!!!!
  would i be out of place asking for a recipe? :blush:
  
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  2trout
  10 years ago
23. What should Kostas do with your $350?
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  by Pat, 12 years ago in BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members
  
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  Several generous members of the forum responded to a donation drive we had buried away in this thread .
  
  The aim of the donation drive was to reward Kostas who joined the BIABacus development team several months ago. Like all the other BIABAcus 'victims' he has put in hundreds of hours work for no reward. Kostas is a little different from previous or existing victims though. He lives in Greece where times are very hard. Finding full-time work is almost impossible whereas the rest of us...
  
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  Thanks guys for your words, I got some awful news yesterday
  and reading you I was able to laugh again!!
  
  Poor Kostas is gonna cry!! Is he still brewing out of a tomato can?
  I laughed so hard at that one(from the Jumbo Biab post).
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  kostass
  11 years ago
24. "No-Sparge" Definition.
  
  by Pat, 13 years ago in Full-Volume Variations - FVV (diluting and/or sparging)
  
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  No-sparge, mashing is a term that is commonly misunderstood and mis-used across the internet. BIAB is even sometimes referred to as a no-sparge method. This is incorrect.
  
  BIAB is a method that exposes the grist (crushed grain) to the full volume of water required in the brew at the start of the mash. Traditional methods such as batch-sparging and fly-sparging expose about half this volume to the grist at the beginning of the mash. After the mash this is drained into the kettle and then the...
  
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  Oh I love a good internet debate, based on semantics :)
  
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  hashie
  12 years ago
25. BeerSmith2 - Initial Feedback and Questions
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  by Pat, 13 years ago in Measurement, Mathematics and Records
  
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  An information thread on BeerSmith2 can be found here . Please subscribe to that topic as new information posts will be added there regularly.
  
  Please use this thread for now to give any feedback or ask questions on BeerSmith2. (Before asking questions, study the information thread above first.)
  
  Cheers,
  Pat
  
  Also please note the following important posts...
  
  Please set 'Mash TUn Specific Heat to Zero
  
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  No worries Yeasty.
  
  I found it helpful to ascertain grain absorption and boil off averages!
  
  I can send you my full spreadsheet if you like?
  
  That would be great dicko, I'm a sucker for a good spread sheet. :headhit:
  I found that as I like to brew something different everytime, I have a Calculator spreadsheet for every brew I do and I don't really get to grips with my figures so I end upworking from memory :scratch:
  
  sorry to have gone off topic a bit. :blush: To bring it back in line with...
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  Yeasty
  12 years ago

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