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1. Wind Screen/ Heat Jacket/Insulator for Mashing
  
  by Ziggybrew, 14 years ago in Gas-Fired BIAB
  
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  Can't think of a short way to put this. I have two separate, but related, topics to inquire.
  
  1) I am an avid hiker and have made several alcohol stoves that work like a charm. The real trick is adding a wind screen. It not only keeps the flames and heat from blowing away, but also concentrates the heat up tight against the sides of the pot. I can only assume that this would be ideal on a large scale for BIAB kettles. Yet, I've never really seen this come up in discussions or pictures of rigs...
  
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  I use one of those silver automotive windscreen shields to insulate my boiler. I just use a tie-down strap to hold it tight.
  It halves heat up times so I recon could be a great option in this situation. It has done close to 50 brews and it will stand 100degC.
  I need to remove it to get the boiler to cool down. They don't melt and you can get them from cheap junk stores for $2 AUD.
  
  Rossco
  
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  620rossco
  12 years ago
2. BeerSmith Recipe Cloud: Are you on?
  
  by Ziggybrew, 13 years ago in General Chit-Chat, Nonsense & Rambles
  
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  Awesome new Site: You don't have to have BeerSmith 2.1 to create an account and enjoy. Post your user name here (if different from BIABrewer.com) to let other BIAB brewers know you have shared recipes posted. Then you can be followed. Maybe BIABrewer Administrators can create a BIAB club profile there or something.
  -- just thinking and sharing
  
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  Maybe BIABrewer Administrators can create a BIAB club profile there or something. We are hoping that two changes will occur before we can recommend /support the cloud. These two changes are critical for proper scaling of any cloud recipe.
  
  I mentioned these early in the cloud beta process but it is very easy for things to get over-looked. I've just sent another email through so cross your fingers. If detail is required on these, one of the existing betas should be able to clarify.
  
  If these...
  
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  Pat
  13 years ago
3. Fermcap-S Foam inhibitor
  
  by Ziggybrew, 14 years ago in BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members
  
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  I try to keep my brewing as natural as possible. Though my first BIAB will be in a week or two, I have maybe 90 some batches under my belt (maybe only 25 AG). As I consider doing lagers it seems that fermenting in kegs will take up less space in my keezer. So I am considering using Fermcap-S in the future for heavy lagers. Also, with heavy Ales it seems that I loose a lot of beer through the blow-off tubes. Does this stuff detract from the quality or nostalgia of beer? Does it kill the head...
  
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  Funnily enough, I've started fermenting in 60L fermenters, and I only have about 5L of headspace now so blow-off is a big problem :)
  
  The funny thing is I googled some info on Fermcap, and I found this post ;)
  
  I'm currently using a blow-off tube, but I'm trying to find some fermcap in Australia to try and control the mess/loss
  
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  stux
  14 years ago
4. 3500W induction plate?
  
  by Ziggybrew, 14 years ago in Electric BIAB
  
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  I'm a propane burner guy and mentally challenged with electric. Most of y'all use hot-water type elements I assume. I was in my restaurant supply today to pick up a scale for my grain mill. The salesman turned me on to a 3500 watt induction burner plate. He claims it brings 110 quarts/104l to boil. I have an 80 quart/75l Blichmann. Would this be a good way to come over to the dark side (I mean electric, sorry)? It magnetizes the kettle tight to the burner a heats efficiently (according to...
  
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  Theres a Cooktek induction top that I was looking at and drooling over the possibilities.
  
  Especially made for oversize stockpots, they would boil wort fast and efficiently. Boils 1 gallon in 3 minutes. I reckon they'd be expensive as hell but if I come into a large sum of money its gonna be eBIAB for me!
  
  sucky 22 sec video for reference:
  
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  Squared
  14 years ago
5. Malt Mill Roller Gap
  
  by Ziggybrew, 14 years ago in General Chit-Chat, Nonsense & Rambles
  
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  Sorry if my search skills suck but I could not find an answer yet. I just received a Barley Crusher malt mill. Since BIAB is not subject to the stuck sparge I assumed I could set those rollers closer than the factory setting. Will that make for better efficiency? What would be a good gap to tweak it to?
  
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  Thanks for posting the pic Dan - nice work!
  
  Don't be too worried about your EIK and trub losses. Just check out those other factors and the hop sock and if you get a gain, great. Your numbers are certainly in the ballpark. Can you check your pH?
  
  Cheers,
  PP
  
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  PistolPatch
  14 years ago
6. BIAB Maiden Voyage finally!
  
  by Ziggybrew, 14 years ago in Gas-Fired BIAB
  
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  Thanks for the help from everyone these past months. Our first BIAB was a success last night. (so far) Everything went smooth until after mashout! Even BeerSmith 2 was dead on. I didn't trust the strike water temp so I added a 3 degrees. and guess what? My mash was 3 degrees high. Shoulda listened to BS2. The burner legs cooled enough to wrap the kettle in a sleeping bag without melting any nylon. There was NO change in temp during the mash. Mashout went as planned to. The pulley system worked...
  
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  The ambient temperature was just too dang cold for my banjo burner too get any useful evaporation data. We were almost getting 2 gallons an hour until the sun moved behind the roof. Then it was 1/4 to 1/3 gallon per hour. All time on fire was probably 6 hours or more due to temperatures between 15F/-9.4C and 23F/-5C(in sunshine).
  
  This was an altered New Castle clone recipe shooting for 10 gallons:
  18#/8165g of UK 2-row
  3#/1360g Flaked Maize
  1.5#/680g 60L Chrystal
  .75#/340g Chocolate Malt...
  
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  Ziggybrew
  14 years ago
7. Devilish Home POO Experiment
  
  by Ziggybrew, 14 years ago in General Chit-Chat, Nonsense & Rambles
  
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  In The Home Brewer's Companion, Pg. 86, by Charlie Papazian, there is a unique account about indigenous tribes of the Andes in Peru. The human mouth has enzymes similar to a mash. They chew up corn and spit it into the wort bucket and the yeast is simple saccharomyces cerevisiae... from unweaned BABY POOP!
  Now we are about to receive my first great-grandson any minute now. Oh yea, this might be sick but I'm doing it.
  
  I plan to steal some baby poop and make a 2 liter starter. If it ferments...
  
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  Ziggybrew,
  
  Congratulations! I think this experiment is awesome! Let us know how it turns out. Avery is beautiful!
  
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  Rifester
  14 years ago
8. Thermal Bag Squeezing Straight Jacket?
  
  by Ziggybrew, 14 years ago in Bags, Mashers, Thermometers, Kettles etc.
  
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  :idea: de5m0mike just invented a really cool kettle insulator ( ) and it got me to thinking. I plan to start BIAB in January (Northern Hemisphere = cold & windy). Has anyone came up with a way to wrap your bag after it is hoisted from the mash and use a series of straps to cinch and squeeze the bag while keeping it warm to finish draining in the cold wind? I have a lot of sleeping bags that have these strap systems to squeeze the bag down smaller so it fits better in a backpack. I thought of...
  
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  I'm totally with BobBrews on this. Not just on the self-abuse bit but also on the brewing advice :smoke:.
  
  Great to see you thinking your brew through Ziggy. This will actually make a significant difference on your brew day. Even getting set up the day before seems to make things run smoothly.
  
  The amount of liquor you will score from a drained bag is, in my opinion, not worth the effort. Just twist and squeeze with industrial rubber gloves and pull the bag. If you want, hang the bag in a...
  
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  PistolPatch
  14 years ago
9. The new Beersmith version?
  
  by Ziggybrew, 14 years ago in Creating Your Own Recipes
  
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  Before I upgrade, is the new version of beersmith BIAB friendly ?
  
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  Thank you for your response. I will stick with Beermate, which I believe does a pretty good job. The Calculator seems to do a pretty good job also and very helpful to a BIAB novice like myself.
  
  Thanks again.
  
  I started off using brewmate and was pretty happy with it, although some of the figures were occasionally off. Now I use brewmate and also the calculator from this website to back it up and Im getting figures right where they should be. The calculator has more accurate boil off rates and...
  
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  Aces high
  14 years ago
10. My MLT and Mash Tun are pissed off!!!!
  
  by Ziggybrew, 14 years ago in General Chit-Chat, Nonsense & Rambles
  
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  Thanks to Jeff Omundson (of Portland Oregon) I am stoked! His hand-crafted brew bag for my 20 gallon Blichmann arrived today. I ran to Home Depot and got some rope, pulleys and a cleat. After months of reading BIABrewer I'm finally ready to join the ranks of our friends from Down Under.
  My Blichmann Boilermaker is named Christine (after the Steven King movie) and she's excited for her first BIAB. I can't say the same for the other vessels and mash tun. They are royally pissed.
  
  Our first brew...
  
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  Baby pictures too!
  
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  thughes
  14 years ago

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