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   1. 1st time AG and BIAB attempt

      by Ogri, 13 years ago in Brew Day Stories and/or Pics

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      Hope I don't offend anyone here with my heresy but I ended up doing things in a slightly unorthodox way, due mostly to my lack of intelligence and inability to figure out how to properly use the biab calculator.
      
      I'd already made a recipe up on hopville/beer calculus;
      
      Malt and fermentables
      
      % KG EBC Yield
      81% 2.25 Marris Otter (Crisp) Mash 6.4 %
      9% 0.25 British Crystal 70-80LMash 123.8 %
      9% 0.25 Brown Sugar, Light Boil 13.1 %
      1% 0.014 Chocolate Wheat Malt Mash 661.0 %
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      Evening all :salute:
      
      Thought I'd give you a quick update. Brew is still in primary and I drew a sample to check FG, ended up at 1.018. Was aiming for something close to an ESB or Old speckled/crafty hen type beer and am quite surprised by how well it's turned out :thumbs: I reckon I over hopped a bit though as it's probably more of a slightly thin bodied IPA but it certainly retains something that resembles OSH or OCH. All in all quite happy with it and will bottle tomorrow. Maybe next time...
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      13 years ago
   2. How fine can you go for a crush??

      by Ogri, 13 years ago in BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members

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      As I don't have a Corona mill or malt mill I'm wondering how fine a crush I can get away with. The only thing available at home is one of those Magic Bullet food processors. I've used it before to pulverize steeping grains but I'm thinking maybe I need to be a bit more serious about preparation of grains for mashing. I'll be using 2.25kg of Marris Otter, 250gr Crystal 70L and 250gr brown sugar or Lyle's golden syrup for a brew length of about 9.5 litres. Going to try for something close to an...

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      Thanks for the input, Bob :)
      
      Good to know I can get away with my present set-up for the meantime :P
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