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   1. First BIAB Complete!

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

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      After four kits I have now made the step up to all grain and living in a two bed flat have gone with the the BIAB method.
      
      Thought I would keep it simple to start with, a very simple low gravity pale ale/bitter. Working with Beersmith 2 went with a 60 min mash and a 60 min boil.
      
      10l batch
      
      1700g Pale Malt
      200g Light Crystal Malt
      
      10g Challenger @ 60 min
      10g Challenger @ 30 min
      
      SG of 1.034 with approx efficiency of 75%
      
      Looking to get down to 1.008 which should give me 3.4%
      
      The trial jar...

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      PE, there are a few other things I should have mentioned yesterday sorry...
      
      Try to do a 90 min mash and a 90 min boil if you can. The 90 min mash will give you more form your grain and the 90 min boil can correct some problems that may appear in a 60 min boil.
      
      In that recipe, there are no aroma hops. On your next one, look at doing hop additions at say 75 mins, 15 mins and right at the end of the boil to give you some aroma.
      
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      PistolPatch
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