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I step mash without anything to raise the bag off the bottom of the pot. I just stir continuously while the 32-jet Mongolian is going full-bore :-) Bit tedious stirring continuously to mashout, but have never had an issue, bar one time I burnt a bag due to a fold in the botom of the bag that I didn'...

Hopefully they have a fresh batch of 'Enjoy By ...'

One of my favourite Home Brew recipes, won a BOS with it. Such awesome hoppy goodness, would love to try the real deal!

SO jealous! Enjoy!!!

EDIT: It's an IPA by the way. A big one :thumbs:

Yeah clogging would be the primary concern I think, and I think SOME trub would probably still make it through regardless (not a bad thing). But I figure if Kal's Hop Stopper let's all the wort through but doesn't clog from hop and break material, a basket with its increased surface area should do t...

I should probably elaborate on my above post, made using a smartphone, which is never a good choice. I think time savings would be two-fold. Once at end of mash. Pull the basket with bag inside (yes handle would need to be sturdy, but I would think they would make it so, given the requirements, and ...

Lot of stuff in the links generated by that search about a basket instead of a bag, but little about using both at once. I think the advantages are many with the only disadvantage being an extra vessel to hose out. Time wise I think it would be much quicker. One of the more tedious parts of the day ...

I was thinking one of those Baskets in a kettle with the bag inside it would be the go. Bag never touches the bottom - perfect for gas or element. Mash in the bag, in the basket. End of mash pull basket. Easy mod to basket would allow the legs to swing out and sit on the edge of the pot while the wo...

Section L is just where you put your actual measurements from brew day, to compare to the BIABacus estimates, to dial-in your equipment. It helps calculate variables like your Evaporation from the boil, Trub loss etc, which can vary brew to brew depending on equipment, weather, technique etc.

I thought that Maxi-BIAB section was exactly what mjc999 needed to play with, pretty damn obvious how it works the next morning with no alcohol blurring the vision too! mjc999 - WIth BIABacus, you don't need to know what the 'optimum' ratio is - it will just tell you the amounts of water you need to...

What Yeasty said. Recipe is fine. Plenty of SN Pale Ale clone recipes out there. That one you posted is as good as any. But the recipe as it is will overflow your kettle as a 'pure' BIAB brew, done as per BIABacus. Cos BIAB wants all water in from the start. But like Yeasty said, if you need to hold...

So, this is wrong. We fix this by getting rid of the 0.9614... I'll fix that in the next release. I have no idea when that error crept in as we had The Calculator, BeerSmith2 and The Calculator all agreeing in this area at one point. It's great that you asked the question as I haven't looked at tha...

Righto, got it - at least got the way it's calculated by BIABacus. Not confusing at all, just never considered the possibility that VIK/VIB at ambient would be part of the calculation! So - the calculation is applied to ambient volumes. So for my example above: TWN: 39.12L Ambient volume into Kettle...

Hi again, been a while since I've posted - few more brews under the belt, meaning more figures to ponder. One weird thing I've come across is a possible discrepancy in the way "Volume Loss from Lauter" is calculated, and my apologies if this has been discussed before (I did do a search), or if I am ...

11 grains though! Bugger bugger bugger! :lol: :lol: :lol:. Mate, where do you find these friggin' recipes???? Assuming you are happy to work with the default sextrct potential the BIABAcus uses for grains, what you'd have to do on this one is just put in the total grain bill say 5000 grams and note...

Bugger! I can't win with BIABacus.

My next brew was to be a RIS - no sugar in this one, perfect! Plus, the recipe's grain bill is stated in percentages, extra perfect for BIABacus!

11 grains though! Bugger bugger bugger!

Lol! I don't have time to write anything much tonight [Edit: Look how that turned out :roll:] but the numbers in post #25 are not making much sense. In post #1, the actuals were 44.7 L @ 1.060 and then 30.7 L @ 1.091. Adjust that for the dextrose thing and we get 44.7 L @ 1.068 and 30.7 L @ 1.091. ...

Nah, the PTL.BSM I posted up above (post #4) is for 28L, and so is the BIABacus PTY file in Post 23. The difference in Grain Bill will be from the 10% different Efficiency wouldn't it? Also realised that my original query now seems to need to be changed, due to the Dextrose not being in the OG I ori...

OK, more questions! Just trying to reconcile some numbers: BIABacus vs Beersmith 2 The calculated Mash Auto-Efficiency I assume is represented by 'EIK - Estimated' in Part M? For the recipe I've been playing with, BIABacus says I should be at 69.5%. File attached. My actual, as per the very first po...

I had typed up: A lot of calcs to do something Beersmith does for you! Sugar in a recipe is not a sin, and programs should be able to account for it. Beersmith, while a tad buggy in its implementation, is able to account for sugar in the boil. ...while you were replying PP. The forum let me know the...

Such late night musings from you PistolPatch - you need to drink more beer methinks! Regarding the Priming Sugar discussion - I never actually brought it up or asked any questions about it - all my questions regarding Corn Sugar were about how BIABacus handles it as part of the Grain Bill when it is...

Cheers mally. When I start playing with either the Pale Malt percentage, or dex percentage though, the weights of the other grains also change. I mean, maybe they should due to efficiency issues or something else, but that's not how I'm used to things happening. And decreasing/increasing the dex by ...

My version of the Pliny clone is attached. No hops - just want to get the Grain Bill logic sorted in my head. 3 grains, plus Dextrose (Dex is in the grain bill for now). Numbers on the left are the exact numbers converted from pounds from the online recipe, so percentages should be correct. Original...

Cheers again for the comprehensive reply! Beersmith vs Biabacus I get that Biabacus calculates efficiency automagically. Pure genius that is - assuming it's accurate! :-) Guess I'll find that out in my first few brews using Biabacus. Certainly way easier than guessing based on past experience, altho...

Wow, Epic Post! Scary thing is I get everything you're saying, which is really eye-opening! I think the best thing I can do moving forward is to do up future recipes in both Beersmith 2 and BIABacus, note the differences, but base my brewday on the numbers from BIABacus, until I'm 100% comfortable d...

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