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   1. My First Recipe

      by darren131, 12 years ago in BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members

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      Hi team,
      
      I've now done 5 brews all pretty successful... some more than others; but there has always been drinkable beer at the end so things can't be going too badly :)
      
      I've decided to try my hand at making my own recipe; which is what follows. Any advice or whatever would be great? Is this something you'd drink, etc? Also—should I be using something like Irish Moss? And if so, how much and when?
      
      Thanks!
      
      Darren's NZ Pale Ale - Batch 1
      
      Recipe Overview
      
      Brewer: Darren Wood
      Style: NZ Pale...

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      That advice is awesome, thanks so much PP. Makes total sense :)
      
      From now on I'll be tacking on an extra hour to my process... :)
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      darren131
      12 years ago
   2. Great looking thermometer!

      by darren131, 12 years ago in General Chit-Chat, Nonsense & Rambles

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      I discovered this new product that looks like it'll be PERFECT for the nerdy home brewer (aren't we all nerdy!?)
      
      I've backed it cos it looks great, I have an iPhone and I'm always keen to try out new technology.

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      BrewPi only seems to control the fermentation stage.
      
      I'm looking at more of a control for the brew process itself of an electric element, with alarms/reminders etc for brew stages and data logging back to a USB key making it all stand alone.
      
      It's a simplified PID algorithm as I'm not that clever when it comes to writing differential controls in python ..!!
      
      Cheers
      
      Peter
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      peterw
      12 years ago
   3. Multiple Mash Steps

      by darren131, 12 years ago in BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members

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      Hi team,
      
      I'm going to give this recipe a go:
      
      But I've noticed that there're multiple mash steps:
      Protein Rest, 56°C for 20 min
      Saccharification Rest, 68°C for 60 min
      Mash-out, 75°C for 15 min
      
      How does one do this with BIAB? And more importantly is it required?
      
      Thanks!

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      Thanks PP—it's good to see the detailed reasoning behind the steps.
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      darren131
      12 years ago
   4. Calculating hop additions

      by darren131, 12 years ago in From Mash to Lauter (Water to Sweet Liquor)

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      Hi there,
      
      I want to scale a recipe way, way down; from 19L down to 5L (don't ask questions... just go with me here...)
      
      Here's the 19L hop recipe:
      
      NAME AMOUNT TIME USE FORM AA
      Cascade New Zealand 7 g 60 min Boil Pellet 5.5%
      Cascade New Zealand 14 g 30 min Boil Pellet 5.5%
      Cascade New Zealand 28 g 10 min Boil Pellet 5.5%
      Cascade New Zealand 35 g 10 min Boil Pellet 5.5%
      Cascade New Zealand 35 g 1 min Boil Pellet 5.5%
      Cascade New Zealand 43 g 5 days Dry Hop Pellet 5.5%
      Cascade New Zealand 43 g...

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      Take your digital IPA, for example, and change section b vif, and watch the scaling begin.
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      Mad_Scientist
      12 years ago
   5. How and why to use a secondary fermenter?

      by darren131, 12 years ago in Fermentation (Wort to Still Beer)

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      Hi team,
      
      Just wondering what the process of secondary fermentation is about...? Why would you do it and how (what tools) would you use to do this? A total n00b question, I know... but I'd like a little more detail than what can be found in the post above.
      
      Thanks!
      Darren

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      darren131,
      
      The common theory in years past was that you fermented in the primary and after the fermentation was complete. You Had to get the wort off the yeast cake and into a clean secondary to sit a few weeks. They reasoned that the yeast cake would cause off flavors? That was a theory and never tested scientifically. We believed it because the yeast cake (looked) dirty and if the old guys said it it must be true?
      
      Actually we have found that you can leave the beer in the primary for 6 weeks...
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      BobBrews
      12 years ago
   6. BIABacus Check

      by darren131, 12 years ago in BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members

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      Hi team,
      
      The next beer I'm going to attempt is this beauty: onclick= window.open(this.href);return false; ... ipa-recipe
      
      I've added in all the bits to the BIABacus and wondering if I've done it correctly. Would you smarter/more experienced provide any assistance or insight (especially around the hop additions).
      
      Thanks in advance!
      Darren BIABacus PR1.3 - Digital IPA-2.xls [ADMIN NOTE: Please see this post .]

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      Never seen that BrewToad site before Darren. Unfortunately it looks like it has the same terminology problems we always talk about here. (See the Does this recipe have integrity? Can I copy it? thread for more info on this.)
      
      Thanks for explaining the yellow hoses :peace:. We never see yellow hoses here in Ozland. I'm always interested in hoses as they can cause a lot of off-flavours, some even at cool temperatures. (We've all had water from a garden hose that doesn't taste quite right :argh:.)...
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      PistolPatch
      12 years ago
   7. New to brewing... and a few questions

      by darren131, 12 years ago in BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members

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      Hi there!
      
      I've been lurking around this forum for a while and read a whole bunch of stuff both here and elsewhere—needless to say my head is full of info... sadly I don't know how much of it is useful. Anyway—I've brewed one and a half (well the second one is 3 weeks into fermentation); these are my very first brews... right in the deep-end :)
      
      Attached is The Calculator (i've since discovered the BIABacus which is a nice piece of excel magic) for my most recent beer . And this is where my...

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      Thanks for the help, Phil. I guess due to the lid being on it didn't reduce as much as I'd hoped :)
      
      Each brew is a learning curve and as long as drinkable beer is produced then we're living the dream!
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      darren131
      12 years ago

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