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Right, well, I said I'd report back once it was done, and now it is. I can't quite believe it's taken me 3 months to get from theory to practice, but at least I have! Observations: 1) The checklist, while detailed, was very helpful. I printed it off and scribbled weights, temperatures, and observati...

Forum: BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members
Topic: Stupidity and sanity check before first BIAB
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11 years ago
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...and that's before you involve the between-harvest changes, never mind the between-farm, between-field, and even within-field variation!

Forum: Creating Your Own Recipes
Topic: Hop Back Mild (Graham Wheeler clone) - BIABacus hopping
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11 years ago
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Thanks mally. As for splitting hairs - you're correct of course. Although if we're going down that route, GW doesn't actually list EKG, just Golding. I looked EKG up on hopslist, which gives 5-6%, and took the midpoint. Didn't know the colour calculations were different, will have to get my head aro...

Forum: Creating Your Own Recipes
Topic: Hop Back Mild (Graham Wheeler clone) - BIABacus hopping
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11 years ago
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PP, Thanks for the reply. The file had been opened in Google Spreadsheets, and then later saved again as an xls - presumably that's mangled a bunch of the formatting. Updated version attached, imported into v1.3T As for the VIF/VAW confusion, thanks for pointing them out - I had them clear in my hea...

Forum: Creating Your Own Recipes
Topic: Hop Back Mild (Graham Wheeler clone) - BIABacus hopping
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Views: 9458
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Hop Back Mild (Graham Wheeler clone) - BIABacus hopping

Hi all, I'm in the process of lining up recipes to try (brew kit finally arriving this week), and as such familiarising myself both with GW's book, and with BIABacus. It all makes perfect sense to me, with one exception. When I convert a recipe from GW to BIABacus, the scaling of hop quantities make...

Forum: Creating Your Own Recipes
Topic: Hop Back Mild (Graham Wheeler clone) - BIABacus hopping
Replies: 7
Views: 9458
11 years ago
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Rather embarrassingly, I haven't gotten around to it yet. Work's been keeping me on my toes and generally getting in the way of anything non-work related! I'll report back once I've actually gotten it done...

Thanks for all the encouragement

Forum: BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members
Topic: Stupidity and sanity check before first BIAB
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12 years ago
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Hi Colin, my 2 cents worth from a fellow newbie not long gone through his initiation as you are about to. :champ: You mention putting all your grain in a bag before then lowering the bag and grain into your urn. I understood it is better to have your bag in position in the urn and then gently add t...

Forum: BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members
Topic: Stupidity and sanity check before first BIAB
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12 years ago
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Well done Colin on jumping straight into all-grain :thumbs:. Your checklist looks nice and thorough and can certainly make your first brew days go far more smoothly until everything becomes second nature. Writing a guide can be hard as there are, believe it or not, so many different sets of equipme...

Forum: BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members
Topic: Stupidity and sanity check before first BIAB
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12 years ago
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I like your attention to detail and the great layout, makes for an easy read. Having said that, too late for me to to compare it to my own brew day check list (nearly midnight) I'll get on to that in the week, just wanted to let you know what a great post it is. If I spot anything amiss I'll certai...

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Topic: Stupidity and sanity check before first BIAB
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12 years ago
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colinb4987, (9a) Mashout, "mash out" specifically raising the temperature of the grain bed to stop enzymatic activity (168 F) (74.5C), and reducing mash viscosity so it can drain better?? Left over step from 3V brewing. Not Needed! As you bring your wort up to boiling temps you can leave your bag i...

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Topic: Stupidity and sanity check before first BIAB
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12 years ago
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Stupidity and sanity check before first BIAB

OK, so this is going to be a *long* first post. I've never brewed before, so realise I'm going quite far in at the deep end - but that's in part deliberate, as I tend to understand complex things better by puzzling them through as I do them rather than breaking them down into nice easy simple steps....

Forum: BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members
Topic: Stupidity and sanity check before first BIAB
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12 years ago
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Hi all, Complete newbie brewer here. Built myself a PID-controlled 40l Buffalo for low-temp slow cooking (think leg of lamb for 48hrs), and then realised it can boil water too... so began a natural (in my eyes!) progression to beer! Still very much in the process of reading around and understanding ...

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Topic: My First Post! - Post here to become Fully Registered
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12 years ago
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