I use a roll of silver insulation material available at Home Depot by the roll. Cut to size and wrap the kettle and fit a piece over the lid. I do smallish batches and only lose 5 degrees over 90 mins. I brew inside on the stove and don't like the idea of flammables on/around the stove.

Trevor77: I'll look at your post tomorrow unless someone beats me to it as it will take some time. ontherivet: No tells in the data sorry but the post I just wrote here also applies directly to you. How's that for good timing? Great stuff, thanks PP. I definitely don't want to sweat the small stuff...

Got around to brewing the Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale clone (orig post 1501). My efficiency was in the dumper and therefore missed my OG and even undershot my VIF to add insult to injury. My EIK was 62.6% and EIF 49.8%!! I knew things were off to a rough start when my GIK was low but wan't sure ho...

Found the post with the BeerSmith screenshot. Zoiks! IBUs are truly meaningless without the scale.

http://www.biabrewer.info/viewtopic.php ... 312#p17227

Thanks again. Will be BIABing this weekend, I'm sure I'll have more Qs. This has been a great resource so far.

Thanks PP. Should the req. volumes CO2 in H include residual or is it the total target CO2? Getting back to section D, should I adjust the hop bill to get back to the recipe's predicted IBU after plugging the EOBV-A, or just let it ride where it comes out? I don't mind an over-hopped beer (had one f...

I plugged the EOBV-A of 20.78 L, file attached. Also curious what I need to plug into H for CO2 to get my priming sugar values (assume they would show in Q)? And nothing about this is depressing!! If it were completely plug and play it wouldn't be interesting. I really want to understand how all the...

Thanks guys. I actually tweaked the attenuation after my post and did see the impact. Dropped the FG to 1.014 assuming max attenuation. I have no idea what sort of assumption to make there. And let's see, the other area I was questioning was in D with respect to plugging the EOBV or IBUs...I plugged...

I'm looking to do my first BIAB and using the BIABacus to analyze a recipe from Beersmith for a Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale clone. I "think" I'm understanding what information needs to go where but I'm coming up short on FG and ABV. The original recipe is 5 gallons and I'm scaling to 2.5 gallons. ...

Very, very new to home brewing. Looking forward to exploring small batch BIAB as I move to AG recipes!