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   1. IBU discrepancy

      by DigB, 11 years ago in Hopping

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      I am just waiting to try my first bottle of a Guinness clone I made recently and I have a question regarding my IBU's.
      I was aiming for 46 IBU Tinseth which according to BIABacus I hit the mark but I plugged in the recipe to iBrewmaster on my iPhone and it's telling me the IBU's are 65 Tinseth. Why is this? It was a single addition of hops right at 90 min should I have waited till 60 min?

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      Many programs have errors in their IBU calculations. For example they use the gravity into boil instead of the gravity at the end of the boil and/or use the volume into fermentor instead of the volume into fermentor plus the kettle to fermentor loss. One major program had both these errors for many years. Until just now, I was under the impression that they had corrected both errors after we pointed it out quite some time ago but a quick check now shows that both errors are still present...
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      Pat
      11 years ago
   2. Heavy alcohol smell coming from Secondary

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

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      So I brewed an AG APA about 2.5-3 weeks ago. OG 1.052 and after the Kreuzen had disappeared I checked the gravity and it was at roughly 1.013. I checked it two days later and it was the same. I was unsure if I should bottle it or transfer it to secondary so I transferred it hoping to get rid of most of the yeast and avoid getting it in the bottles. I closed the lid tightly on the bucket, but not to the point of being air tight, I think. I opened the lid a day or so later with the plan to just...

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      See! You did well. No worries. The hardest part of brewing is waiting for the beer to mature. Always have a pipeline going so it doesn't seem to take that long? Something is always ready to try!
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      BobBrews
      11 years ago
   3. New to BIAB, Looking for a Solid Starter Recipe.

      by DigB, 12 years ago in BIAB Recipes

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      First of all thanks to everyone who has contributed to this site as there is a ton of info that will be very useful in the future!
      
      This is going to be my 2nd BIAB but my first full volume batch. I'd like to find an easy recipe that I can plug into the BIABacus so I can learn how to use it as well as how to BIAB. I would like to brew a sessionable IPA. I have some friends that don't really like heavily hopped IPA's so I'd like to get something in the fridge that everyone would like, or at...

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      What are your thoughts on doing this with Citra hops instead of the Amarillo? Would there need to be any changes to the recipe?
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      phytenphyre
      12 years ago
   4. First AG brew/BIAB brew

      by DigB, 12 years ago in Brew Day Stories and/or Pics

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      So I was fed up with kit beers and wanted something better but I didn't want the hassle (what little there is) with 3 vessel brewing. I found BIABrewer and I am so thankful!!
      
      I decided to brew NRB's All Amarillo APA for my first brew. BIABacus helped me with my grain, hop and water measurements and I went out the day before got everything I needed so I was good to go. After setting everything up and I had my strike water heating up, everything else seemed to flow, I didn't have any hiccups and...

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      I brewed my first BIAB batch last week after making several kit brews. I love this method and this forum!
      
      Being my first time brewing all-grain, I missed my mash temps (too high). I also miscalculated my boil-off and ended-up with too much wort. Together, both gaffes caused me to be very low on my OG reading... Lesson(s) learned! I'll be much more cognizant of these things for my next brew.
      
      In a way, this is what I like about this hobby. There's always something new to learn or something to...
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      HopsterMacBrew
      12 years ago

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