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   1. Measuring volumes for a eKeggle

      by nosco, 9 years ago in Measurement, Mathematics and Records

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      Hi all. Sorry for lack of research but my searchings didn't really find anything specific enough.
      
      I am building a keggle for a mate who wants to get into brewing with the idea of doing it as cheap as I can. Its looking pretty good and since I heard of a trub ring which wont work with my element I am thinking of building one for myself. Everything is nearly up and running but then I realised I don't know how to measure volumes in a keg. It may be just gas for starters but Im thinking of going...

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      Thanks Mad Scientist. Yep Ive already drilled the holes in the skirt. I will just have to calibrate it the old fashioned way with a measuring jug and take the false bottom into account or ill try seam to seam as well. I did notice though that the poly tube sight glasses (I think thats what you are using) are alot cheaper than the heavy duty ones. I dont think they where around last time I was looking. I might have to rethink it as an option. Ill be using your bag design too ;)
      
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      nosco
      9 years ago
   2. American Wheat with Cascade, Saaz and Galaxy.

      by nosco, 10 years ago in BIAB Recipes

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      Hi all,
      I hav'nt been around for a while but still brewing. After my Bo pils pale ale I thought I would try some more Saaz in a hoppy beer. I had heard of other people using Saaz and Cascade together. I have never made a wheat beer so I thought that would be a good combination. I added a bit of Galaxy to satisfy my hop craving. I think goulaigan had told me once not to over do the galaxy on first try so I over did the Cascade and Saaz instead ;) I fermented @ 19c (66.2f) for 5 days upped it to...

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      In the notes after the no chill bit it should read dry hopped 50g Cascade & 30g Galaxy
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      10 years ago
   3. First recipe creation (started as Hop Theif 6 clone)

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      by nosco, 10 years ago in Creating Your Own Recipes

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      My last brew was on the 21st of July :blush: (yes it really was) so Im am keen to get brewing again. For the first time in 8 years I have boxing day off which this year means a 4 day weekend :party: . The plan is to do 3 brews in a week or so. One of which will be my own recipe (kinda) a James Squire Hop Theif 6 inspired Pale Ale. I borrowed the idea from this link on AHB. Im not really trying to do a clone but I figure using the same hops, Simcoe and Columbus, it will get me in the ball park....

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      So I went with a hop tea for the hell of it. I already had a french ? coffee press that I hav'nt used in years and borrowed another. I had a bit of all the hops from the amber brew, Horizon for bittering and Cascade and Centenial which I have heard is like a super Cascade? I did'nt want to dilute the beer so I boiled up 1.lt of the beer and poured that into a coffee press with 45g of Cascade and Centenial. Then I boiled 1.lt of beer for 30min with 35g of Horizon, roughly the same amount that I...
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      nosco
      10 years ago
   4. Does hop freshness matter when buying "fresh" hop pellets?

      by nosco, 10 years ago in Hops

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      My LHBS has Czech Saaz hops that are %3 AA and they are from a 2013 crop which would make them at least 18 months old. Should I asume that they are now under %3 AA? Should I care at my still learning level of brewing and beer appreciation?
      They are vacuum sealed in foil/plastic UV safe bags. But I guess by now they would be in a nice solid lump of hops and I want to get at least 400g for a double batch. Plus the price is not that great either.....Im doing a Bo Pils so I want to be kinda...

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      500g would be a huge bulk buy for me Pat. Im sure its chiken feed for some.
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      nosco
      10 years ago
   5. How to use section Y

      by nosco, 11 years ago in Grains (Malts), Extracts, Sugars and Adjuncts

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      Most sources have extract potential written as PPG (How to Brew) or SG (Beer Smith). How to I translate this into FGDB and MC in Section Y of the Biabicus :scratch: . Id like to use some flaked corn in a brew and plus Id like to learn how to use section Y. Apologies if its already been answered some where else.
      
      Ive read this link and I know I read about FGDB on here before but couldnt find it.
      
      Nosco

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      So if wanted to be really accurate you could test the SG of ingredience and enter it into the biabicus. Thats very cool.
      
      Maybe for really big batches lol
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      nosco
      11 years ago
   6. link on over and under pitching yeast.

      by nosco, 11 years ago in Fermentation (Wort to Still Beer)

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      I stumbled onto this link .
      
      It might be old news to some but I found it very interesting. I still have to go back and read up on how to figure out pitching rates before I try a lager.

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      nosco,
      
      Thanks for the link. I saved it to my favorites in Firefox! Lots of reading but looks great!
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      BobBrews
      11 years ago
   7. Kegging equipment questions?

      by nosco, 11 years ago in BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members

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      Hi all,
      Ive been reading up as always and with my huge 9months experience :roll: I am ready to build a keezeer with my tax return money. I am over storing and cleaning bottles plus I want to try different lager styles (that I will never be able to taste otherwise). The plan is to get a chest freezer (200-300lt, 7-10 cu.ft) gas bottle, at least 4 kegs, regulator and a picnic tap or 2 and then build up from there. I have read a lot of guides and wiki's etc but I want to see what you lot think....

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      nosco,
      
      Bob,
      I really wish you would use the BIABacus or some kind of software so then we could all try your recipes as you brewed them :whistle: . I think I will be the first person to post a BIAB file for Terlingua Snake Bite. How many recipes do you have? I am surprised that you only have 4 taps too. :smoke:
      
      I have BeerSmith but no longer use it with the advent of BIABacus. To be honest. I jump around so much with recipes that keeping a library of favorites seems like work? Of course, I...
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      BobBrews
      11 years ago
   8. Aquarium pump and air stone?

      by nosco, 11 years ago in BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members

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      My LHBS jas % 20 off tomorrow so im gonna blow some more money on some flasks and a air stone kit. I guess an aquarium air stone is no good coz you cant boil them after. The biggest pump from a department store is $18 which works for up to 70lt. Will that work with a .5 micron stone?
      
      Also how long do the air filters last for if you dont get them wet?
      
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      Thanks bob. I was thinking I could try oxygen down the track but ill just use the air pump for starters.
      
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      nosco
      11 years ago
   9. 2 pot screamer. Has any one tried them?

      by nosco, 11 years ago in Bags, Mashers, Thermometers, Kettles etc.

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      Hi all,
      im fairly new to brewing but id still like to get into AG. Im gonna try my 19lt pot to start but im still looking at other setups. G&G here in Melbourne sell a 2 pot screamer kit.
      
      It comes with a 50lt large pot, and inner (malt pipe) pot with small legs and holes in the bottom to act as a false bottom. An electric element, tap and a trivet.
      I guess its like a very basic electric BIAB, or Braumeister idea. Has anyone used one? Do you still use a bag in the inner pot? I have been...

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      I love it less to clean up @ end. I use a 19L pot to drain grain then and into brew. Sometimes I run off a few liters till its running clear pull grain and away brewing.
      
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      urbanbrewer
      11 years ago
   10. eMini BIAB for smash beers

       by nosco, 11 years ago in Stove-top BIAB (also known as Mini-BIAB)

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       Hi all,
       I am going to make an electric mini BIAB kettle to make 5lt (into fermentor) or so batches so I can start making smash beers and others experiments so I can start to learn what the hell people are talking about when they talk ingredients. I'll leave questions about smash beers for another post.
       
       I have gone electric so far to keep brewing in the garage away from my young son who loves going through the garage, because he's not allowed in there much. I have a regular kettle element and...

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       Another drawback that I forgot to mention is that I can not chill it in a water/ice bath but since I am no chilling my normal batches it my be a good tester. I might have to find a smaller cube :cool:
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       nosco
       11 years ago
   11. Last minute questions for brew #3

       by nosco, 11 years ago in BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members

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       Hi all,
       so Im doin my third brew tomorrow. The APA from BCS on page 134. Its short notice I know but better late than never.
       
       I really want to have a good crack at keeping accurate records this time. After reading this post and links (most of it any way, short on time) I made a new check list thats better I hope than my first 2 dodgey hand written attempts. Ill post my biab file below. Any advice on the recipe would be cool but Im mostly interested in what you think of my check list.
       
       On a...

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       I woke up this morning and realised I could have just measured the trub in the kettle with the steeel ruler :think: :headhit: :idiot: :lol: Then ad that to the trub in the cube. I was trying to pour it into a 2 litre jug and made a mess of it :blush: and I was totally sober too. Got all the other reading though so nearly there. Oh well Ill get it right next time I hope.
       
       My hob sock worked well. I used some 80mm aluminium tube I had spare. Maybe a bit small but did the job. I didnt realise how...
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       11 years ago
   12. Sight glasses. How many BIAB brewers use them?

       by nosco, 11 years ago in Bags, Mashers, Thermometers, Kettles etc.

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       It took me a while to get my kettle up and running. In the mean time I was easily seduced by home brewery bling. My idea is that a thermometer in the sight glass could measure the temps of the wort below the bag and my digital thermometer could read the temps of the mash, during the mash of course. Plus id have a sight glass.
       Im using a steel ruler atm which I think I could get pretty accurate with (once I get a PC in the garage with BIABicus, I just need to get time to swap an old one into...

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       I use my sightglass along with a steel tape measure to find my volumes. The sightglass is marked in liters.
       To clean it I use my small faucet brush with a hard wire attached to the handle so I can get all the way to the bottom and pull it back out.
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       11 years ago
   13. 2nd AG. Still making beer!

       by nosco, 11 years ago in Brew Day Stories and/or Pics

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       2nd brew went much the same as my first brew. I managed to only have only 2 pints while making this batch. Even so I forgot to measure the flame out volume and nearly forgot to mash out (drained the bag and then put it back in :lol: ). My temps were a bit all over the place (too much stirring) but I still hit my expected OG spot on (with refractometer). I am using a steel ruler to measure my volumes atm so I am not really accurate (but I think I could be using mm's) but Im not to fussed. I did...

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       No probs nosco. It's hard to know where to look for the info here as it is all currently pretty buried. That's the next job after the BIABacus.
       
       Trub will vary from brew to brew so don't expect it to be repeatable. In the final BIABacus, I have put in a trub recommendation that looks at the hops you are using etc. You have to type these recommendations in manually though as there is no way opf doing it automatically without it causing a circular reference.
       
       The BIABacus defaults on a general...
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       PistolPatch
       11 years ago
   14. First AG and first BIAB with BIABicus. Success! With pics

       by nosco, 11 years ago in Brew Day Stories and/or Pics

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       WARNING. The following post contains a lot of rambling from a noob. Its my first brew post so I think Ill ramble as much as I want ;)
       
       First I'd like to say thanks to the creators of this site and the BIABicus and also to its members for all the work and time that has gone in to making such a great rescource. I stumbled through sites thinking it would take forever to afford a 3V system. If my beer turns out ok then Id have to say BIAB is very easy and way cheaper to build than 3v.
       
       I started...

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       Just got a message fromm PP confirming your advice monkey. Its better quality. Ill get some Simpsons maris otter. Its the only one lhbs has.
       
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       11 years ago
   15. BIABacus question. Strike water more than total water?

       by nosco, 11 years ago in BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members

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       Hi all,
       first brew day is nearly here :argh: . Im doing a test run on my 5500w eBIAB right now.
       
       I plan on doing NRB's APA just to keep it simple. I have been messing around with Beersmith 2 and Brewing Classic Style as well the BIABicus and also trying to mach up ingredients from my LHBS website. The file attached is a recipe that I came up with that I was going to brew first and used the water numbers for my test.
       
       But I noticed that the strike water volume is different to the total water...

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       The original poster (OP), can edit the #1 post when it's answered to his/her satisfaction by going to the Post Icon upper left and pick the green check mark and hit submit.
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   16. Purpose of longer/shorter boil times

       by nosco, 11 years ago in The Boil (Sweet Liquor to Wort)

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       I have been reading up on boil time to try and find out why you use a 90 min instead of 60. I found this article.
       
       The info on hot break and cold break is debatable but still very interesting. The main point for me is that boiling can help break down sugars further but it can also effect colour.
       
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       Just thought I'd throw in my experience (from a relative newbie - less than 10 AG brews).
       
       I boil for 90 mins, why because both BB and PP said so, and I came here to learn.
       
       My schedule is:
       
       - A 90 min boil
       - 3 weeks in the fermentor (2 weeks usually allows fermentation to complete, plus an extra week to clear wort)
       - 4 weeks in the bottle (min)
       
       All my beers have been crystal clear, whether by luck or ...... I don't know, but happy to keep to a 90 min boil.
       
       I hope this helps, coming from not...
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       Yettiman
       11 years ago
   17. Fridge light on fermenter ok or not?

       by nosco, 11 years ago in Fermentation (Wort to Still Beer)

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       I just recently extended a bar fridge out to hold 2 fermenters (just in time my first bar fridge to die :sad: I was planning on having 3 going). Because the light switch is no longer controlled by the door the fridge light turns on when ever the stc1000 turns the fridge on. As its new I have no idea how long or how often it turns on.
       
       I also have an pc fan inside with a blue LED to circulate air that is always on. Is this bad? Would either of these lights effects my ferms?
       
       I know sunlight is...

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       Thanks Bob!
       
       I only just thought of it tonight as put the temp down another notch. I have 2 brews in there that I dont want to waiste ( still building my reserves).
       
       Thanks.
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       nosco
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