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Tytonegro, If you have that kind of temperature control (0.5 deg C), then a thin beer probably did not come from dowhward Temp drift. Perhaps step mashing with a rising T went too slow and the Beta amylase went to town early on its part of the curve, leaving Alpha amylase to work on what was left w...

I have brewed a Pale Ale akin to Sierra Nevada Pale Ale that came out high on OG and thus higher than target ABV and with that 'thin' mouthfeel. The mash Temp reached at time zero drifted below target by ~4 deg C during 90 minutes (wrapped kettle, outdoor brew day). I did not track it over time, so...

Tytonegro, You should Forget about Thin/Thick Mashes, and learn more about Alpha-Beta Amylase Enzymes. And the Temperature, and Duration of your Mash. Please look over http://braukaiser.com/wiki/index.php?ti" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... of_Mashing JMHO. I'm an 'infoholic', I k...

The Brew Bag lines the basket. The basket is lowered into kettle. Mash wort heats 5500 watt element. Chugged Pump does recirculation during mash. Ok, thanks. With the bag in the shape it has now (bucket shape with 'solid' bottom), adding a basket only lowers the area that is available for passing l...

The perforated mash tun holds the bag I presume?
Is it NOT submerged in the tun below?
If not, isn't there much oxygen uptake during recirculation= I heard that was not so good...

What type of pump? How high is the flow?

PP: I had a further look at BIABacus, and indeed it's mainly the first shock that you have to overcome ;-) Played around a bit. Could not find the defaults that it uses though. Saw how you can change some of the defaults in section X, but for example the default kettle efficiency (65% by default??) ...

Hi there Tyto, 1. You had a fair bit of headspace left in the mash so use more water. In fact, if you can fit all your water into the mash, then do it as there is no advantage in sparging if you can fit all your water in the mash. The quoted section within this post explains why. 2. Don't boil with...

Fully automated brew with my home made Brew controller

The program is evolving quickly and a few weeks ago I did a completely automated brew. I made 15 litres of Belgian Golden Strong Ale. For this brew I used a multi-step mashing scheme and a boil with 3 hop additions. All mashing temperature steps and timings were under program control, as well as the...

Test run with home made Brew controller (Braumeister clone?)

Hello to all, I love brewing and electronics, but most of all I like things to be good and simple :thumbs: Currently I'm using a small Biab setup to do my brewings. Recently I've done some brews that required multi-step mashing (I made a very good Duvel-like Belgium strong ale!). Since I have a temp...

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