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First BIAB - confused on Strike Water/Mash volume

Finally bottled/kegged this yesterday. I had done two weeks in the primary and then racked to a secondary to dry hop. Holy cow was there a lot of trub/yeast in the bottom of the primary. Lost at least a gallon in the transfer. Dry hopped for two weeks (unintentionally as I planned on only one week)....

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First BIAB - confused on Strike Water/Mash volume

So I did it. I brewed this recipe this morning. Took longer than expected only because my 15k btu gas stove top took awhile to heat the mash water and then again to bring the full volume to boil. In any event, it went (mostly) great. I heated 27 qts of water to 161 ( turns out that was a little high...

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First BIAB - confused on Strike Water/Mash volume

^^^ THAT, was phenomenal. In one post, you have cleared the path for me. I understand now what is important and where the pitfalls lie. What I like so much about brewing (and until now have only been an extract brewer) is the dichotomy of the complexity of the underlying product (recipes, etc.) and ...

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SimonT,
Got it, I now have a better understanding of how BIABacus works. If I don't want to mess with hold back water, well, then I better adjust the size of my recipe. I still don't understand what section L is doing...but will worry about that later.

thanks,
Mark

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Topic: First BIAB - confused on Strike Water/Mash volume
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First BIAB - confused on Strike Water/Mash volume

Yeasty, Thank you! This is very helpful. I'll stick with BIABacus in the future. And thank you for looking at my file making the proper adjustments. Good advice on recipe sourcing. I put too much trust in the printed page. And I'm a huge fan of Sierra Nevada when I don't want an IPA, so I thought I'...

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Topic: First BIAB - confused on Strike Water/Mash volume
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First BIAB - confused on Strike Water/Mash volume

PP, No problem. I'm here to gather info, make good beer and have some fun. I don't take this too seriously and am just looking forward to getting educated to a point where I can make a consistently good batch of beer. SimonT, OK! Now you've hit on one of my biggest confusion points. That is, water/g...

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Topic: First BIAB - confused on Strike Water/Mash volume
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First BIAB - confused on Strike Water/Mash volume

PP, First, I hope you've made it to bed by now. 3AM is no time to be responding to a noob. Second, I was and am between appointments as I write, hence the brevity. I do appreciate yourcomments. In response, I have spent many, many hours reading everything I can to learn about BIAB from process, equi...

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Topic: First BIAB - confused on Strike Water/Mash volume
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First BIAB - confused on Strike Water/Mash volume

PP, Well that's depressing. I have read so much here and on other boards, played with 4 different online calculators and everyone gives a different response with the same set of inputs. While I can see the utility in BIABacus, as a first time BIAB brewer, it is a bit overwhelming. If you input the r...

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Topic: First BIAB - confused on Strike Water/Mash volume
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First BIAB - confused on Strike Water/Mash volume

So I'm trying to make the all grain version of the Sierra Nevada Pale Ale clone from "200 Clones..." as shown in the attached images. Grain/hop bill from the recipe is shown in the BIABacus attached file ImageUploadedByHome Brew1392263508.925162.jpg 2-14-2014 11-36-44 AM.jpg I loaded all info into B...

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My First Post! - Post here to become Fully Registered

Hello, Mark from Boston, Ma. Getting back into brewing after a 10+ year hiatus. A lot has changed for the better in homebrewing. After much research on process and equipment, i've decided that BIAB is the way to go. Have an extract batch fermenting and am planning my first BIAB day. Most likely do a...

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