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   1. Question on BIABacus Calculator

      by Scalded Dog, 10 years ago in BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members

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      What's the difference between mash volume and volume into kettle ? What made me ask this question is that when I add 2 gallons of sparge water in that cell it reduces the amount of water needed in the Mash Volume cell but volume into kettle remains unchanged. Shouldn't adding sparge water reduce the amount of water in the volume into kettle?

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      ...I always do a 90 Minute mash with a 10 minute mash out at 170° this time I saved back 2 gallons and poured over the bag then squeezed it pretty hard when done. There is no problem with this (unless you have done a stupidly fine crush, or have done a stupidly high temp mash-out or have a stupidly high pH :)). In fact, on larger batches, unless you had a stupidly coarse bag, you need to do it. See all the variations there?
      
      Assuming though that you have everything in the sensible range, you'll...
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      PistolPatch
      10 years ago
   2. My first BIAB batch, The Good, Bad and Ugly

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

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      My name is Russ and I live about 20 miles outside of Atlanta GA. I am new to the forum but have been brewing for a while, mostly partial mash. I brew some kits and have recently developed my own recipes. I always keg my beer and have a pretty awesome Keezer I built from a 7 Cu Ft freezer with a 2x6 collar and 3 taps. That said I tried my first BIAB on March 2nd. Here's a copy of my post from the Northern Brewer forum.
      
      The Good: I love the mash process. It's so easy. Did a 90 minute mash at...

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      1. Any idea on what your Volume of Ambient Wort was? That's the key volume number we need in any recipe.
      
      Should have been exactly 5 gallons trub and all
      
      2. Any idea on the Alpha Acid percentage of the hops you used? (These can vary greatly from year to year. Knowing this number goes a long way to helping us brew next year what we brewed this year.)
      
      No Idea on this I know it was 2 oz of Glacier pellets at 60 and 30 minutes. Thanks for getting back to us SD :salute:. This site is all about...
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      PistolPatch
      11 years ago

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