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I did a freezing point and boiling point calibration test on my thermometer. it was reading about 1F high at freezing and 3.3F high at boiling, altitude adjusted for 2700 feet. Should boil at 206.7 but was reading 210. Ignoring barometric pressure for now, but I did think about it. I have no way to ...

Thanks for the advice Pistol. Here are my responses for #3-7: 3. Thermometer not calibrated at mash temperatures. (This post shows how unreliable a single thermometer is.) 4. Hydrometer not calibrated at original gravity (or the brewer is taking gravity samples that are too hot to temperature correc...

Ok, I bought a "cereal killer" grain mill and re-brewed this today. I saw a pretty good improvement I think in my efficiency numbers. I kept everything possible except the weather and the self-milled grain the exact same as my previous attempt in an effort to isolate a bad crush from the LHBS as bei...

Thanks for all the replies. The obvious starting point here is the crush, so I'll brew this again in a couple/3 weeks and this time will ensure the crush is in good shape first. Glad I had this noob miss on a $15 batch and not a $30+ batch, but it's a good $15 lesson learned nonetheless. I'll report...

That's a good idea MS. Will give that a try. I added that checklist sheet just so I didn't miss any of the measurements I need, plus it helps keep me on task, especially when SWMBO interrupts me in mid-brew to attend to something. I'm sure I won't need all the minute detail in it but right now as a ...

Thanks Bob, I read every post of yours that I see (along with some others here) because they are so full of excellent data, so thanks for having a look. My LHBS milled the grain, but I didn't look at it, nor would I have really known what it was supposed to look like if I had. After comparing to som...

2nd BIAB Brewday - Light Rye Ale - Poor Efficiency

I had my 2nd ever BIAB day yesterday and i missed on OG, both GIB and GAW pretty badly. I'm trying to sort out what happened and I think I have a decent idea of at least one contributing factor. I've posted my 1.3T file with my actuals here for post-game analysis by those that are far more experienc...

Thanks Yeasty, I noticed that entering the /0 also gave the #value error, so thanks for the response and reporting that. Bottom line, looks like it's nothing I need to really worry about. Now i've gotta figure out why i missed so badly on my numbers today. 1.052 expected ended up as an actual 1.040....

BIABacus -Acct for fermentables added near end of boil?

How do I acct for fermentables, in this case candi syrup, added with 15 min left in the boil in BIABacus? I brewed this yesterday and as I was plugging in my actuals to BIABacus as I brewed, my Gravity into Boil was 1.029. I had the candi syrup listed as part of the grain bill, but that appears to c...

Something is wrong here, 60 quarts vs. 15.26 gallons. Lol, you noticed that too, those are the actual dimensions, measured 3x, 41.9cm x 41.9cm and the pot is stamped 60Qt and is also sold online as 60qt. Didn't really think it was worth worrying about, especially since the diameter (most important ...

Really appreciate the feedback. Otherwise it looks like the BIABacus estimated your evap at 1.56G. Why you would want to override that I have no idea, it could possibly be 1.45G per hour next time in relatively similar conditions. I figured out the error of my ways. I had forgotten to change the boi...

Belgian Golden Strong Ale - first BIAB/BIABacus - Thoughts?

File edited to use 1.3K version of BIABacus. This is my first run at an AG and a BIAB. I've been playing with BIABacus a bit lately and would like to see if anyone could look this over and see if I've made any major errors. Based on another Strong Ale thread on this site I have adjusted section Y fo...

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