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   1. On the comeback trail! Possibly ebiab.

      by Lumpy5oh, 1 week ago in Electric BIAB

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      Hey all! It has been a while since I've really been around, but I'm getting back into brewing.
      After 2 moves and picking up an expensive offroad Jeep hobby it's time to get brewing. The Jeep group I now belong to is called The Drunken Beavers and they are eagerly awaiting me to get brewing also.
      I have completed the exterior construction of my new 12x8 brew shed and need to plan out the interior.
      My plan has been to go the Ebiab route for the brew shed. I like the idea of the control you can...

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      Cool deal!
      
      Wow, 4’ under ground... Just 2’ is required here. Honestly, if you don’t bury the incoming water line and be done with it...will you kick yourself later? Especially with the plan of going ahead and connecting the sewer out line... (I’m certainly not a pro on this kind of thing, have never dealt with waste water plumbing but have ran plenty of buried PVC water line as a homeowner).
      
      Where I brew, often have to use water at end of brew as well, immersion chiller, washing off messes,...
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      Scott
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   2. The quest for a new setup

      by TMX, 1 month ago in Electric BIAB

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      So this is where I will chronical the quest for a new eBIAB setup.
      
      First, some background. I have been brewing for over 10 years now. Started out doing extract on a stove. Then to a fry pot, burner and cooler. a then to electric keg with a cooler, then, a 3 vessel eHERMS.
      I then took the 3 vessel system and removed a pot, and set up to run as either a single vesseleRIMS/BIAB or a Brutus Countertop 20. Every one of those I built from the ground up myself. I took a lot of time, energy and pride...

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      I've been thinking of the Wort Hog myself. Looks like a great system. Are you getting the whole kit with the boil coil and pump?
      
      Got the 5-10 gallon 240v system, with all the standard items. I did not get a pump because I already have one, well 4 actually.
      2 chugger pumps, one will be the pump I start with, and 2 24v DC, small tan pumps that I will use once I get a few more parts.
      
      The 24v tan pumps can be found on Ebay, I got both for $30US shipped and it only took about a week. I used the...
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      TMX
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   3. Where are my 'Merican brewers at?

      by TMX, 1 month ago in U.S.A.

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      Sound off!
      
      TMX- Displaced Texan, currently in Colorado.
      
      Who else is out there
      
      TMX

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      AWWW Yeah!
      
      2of us!!!!
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      TMX
      1 day ago
   4. Less hop Aroma in BIAB than other methods

      by Pudendum, 2 weeks ago in BIABrewer Old Hands

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      Hi all,
      
      Just curious. Has anyone else noticed less hop aroma from late addition & dry hopping with BIAB? No matter what I do, I feel that my hop aroma is restrained with this method (I can get beautiful malt aroma).
      Perhaps it is from the cold crashing or the extra protein from the extra trub. I no sparge BIAB.
      
      Let me know if you have experienced this!
      
      Dave

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      The only info I have seen on this was a discussion elsewhere with some people talking about “hop fade”. Most seemed to find that cube cooling resulted in hops aroma fading quicker than they would with coil or plate chilling. I don’t know why, or if there was a conclusion to the discussion, but it appeared that many had found a common experience.
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      Muggy Dawson
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   5. Royal Perth Beer Show 2018

      by PistolPatch, 1 month ago in General Chit-Chat, Nonsense & Rambles

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      Meant to post this way earlier sorry. Anyway, if you have or can brew a beer over the next three weeks then put it in the show. That way you'll get to come to the Exhibitor's Tasting and other fun stuff. I've never missed a year :party:
      Full details are here . Key dates as follows...
      
      Friday 4pm (in four days!) : Decide what style you want to enter and fill in the online entry form .
      
      Tuesday 26th June : Make sure you've brewed your beer and then deliver it. Deliveries accepted the day...

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      So here we go again! See you at 11am guys :)
      
      Muggy Dawson : I'll PM you my phone number so that if you are there, you can find us.
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      PistolPatch
      2 days ago
   6. My First Post! - Post here to become Fully Registered

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      by BIABrewer, 8 years ago in BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members

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      All newly registered members are encouraged to post here provided they have fully read all articles in BIABrewer.info Essentials .
      
      My First Post! - Post here to become Fully Registered.
      
      Now that you have ploughed through all the reading as instructed in BIABrewer.info Essentials and had a look around the site, make a post here to become a fully registered member.
      
      Posts in this thread are individually assessed by administration so as to prevent, spammers, and, bots, infecting the site....

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      Hello mav97531, and welcome to the forum!
      
      The BIABacus is super helpful. I would also look at the Clear Brewing Terminology page. It will help the terms make sense. Both are posts on the BIAB for new members section. Here is a link: There are many other helpful posts on there too.
      
      Let us know how it goes, and if you have any questions. ;)
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      Scott
      1 week ago
   7. Western Australian BIABrewers and Events

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      by PistolPatch, 8 years ago in Australia & New Zealand

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      Thought I'd start a thread that listed Western Australian BIABrewer.info members and events while the site is still young. This way, if anyone is having a brew day they can post it here and/or PM other W.A. brewers easily. Also, general events such as comps, tastings, interstate visitors etc could be posted here so as we can all be kept up to date.
      
      Here are the WA BIABrewers I am aware of to date (I've stopped adding names now but let me know if you want to be added to the list)...
      
      1. NME
      2....

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      Just finished my next brew - literally its just been whirlpooled on the stove and is 92 degrees right now. After trying the new Innate Pale Ale on Friday i thought id try something similar. I based my recipe on this one :
      
      Stove Top Juicy Pale Ale (11 Ltr VIF)
      
      OG 1060, 90 min Mash & Boil
      
      2300g Maris Otter
      700g Munich
      230 Biscuit
      230 Wheat
      230 Flaked Wheat
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      3690g
      
      50g Citra (15@ 60, 15@ 30, 10@10, 10 cube)
      50g Cascade (All cube hopped)
      
      The brew went by the numbers and im pleased....
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      JayP
      1 week ago
   8. Biabacus recipe development

      by Am33106, 2 months ago in Creating Your Own Recipes

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      All,
      
      I'm hoping someone can help explain how to develop your own recipe using Biabacus. I have used it to scale recipes very successfully so far but can't seem to figure out how to make it work for designing my own. I saw somewhere on the site to try using % rather than entering weights for the grain bill but I can't alter the percent column on the left hand side. I'm sure I'm missing something in the software but can't nail it down. Any advice is appreciated.
      
      Tony

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      Yo yo yo, guys! Long time, no write :thumbs:
      
      I am doing well and so are my beers, thanks to all of you. I've decided it's time to focus on creating my own beers so I just bought a copy of Designing Great Beers. Thanks Pat and ShorePoints for collecting this information here.
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      shetc
      1 week ago
   9. Use this thread to convert recipes to suit your equipment...

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      by BIABrewer, 8 years ago in BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members

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      Before helping others to convert a recipe they post here, please make sure you have fully read and understood this post and the others it refers to.
      
      Every beer recipe needs to be adjusted to suit both your own brewing method as well as your equipment. For example, it will be obvious to all but the newest brewers that an extract recipe needs to be converted to a grain recipe. What is not so obvious to those entering the world of all-grain is that recipes need to be adjusted for your equipment...

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      THanks a lot PP!!
      
      You´ve explained it cristal clear with those examples.
      
      Looking forward for our next brew sheduled for next friday.
      
      Cheers!!
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      Pinchons
      1 week ago
   10. Indeed Brewing Co. - Day Tripper - Integrity?

       by uvmnick, 2 weeks ago in BIAB Recipes

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       Hey guys,
       
       Found this pale ale recipe on Indeed Brewing Co. website and plan to brew it this weekend. Hoping the recipe can be reviewed for integrity. I've attached the excel spreadsheet as well.
       
       Thanks!
       
       OVERVIEW
       
       Style: Pale Ale
       Name: Day Tripper
       Yeast: Safale - US-05
       Fermentation Temperature: 67 F
       Original Gravity: 1.054
       Total IBU's: 45
       Colour (EBC): 12
       Efficiency at End of Boil: 81.5% ???
       Mash Length (mins): 60
       Boil Length (mins): 90
       Your Vessel Type (Pot/Keggle/Urn): Kettle...

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       Thanks uvmnick for the below and apologies for the slow response. Busy days :dunno:
       
       Had a quick glance over your posts and all looks good/great. I'll go through them slowly now...
       
       No worries on the transferring everything. Just don't make it a habit. Some people do and, on many styles and systems, it may not cause any problems but, it would not be regarded as best practice as a general rule. (In reality, there are probably some styles that benefit from it? We really don't have enough...
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       PistolPatch
       2 weeks ago
   11. "Not secure" notice - who's getting it? (How do we fix it?)

       by Pat, 2 weeks ago in Important Notices

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       While in the process of re-arranging things here at headquarters, one part of my main computer has decided to play up. I'm still trying to get the time and knowledge to find out which bit - hopefully not the motherboard!
       
       So, for the last few days I've been working off my phone and ancient laptop but I am seeing this...
       not secure.jpg
       Q1 Is anyone else getting this?
       Q2 If so for how long?
       Q3 Using one browser or just a particular browser?
       
       Main question is does anyone know how to fix it. I...

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       Thanks guys :salute:
       
       Sorry for the slow reply - my motherboard has blown and have also been doing a heap of five minute jobs for free (that take hours) etc, etc. (Must be a sticker on my forehead :dunno:). I must have built the computer that has just blown (probably over 5 years ago), way too well, as replacing it with something similar today costs way more than I can afford atm. I'm trying to avoid throwing 22GB DDR3 RAM and a very good processor (Intel Core i5 2400 socket 1155) in the bin....
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       Pat
       2 weeks ago
   12. Full batch all grain formula to BIAB.

       by Another Brian, 3 weeks ago in BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members

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       Hello. This is my second post, so please bear with me. I've done 5 BIAB batches, but not for a couple of years so I'm relearning. Plus I am trying to delve into everything more deeply to get a fuller understanding rather than just following steps.
       
       I have a formula from Brewing Classic Styles that I made a couple of years ago and want to repeat. My notes from that batch are not good... My main questions are:
       
       1) Is there an increase in grain bill when moving from sparge formulas to BIAB...

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       Good job on the BIABacus file, Another Brian :salute:
       I did not see any problems with what you have entered.
       
       As for the lighter grain bill - it could be that your proposed 90 minute mash will get more out of the grain than you'd expect. Trust the numbers given. I hit the BIABacus predicted Specific Gravity going into the boil (GIB in Section M) every time but once (my bad on that one brew). The evaporation calculated will then result in the desired GAW (same Section M). Things like air...
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       ShorePoints
       2 weeks ago
   13. My Current equipment and process. 1st BIAB outcome etc.

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       by AdeDunn, 8 months ago in BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members

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       Right, as mentioned in my intro, not getting overly good efficiency. I've only really done 1 BIAB so far (the other AG I did was a bagless mini stove top, with even worst efficiency... lol). I came away from this knowing 2 things for certain:-
       
       1) My boiler/mashing system is inadequate:-
       
       30 litre SS stock pot, wrapped in about 4 layers of reflective loft insulation. Now the pot itself isn't a big problem, I should be able to get 18 litres into FV from this ok. The real problem is how I am...

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       PP, regarding needing multiple equipment profiles, not if you know how to use Beersmith 2 (and now 3) properly. In the desktop version you can adjust the BH Efficiency on the design few tab, you would however need to understand that you'd have to be doing this in the first place. Luckily for me it's not an issue as I don't brew big beers, I consider my equipment too small, and my experience level too low. The Beersmith Software relies quite heavily on the brewer been able to dial it in for a...
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       PistolPatch
       3 weeks ago

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