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1. BIABacus Pre-Release - Your First Impressions
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  First post by BIABrewer, 13 years ago
  
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  Here is a pre-release glimpse of the BIABacus for you whilst we re-write the site and finalise the release of the BIABacus.
  
  BIABacus PR1.3U - Blank Style - Blank Name - Batch A0.xls
  
  BIABacus PR1.3U - American Pale Ale - NRB's All Amarillo APA - Batch A0.xls
  
  Above files uploaded on 18th May 2018. Corrects WYWU error in Section F.
  
  Your first thought will most likely be...
  
  This looks way too hard :dunno:.
  
  Your second thought will most likely be...
  
  This is actually quite...
  
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  As always on liquids your mileage may vary some. Also, grind will change the absorption rate. Always try to grind the same setting for consistancy. Boil rate will change if you use a propane burner also.
  As far as To squeeze or not to squeeze , that is the question I personally have never had off flavors {tannins} due to squeezing the bag. I do also let it drain over a collender not the pot. Only change in flavor profile has been due to I brew outside and will pick up wild yeast due to spring...
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2. I Have Never Brewed Before!
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  IMPORTANT: We would ask that both experienced and inexperienced forum users read the following fully before posting on BIABrewer.info
  
  If you have never brewed a beer before but are excited to become a part of such a guild , then you should start posting in the Kit and Fresh Wort Kit Brewing section of the site. We will get you under way there.
  
  BIABrewer.info recommends...
  
  1. That you join a brewing forum in your region so as you can get advice from brewers, next door, and stay informed of...
  
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3. My First Post! - Post here to become Fully Registered
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  First post by BIABrewer, 16 years ago
  
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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.
  
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  Hello Stevezila
  
  Welcome to the forum.
  
  Did you figure out how to scale your brew with BIABacus?
  
  Hope all is well.
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4. The Nonsense / Chat / Fast Answer / Guest Thread
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  First post by BIABrewer, 16 years ago
  
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  Guests* and members, please feel free to use this thread for general chatting, asking and answering quick questions or when you feel as though you might be just writing utter nonsense :D
  
  [ADMIN NOTE: Edited on 20th March 2015 to expand the range of this topic.
  
  * Guests and Visitors , it may take a few days from the time of writing the admin note above to get this thread working for you as well.
  
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  Pat, you are correct. My response on efficiency didn't have appropriate detail. And unfortunately not drunk, rather absolutely exhausted from a long day (and week), looked at the website briefly before going to sleep for a diversion, and thought I could give some input to Glowing Apple.
  
  EIB - Efficiency Into Boil (my assumption is this is what he was looking for). My BIAB batches 6-12 had the following EIB #s: 94, 88, 77, 82, 88, and 91. Pulled the #s off email to LHBS expert who claimed BIAB...
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BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members
1. Gearing up for the big day AG1
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  First post by edzki, 12 years ago
  
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  Well the hour approaches. I've got the 40 litre buffalo boiler, the skyhook is waiting in anticipation. The grainbill has been ordered and the no chill cube (smelling a bit plasticky) awaits the hot wort.
  
  I've put a checklist of sorts on the biabacus file I wonder if one of you fine gents would have a look through for any glaring errors.
  
  I will leave the strike water in the urn over night with a campden tablet before the fun commences in the morning.
  
  I notice the expected FG is 1017, thats a...
  
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  Thats a really good attitude to have Ed!
  
  BTW - :luck:
  
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2. High Gravity BIAB - Info needed
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  First post by BeerFingers, 12 years ago
  
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  Hi all,
  
  So I have a 20L Braumeister which I love. But I find it tops out at 6Kg of grist which makes IIPAs and Barley Wines impossible unless I do a double batch and boil it for 6 hours, which then makes for an exceptionally long brew day.
  
  So, I bought a bag and have a 30L Electric boiler as well as a 50L keggle and a 4-ring burner. The bag fits into both of these.
  
  So before I start planning a 1100+ Imperial anything:
  What would be the maximum amount of grist recommended for BIAB?
  What kind...
  
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  BeerFingers,
  
  If you like your original system, you may consider adding light dry malt extract to your kettle.
  
  In the past, I've made a beer as high in gravity as I could possibly fit into my mash. Completed my mash. Then added DME until I reached my target gravity.
  
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3. First BIAB and First Lager - Mexican Vienna
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  First post by Chingon, 12 years ago
  
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  Hi all - I'm going to attempt my first all grain, BIAB and Lager all at the same time :scratch:
  
  I have about 10 extract brews under my belt, and have fermentation under control finally.
  
  I'm attempting this (low fidelity) recipe, , which I'm hoping is a bit like Dos Equis Special Lager (green bottle).
  
  Double Crossed
  (Mexican Vienna Lager)
  (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)
  OG = 1.044 FG = 1.009
  IBU = 21 SRM = 10 ABV = 4.5%
  Ingredients
  5.0 lbs. (2.3 kg) Breiss Vienna malt
  2 lb. 14 oz. (1.3 kg)...
  
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  Welcome to the forum Chingon :salute:,
  
  Just be aware that these posts may end up being moved to this thread as when the BIAbacus main release file comes out, the administration don't want a whole lot of different files scattered over the board.
  
  One more thing, try to always use the latest BIABacus version. FOr example, some critical terminology has changed since your version. Use 1.3 K for now.
  
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  What Bob said above is perfect advice but looking at how you have filled out your BIAbacus...
  
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4. Keeping the bag & grains raised while raising mash temp?
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  First post by pat86, 12 years ago
  
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  Hi all, just curious as to the best method for preventing any grain and bag burning while we raise the temp (e.g. Step mash or mash out)?
  
  I have a ceramic glass stovetop & have stirred while heating, but was thinking I could use something like a wire baking rack or similar to keep the bag from resting on the bottom. Any problems with this?
  
  FYI I use a pot with no tap/ valves
  
  I am also keen to try some decoctions as Ralph is such a fan, but the rack or space method would be easier for most...
  
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  The other thing you want to avoid Pat is over-heating the bottom of the grain bed. If you use a cake rack and don't stir (or even lift the bag in a narrow kettle) what will happen is the wort underneath the bag will get really hot (way too hot) and the wort above will remain much cooler resulting in an extreme temperature difference. If your kettle is large and wide, you are more likely to be able to lift the bag and have the wort circulate all around it making stirring so often far less...
  
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5. Using the BIABacus with Bayou Classic Steamer Basket
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  First post by shetc, 12 years ago
  
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  Hi Everyone,
  
  I got a great deal from Craigslist on a never-used 44 Qt Bayou Classic stockpot with steamer basket. I am preparing for my first BIAB using the recommended NRB's Amarillo Ale recipe. I'm aiming for a 5 gallon (18.92 liter) batch. The kettle diameter is 14.17 inches (36 cm) and the height is 15.75 inches (40 cm). I plan to use the steamer basket to hold the bag, and lift using the Alton Brown turkey derrick (see onclick= window.open(this.href);return false;) .
  
  Ok, now the...
  
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  Thanks guys! I really appreciate your considered responses to my question, and have noted your various points. Really looking forward to my first BIAB as it seems a very efficient way to do all-grain brewing.
  
  Can you confirm a couple of things for me about the BIABacus designs for brewing the Amarillo Ale? Is it saying that for the Grain Bill (C) that I should use only Maris Otter instead of a combination of JW Traditional Ale, Munich 1 and Caraamber? Or just replace the JW Traditional Ale...
  
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6. BIABacus doubt - hops and IBU
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  First post by Frkleal, 12 years ago
  
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  Just a doubt, I usually design my recepies first in beersmith and then i update it in BIABacus, but I've noticed that have been differences in the IBU values...
  
  Beersmith gives me 68,9 and BIABacus gives 56,7 for this bill:
  Columbus 40g - 30 min boil
  Ahtanum 30g - 10 min boil
  Amarillo 25g - 1 min boil
  
  Why is that?
  
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  I've never belived that IBU levels where accurate, but never crossed my mind that it would be so off...
  
  Well I'll try to design my beers in BIABacus from now on...
  
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7. BIABacus question. Strike water more than total water?
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  First post by nosco, 12 years ago
  
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  Hi all,
  first brew day is nearly here :argh: . Im doing a test run on my 5500w eBIAB right now.
  
  I plan on doing NRB's APA just to keep it simple. I have been messing around with Beersmith 2 and Brewing Classic Style as well the BIABicus and also trying to mach up ingredients from my LHBS website. The file attached is a recipe that I came up with that I was going to brew first and used the water numbers for my test.
  
  But I noticed that the strike water volume is different to the total water...
  
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  The original poster (OP), can edit the #1 post when it's answered to his/her satisfaction by going to the Post Icon upper left and pick the green check mark and hit submit.
  
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8. No Chill and Cold Break
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  First post by HbgBill, 12 years ago
  
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  I tried to do a search on this and couldn't find a answer. After listening to PP and BobS on the Basic Brewing interview.. I picked up on a couple of things I'm interested in... but, the main one I'd like to ask about is the No Chill.. putting the hot wort into a sealable container like the US Plastic Jerry Can or ???
  
  The question is.. I'm wondering how the lack of cold break works. Cloudy beer or ?? How is this handled?
  
  Sorry for this type question.. but things like No Sparge, No Chill are...
  
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  HbgBill,
  
  As PP said. Cold break does happen. It just happen overnight while cooling. Normally in the next day or two I transfer the wort to a bucket and it is perfectly clear. I am not to concerned when transferring the wort in regards to trube. If some goes over and re-clouds the wort? So what! It will clear again after fermentation.
  
  I do occasionally just pitch the yeast into the no-chill cube and ferment there. Right on top of all the trub! When the fermentation is done I let it sit a...
  
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9. LloydieP Kolsch Diacetyl Rest and Cold Crashing Question
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  First post by dkrolak, 12 years ago
  
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  I have been fermenting a 5 gal batch of LloydieP Krispy Kolsch with WLP 029 Kolsch Yeast for a total of 3 weeks at 16C. Two weeks in a primary bucket and 1 week in a glass carboy. My final gravity was 1.014 when I transferred to the secondary. Since I fermented at a colder temp is the diacetyl rest of 4 days necessary as stated in the recipe report. The recipe report also states cold crashing. How long should I cold crash and does cold crashing effect amount of priming sugar I add before I...
  
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  I couldn't say either PP, I am a bit hesitant to try a full batch without the 3-7 day CC, if it is going to have any additional funk or extra yeast etc.
  
  For Kolsch, even though i was making an alt, I did definitely want to have as clear a beer as possible. Reading between the lines a bit, the Wyeast site says that their Kolsch strain is a terrible floccer - which could be done with time or temp but I am a bit more impatient :drink:
  
  QUOTE from Wyeast: This strain is a classic, true top...
  
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10. How to record bag drainings added to boil?
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  First post by milligan, 12 years ago
  
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  Today I did my 2nd BIAB and after lifting the bag and giving it a bit of a squeeze I popped it in a bucket over a strainer. Abut 10 mins later I took 382 mls of wort out of the bucket. I took a gravity reading o this and got 1.031 (temp adjusted). This was quite a bit higher than the wort after lifitng the bag at 1.022.
  
  Anyway I added this back to the kettle as it was coming up to boil. Is this just added to the VIK number? Water added during boil in s.M doesn't really fit.
  
  I also got another...
  
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  Yep, except when I used to do this, I used to put it beside the fermentor rahter that ferment it at a higher temperature. This mant it would more closely follow the timing of the large batch.
  
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11. Mash-out in BIAB
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  First post by tota76, 12 years ago
  
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  Hi,
  I'm study for my first brewing, a AG BIAB.
  I don't understood if is better do a mash-out also in a BIAB or is not necessary!? :think:
  
  Thanks!
  
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  I've start to study, you're right, it's not so difficult. :peace:
  I opened another trhed whit my firs recipe...
  
  Thanks jhough
  
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12. First recipe in Biabacus
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  First post by Scalli, 12 years ago
  
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  New to BIAB so hope I have got my figures correct. Could some of you kind people check I am heading in the right direction before I order the grain.
  
  Thanks in advance.
  
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  Thanks for taking the time to check that for me Yeasty, grain ordered and off to Wilko at the weekend to buy some cheap voile curtains. Looking fprward to this.
  
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13. Storing open wet yeast?
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  First post by Koda, 12 years ago
  
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  So I made a hefewiezen recipe last night that I converted down from a 6 gallon batch to make 2 gallons. The only change I made was I ended up using dry yeast instead of the wet the recipe called for.
  
  I had the vial of wet yeast in my hand and just couldn't justify spending $7 on something I was going to end up throwing half of in the garbage. The dry yeast I can at least fold down the bag and store in the fridge.
  
  Am I correct to assume that once I crack the seal on a wet yeast container that...
  
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  Hi Koda, weirdly enough, I was just reading:
  
  which is a pretty simple method for splitting Wyeast smack packs.
  
  I'm pretty much a yeast newbie having only tried rinsing yeast once, but I believe the advantage of splitting a liquid yeast straight from the pack, as opposed to rinsing it after a fermentation or pitching on top of a yeast cake is that you are getting the yeast in it's pure form. Once you have made a beer on it, the yeast flavours, etc. will actually change, so on say your 1st,...
  
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14. 2nd BIAB Attempt-Diff Recipe And Other Questions
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  First post by HbgBill, 12 years ago
  
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  I'd like to do an Oatmeal Stout. I have a recipe from HBT that I've made slight changes to. My questions are about Mashing. Provided is the spreadsheet as I have gotten so far.
  
  My question/comment is.. With my last communication PP mentioned that I could/should forget about Sparging. That is something I would like to hold on to.. at least for the next run or two of BIAB. Not to be obstinate.. just how I'd like to go for the moment.
  
  So, the question is about filling in Part E. Mashing...
  
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  Bill, regarding the glossary, we'll see if we can put something up tomorrow to tide us over until the new forum structure is completed. Once completed, we'll sticky it in this forum.
  
  Cheers,
  Nuff
  
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15. Biabicus Attempt
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  First post by HbgBill, 12 years ago
  
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  Finally able to copy Biabicus to my computer and work with it.. whew!!!
  
  Please find attached.. If I can copy this back to BIABrewer properly, my attempt at filling out the spreadsheet with the latest brew I did.. it's obviously after the fact.. and I didn't get all the info required. Plus there were a few major screwups in this brew.. but, generally, the numbers should/hopefully be good. I'm unclear as to how to work with the mashing. For this run, I mashed at 154* for 60 minutes during which...
  
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  :) It's a 5.2g(20L) SS Triclad heavy duty pot from Walmart with a glass lid. It's very nice. Has a grommet in the lid to allow for a thermometer while mashing if one likes. I'm close to being on the cusp of building a small RIMS device to recirculate the mash to keep the temp more constant.. but, that won't happen for a while.. if ever. I've also thought of going with an induction cooktop to keep the mash warmer. Didn't have any good success with my fancy Igloo ice chest as a MT despite...
  
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16. First BIAB AG, hop schedule suggestions please?
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  First post by hodor, 12 years ago
  
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  Hi all,
  
  I'm planning to brew my first AG batch this weekend (I pick up my custom made bag on saturday morning).
  
  I was originally planning to do a SMASH with East Kent Goldings (100g) and Marris Otter (5kg) but at the last minute ordered 1Kg of Caramalt on a whim (and only 4Kg of Marris Otter) for a 23L brew length.
  
  I have been playing around with BIABacus and I'm fairly confident with my volumes and mash temperature.
  
  I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice on what times and how...
  
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  Thanks mate
  
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17. 2nd BIAB attempt....I think it went better!
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  First post by KMathews, 12 years ago
  
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  Hey guys! So I finally got around to doing my second BIAB brew session. Me and a coworker decided to go in halves on a Chocolate Vanilla Porter. Essentially we took an Urca Dry Dock Vanilla Porter clone kit and added 4 oz. of chocolate nibs.
  
  Here is the recipe:
  MASH INGREDIENTS
  
  4.25 lbs English Maris Otter
  4.25 lbs Rahr 2-row Pale
  0.875 lbs English Medium Crystal
  0.75 lbs Flaked Barley
  0.5 lbs English Chocolate Malt
  0.5 lbs Belgian Aromatic Malt
  0.5 lbs Belgian Special B
  0.25 lbs English...
  
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  Thanks for your reply! I'm finding that I really have a passion for brewing!
  
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18. Excel With Numbers (Mac)?
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  First post by HbgBill, 12 years ago
  
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  I have an Apple MAC. It uses their spreadsheet software called Numbers. Does anyone else use this? When I copy a recipe to my desktop, I get the message that some of the .xls formulas are not supported by Numbers. Hoping someone can supply a bit of help.
  
  I've been away from BIAB for a long time :blush: and still have a lot to learn. That said, the first recipe I put in worked great as far as my input numbers were concerned. I'll call that my APA #1. However, I tried to copy the sheet to my...
  
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  OK FOLKS.. put this in your databanks for future reference in case there are other Apple fans who need this help.
  
  Put the OpenOffice icon into the Dock on the iMac. Then drag any .xls file into that icon.. and BAM!!!! It not only opens.. but I can now make changes :D :D :D
  
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19. Biabacus and ambient temperature?
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  First post by milligan, 12 years ago
  
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  I was wondering where Biabacus takes ambient temperature from? I tried changing If grain is... in s. E. but that makes no difference to the values I am interested in TWN and SWN in s. K
  
  What I am looking for is how much I need to correct TWN as I use my hot tap water as I have solar hot water. This gets 50-55c so I don't have to take it much further to mash temperatures. In the example I am looking at TWN = 15.07 and SWN = 15.36. Biabacus is telling me to 70.4c. So I know that I need...
  
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  Hey Pistol Patch, that is exactly what I am looking for. I will focus on the SWN for my solar heated water. Cheers.
  
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20. A step into the 'unknown' batch sparge to BIAB
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  First post by Niimus, 12 years ago
  
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  Hi there,
  
  I have been following this site for some time and am looking to move to BIAB next week.
  
  Any thoughts/comments on my proposed set-up would be nice.
  
  I just received a nice present from the taxman to finance a BIAB setup!
  
  I have been brewing on the kitchen gas stove with a 30L kettle and 30l mash tun (igloo style) with some really great results (7 AG brews so far) though am getting only a very low effiency..(yeah, yeah - I know efficiency is a controversial subject :) )
  
  So I have...
  
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  Thanks to everyone for your help - I decided to first try a BIAB with my existing 33L Pot and the results were exceptionally good.
  
  So as you all suggest I will be going just for the Buffalo boiler and leave the Thermos pot.
  
  Check out this post for my first BIAB experience.
  
  Thanks once again for all your advice and support.
  
  Niimus
  
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21. BIABacus, auto efficency and specialty malts
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  First post by olleman, 12 years ago
  
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  Hello,
  
  I have played around with BIABacus all night and there are two things I'm thinking of.
  
  1. Shouldn't the mashing time affect efficency estimates? I know that 90 minutes is preferable but if I would like to follow a recipe to the letter and use 60 minutes of mash time shouldn't this then result in a lower efficency? This is NOT to critizise BIABacus in any way but to aid in my learning process.
  
  2. I read somewhere that there or more or less no fermantable sugars in specailty malts. If a...
  
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  Okay, I am going to jump in here. Lots of fairly okay to good answers here but on this forum we really need to be finalising threads like this within ten posts at most. So let's rewind and summarise....
  
  First question: Yes, mash time does affect efficiency into the boil. No software allows for this but the BIABacus is working on a formula for it. For now, the BIABacus assumes you do a 90 minute mash which you should be doing anyway. The formula we are working on will probably never be used as...
  
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22. Should I expect to have a higher FG than anticipated?
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  First post by balli1990, 12 years ago
  
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  HI
  
  I brewed an english bitter from BCS a few weeks ago and its been in the fermenter for 14 days now at a constant 19 - 21 degrees thanks to my new fish tank heater. PP very kindly advised me on how to put the recipe into the BIABacus.
  
  When I mashed In I made a big mistake, the water was 10 degrees too high (79c) :idiot: I realised after about 5 mins so I pulled the bag and let the water cool to 67 and mashed in again. Air lock activity stopped after 7 days.
  
  The FG reading was at 1.016...
  
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  balli , after bottling , might want to let it condition for about 6weeks to let it mellow out a bit.Usually works for me.
  Joe
  
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23. First BIAB -- Low Efficiency Problem
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  First post by icemaker, 15 years ago
  
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  I brewed my first all-grain beer with my BIAB set up. I utilized the Amarillo Ale recipe suggested and my brew pot was almost identical to the example (60L instead of 70L; 44 cm instead of 45 cm).
  
  I put in all of the calculations and followed just everything very closely. All went well -- until I measured my OG at the end of the boil -- 1.048 instead of 1.058. By my calculations, that works out a mash efficiency of 56-57%. Yikes! I did a mash out and still got those numbers.
  
  I am wondering...
  
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  Ok thanks PP.
  Give it a good stir every 15mins and stir constantly during mash out.
  Taking the temp readings every 15mins as im stirring also. The colander is a bit high (200mm or so above the element) so this may be just supporting the bag.
  
  Will post the recipe soon.
  Thanks
  
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24. 1st Brew Errors & No Fermination
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  First post by dkrolak, 12 years ago
  
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  Yesterday I completed my first all grain/BIAB Krispy Kolsch brew. I used the Commentary and a checklist to help guide the day, but I still made several rookie mistakes and I am concerned because there is no fermentation action in my blow off container.
  
  Attached is my update BIABacus file containing my final numbers. However I has not sure what volume to input in Section L Mash Volume.
  
  Fermentation has not started I pitched my yeast 18 hours ago. Batch placed in 15C fermentation chamber.
  
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  I am not a bottling expert sorry dkr,
  
  Don't be worried about creating a new thread on this though. To get a good answer, you will have to give good background info... What's your ambient temp for example? Do you have temp control of your fermentor or secondary? etc.
  
  That's the big difference on this site. As a general rule, you have here members that will actually, listen. what you write before replying to it. Try and work out the best way that you can convey to them what equipment/controls...
  
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25. Mill Question
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  First post by Phog98, 12 years ago
  
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  Still prepping for my first BIAB brew....have my ingredients but looking at mills. I see a ton of people say Corona's work great...ton say they suck....25 bucks versus a Barley Crusher or CrankandStein....thoughts anyone? I also read somewhere that BIAB'ers sometimes double crush their grains to improve efficiency....thoughts on that?
  
  can't wait to get this started...I am doing a Stone Ruination IPA clone as my first go...weather is getting nicer, i'm itching to brew :-)
  
  Thanks for the help
  
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  Niimus
  
  I buy bulk grain that has already been milled and divide up the 25Kg into 1Kg packs myself.
  
  There is a thread about mills here . I mention in there too about vacuum sealing.
  You can get bags like these from Ebay (not sure if these are big enough though) but are cheap at £2 for 50. You can get a vacuum sealer from Lidl for about £20 as well.
  
  :luck:
  
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