The grain pack I used (link below)... I chose the Safale S-04 option
http://www.brewuk.co.uk/ingredients/ing ... -pack.html
Well I've brewed my first Biab now and it's in the fermenter in my fermentation fridge at 18 - 20 degrees bubbling away nicely. The brew went well I think for my first one and I used biabacus for all my working out (That takes some getting used to). I kept the mash between 65.5 and 67 degrees for the 90 minutes, drained & squeezed the grain bag then boiled for 60 min to the instructions adding hops when required, then chilled with my copper coil chiller to 22.4 degrees in 25 minutes. The target gravity is 1.050 and I hit 1.050 - 1.052 but I only ended up with 20.5 litres of wort and not the 23 litres the recipe says which is probably why I hit the OG. With the full volume I'm sure the OG would be considerably lower. I think I got my evaporation rate wrong & I lost more during the boil than I expected. My efficiency worked out at 74% but overall I'm happy with the outcome for my first brew. In hindsight, next time I think I will dunk sparge the grain bag and add the sparge water to the boil to get the volume up, but you live & learn I suppose. I really enjoyed doing this brew & I'm looking forward to drinking this.
I've put the photo's I took of my brewday here... http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/swift ... 21-04-2015
Any advice for my next brew is welcome too!
I've got a Vanilla Porter grain pack to do in the next few weeks
Cheers for now
