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Post #1 made 13 years ago
by bwgolling
I want to brew an english mild ale and I plugged my recipe into biabacus (see attached).
If someone has the time to look over this and tell me if I've done it right, I'd appreciate it. I wish to make a 2.5 gal batch.
my kettle is cylindrical and 14" w by 15" tall. Also, I thought up the recipe it might be totally crappy, so I'd appreciate any critique. I mostly want to be sure I'm going in the right direction so I don't have to bother everyone with questions that are too basic.
Tks
Bruce (bwgolling)
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Post #2 made 13 years ago
by Nuff
Bruce, there's no problem with asking basic questions.

The BIABacus though is only at the pre-release stage and is restricted to publication in certain threads. Can you do the following?

1. Use the latest Pre-Release version available in this post. The latest version ins 1.3.

2. Read that post carefully and there you will find which thread you can post the BIABacus to.

3. Regardless of the spreadsheet software you are using, always save and post the BIABacus as an .xls file otherwise excel users will not be able to work on it.

All the best,
Nuff
Last edited by Nuff on 25 Feb 2013, 00:39, edited 2 times in total.

Post #3 made 13 years ago
by joshua
Good Day, Just looked over the Recipe, and if your looking for a Brown ale/lager with a nice bitterness, made as a "session" Beer......It looks Great!
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Post #4 made 13 years ago
by PistolPatch
I know its your birthday Josh but I am going to disagree :P.

Bruce, I don't think that the Chocolate malt is going to be right for this. Perhaps use brown malt, aromatic malt or special roast instead.

The EKG is a good hop. However, assuming you are chilling soon after the boil ends, instead of the single addition you have, I would go three additions such as...

31 g at 60 mins
12 g at 15 mins
12 g at flame out

Nuff probably should have mentioned above that you can post BIABacus Recipe Reports anywhere you like. The Report is great for when you are asking questions on design.

:salute:,
PP
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Post #5 made 13 years ago
by bwgolling
good advice, thanks much.
I will try substituting the chocolate malt. I was mostly thinking of that for color
I don't want this to be too hoppy. That is why I was considering a hop burst ( 2.5 gal batch)

Bruce

Post #6 made 13 years ago
by PistolPatch
Chocolate malt is a super dark malt and 6% will turn your beer black so avoid that one (see below).

When you put your recipe into PR1.3, here's some other things you can do...

At the top of Section D, type in 17.5 l for your EOBV-A. Now if you go back to Section C and put in the 'EBC' or 'SRM' values of the grains (you'll have to do a bit of googling for these) you will be able to see the colour total at the bottom of Section C. You'll want about 20 EBC for this style.

Putting in the EOBV-A number of 17.5 L will also show you your IBU's.

The hop schedule you had only gives 11.9 IBU's. This is nothing. The three stage hop addition, will give you about 30 IBU's which is right for this style. You could knock that down a bit if you want but I wouldn't go lower than 25 IBU's.

Have a crack at posting up the recipe report once you are done. Make sure you fill in some details in Sections E, G and H of PR 1.3 as mashing, chilling and fermentation are all important when looking at recipe design and these will show up in the report.

Have fun!
PP
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Post #8 made 13 years ago
by bwgolling
should I set EOBV-A to 17.5 even if i am brewing 9.5l?
As a matter of fact I was fooling around just now and used 9.5 and my original hop bill moved to 22.5, which is much closer to the style.

Bruce

Post #9 made 13 years ago
by mally
Bruce;
I don't have your file to hand, but typically the EOBV-A is from the original recipe, and this is essential for the scaling calculations.
If your recipe has integrity & the EOBV-A was 17.5 you need to leave that as is.
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Post #10 made 13 years ago
by bwgolling
That's just it. There was no original recipe. I started by thinking I wanted to do a smash, so I could learn how each ingredient effected the brew. Then I decided to make it closer to a Mild ale. I'm going to post it so I can see what's wrong.


Bruce

Post #11 made 13 years ago
by mally
Sorry, my bad. :headhit:
If you are using the BIABacus as a recipe designer, then set your EOBV-A to what the estimated volumes say it will be (section K). Thats what i do anyway. :thumbs:
G B
I spent lots of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I squandered
I've stopped drinking, but only when I'm asleep
I ONCE gave up women and alcohol - it was the worst 20 minutes of my life
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Post #12 made 13 years ago
by bwgolling
Here is my recipe. I hope you all will look at it and tell me it will be beer or swill.

Tks
Bruce
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Post #13 made 13 years ago
by mally
I can't open that file Bruce, there seems to be a formatting error & everything appeers gobbledegook. Hopefully somebody else can have a look? :think:

Just has a thought Bruce.
If you look at the link in this post here. Regarding Jamil Zainasheff recipes, there is a dark & pale mild recipe that should be good?
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I've stopped drinking, but only when I'm asleep
I ONCE gave up women and alcohol - it was the worst 20 minutes of my life
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Post #15 made 13 years ago
by Lylo
Bruce ,PP showed me the light today. go to windows/default programs and change your default program to OpenOffice. Then you can open and save it as .xls.
At least it worked for me.
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