Hey guys,

I have a Rye Brown Ale recipe that I would like to make for my first BIAB. I have some questions on the BIABacus excel file. I wasn't sure on the EBC (section C), volume of ambient wort or the AA% of my hops (section D), and If Grain is...(Section E) fields. How is EBC calculated? How do you determine the AA% (I took an avg figure found on the internet)?

I'm assuming these might be connected to getting my IBUs because at the moment my IBUs is listed as 300+, should be 27.5. Obviously not correct.

If someone could review my attached file to confirm if I'm on the right track that would be super.

Nick

Hi Bob!

Thank you so much for the quick reply! Your answers were super helpful.

Coming from extract brewing I never had to consider Lovibond values. Based on your feedback I did some research on it - love learning all the new aspects of AG. I don't have my malts yet so I took some Lovibond values I found on maltster's websites as placeholder until I purchase mine.

Section D - That was easy. Haha!<br/>

Original Hop Bill: Are the correct gram values stated?
I found my recipe here - https://www.homebrewtalk.com/five-aweso ... cipes.html (Brown ale listed 4th). Re-reading it the hop additions it is actually .5 ounces each. I can see why you were questioning that.

I made the adjustment in the files, and re-attached the file. There are a number of fields that I haven't completed . Basically sections J-R. Are these to be completed during brew or post brew?

Do I have this thing completed or at a point that I'm good to brew?

Nick