Welcome to the forum SlamDuncan . Let us know if you have any questions. We would recommend using the BIABacus File with planning and conducting your brew sessions. It will make scaling up brews much easier. You will want to review the CBT (Clear Brewing Technology) Page as well. Let us know if you ...
Hi Jerry / makfrag Welcome to the forum! The best way to determine your max brew size is to fill out the BIABacus file (Excel spreadsheet) we have and put the inputs of the beer you want to brew along with diameter and inside height of your kettle. The entire procedure...? We should have that in the...
Hello chayes (Chris), Welcome to the forum. Glad to hear you are back brewing again! I had done something similar when I brewed some from 1990 to probably late 1996, then stopped brewing until 2012 or so... Then after getting kegging equipment, and proving that I could consistently make solid extrac...
Hi DocAnna , Welcome to the forum! Thanks for posting enough info that we can see where you are coming from. It’s always interesting... Not just beer, but wine too. That’s cool! So you are brewing with a Robobrew/Brewzilla. Just pulled it up to remember. It’s one of those automated electrical system...
The BIABacus File was telling you that you do not need the amount of grain you had in your initial plan. To produce a beer with your chosen OG, use less malt, the malt amounts it gave you.
The percentages are easier and more logical, in my estimation.
Hello BMWFan , Let me take a crack at it... Alterations : First, the altered numbers for evaporation and the other volume alterations - we normally do not do this. I never have. And I understand that you use a steam condenser that affects this (don't have time at the moment to research that right no...
Hello gsoroos , and welcome to the forum. Sounds like you have some questions... The ball valve is most certainly not a requirement for making good beer. I have one with my setup and it simplifies some aspects of my BIAB operation, but is one more thing that I have to ensure is super well cleaned. T...
"high gravity beers without extra grain to compensate for no sparge. Other than that, I think this BIAB thing is pretty nice..." Hey David, I have a couple ideas that I want to toss out, in addition to ShorePoints' thoughts. We should confirm what you are using to track your brew day, and that you ...
Thanks for posting this Lumpy. It needed to be done, and been several days now. It is never fun coming up with the words... I was really struggling with this. It was six years ago this month (July, 2014, while vacationing / dropping my daughter off for college in Florida) that I was extensively peru...
Hello WombleBadger , bstew7890 , bpinnix , fharias - welcome to the forum! The advice given to some others last week would probably be beneficial to all. Here is a link: https://www.biabrewer.info/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=119&start=8825#p61379 There is a lot of info available, so give it a thorough look....
Hello ElezEspana and @t tomp87 , Welcome to the forum! Thank you for both giving good background info. It helps to know where you are coming from. Let me give you both some quick answers and assistance... Important Links: First, a couple links that will help if you have not found these yet: BIABacus...
Welcome to the forum @Brewer_Bob - There is a lot of info on the site if you dig around a little bit. The BIABacus file and Clear Brewing Terminology page in the Info for New Brewers section should be especially helpful. Let us know if there are any questions.
Hello jhough I am again going slightly into uncharted waters for me... If some live yeast remains in the bottles, and you should, likely you could add 1/8 tsp of sugar to each bottle and then cap it, keep at active fermentation temperature to get proper CO2. That’s what I would do. This is what I do...
Hey Brad, Congratulations for doing the brew, and filling out the BIABacus file! :thumbs: I remember my first time, and feeling so overwhelmed!!! So many new acronyms. I view much of the info, like the measurements of volumes, gravities, etc. are like "check points" when navigating. If you go off co...
Am33106 interesting that you and ShorePoints are both playing with that Norwegian Voss Kveik yeast strain. Yeah, in the next couple months we should have more info from both of you. Bob has had some successful brews already with it. I brewed again (second time in the shutdown) 2 weeks ago tomorrow....
Hello mk1 Yes your methodology seems sound. Malt producers normally have a range of color and I always guess in the middle. You are unlikely to get more info in your shipment, but who knows... Yes hop AA always changes. Even same year different field the same variety can be different. I would run wi...
Hello nanukODahNort Congratulations on the first BIAB! :champ: :thumbs: The post screen, just below the Submit button you should see Options and Attachments. That is where it is. It is getting late for me so running out of steam for the night. Certainly easier if you get proper measurements when bre...