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That's interesting. Just looking at Crossmyloof and they have extra pale or pale ale malt as well as Maris Otter; so I could always try a couple of variations and see which comes out best; as this is a simple recipe it opens itself up to some tinkering I think. Might also try a Citra / Galaxy...

Thanks.. I do have some spare FV's so could transfer if that'll help!

Thank you all. There's a little bit of sweetness there which is not unpleasant but I am not convinced it needs it and I'd rather it not look like a bitter! So I'll do that. Shouldn't have problems with next BIAB colour wise as I am going for an oatmeal stout I think!!

That would explain it then! Thank you. So if I was to do this recipe again (which I'd like to do with maybe a change of bittering hop and upping the citra, as I love the hop)...should I just leave out Crystal all together and go for a lighter base malt? Or is MO fine as long as there's no crystal?

Hiya Thanks very much for the reply. Recipe is here: https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/821078/citra-biab I plugged the crystal in as "light crystal malt"- it was ordered as the same from Crossmyloof; along with the Maris Otter. Aside from a small issue with starting the...

Hi guys I have lost patience with waiting, and started trying my first all grain (BIAB) beer. It has been bottled for just over 4 weeks. It’s a basic Citra beer with 89% Maris Otter and 11% light crystal malt ( 2kg MO and 225g crystal to be exact). Whilst I wasn't expecting much for a first...

I'm a new BIAB brewer myself; so I am not sure how much help I am going to be here really, but my thoughts... My first biab brew a few weeks ago was intended to be 10L. I ended up with a bit more than that in the fermenter as I added more hot water to the mash as my mash temp dropped a bit low...

The stout kit is virtually impossible to mess up and open to endless tinkering. I did a few versions when I was doing kits. You can also use the english bitter as a basis for a porter if you like dark beers.

Not done a kit in a while so I'd like to enter the draw please.

Great pio Great point- I'll do that. Thank you!

Brilliant. Thank you- that one on payday then I think- as it took ridiculously long time to get down to 21c to pitch on my first go.

Thank you for replying. Having a little 'un running round and not having the time or patience for DIY means buying one is an easier if lazier and more expensive option! My kettle has dimensions diameter 28 cm, height 25 cm. Thanks again, much appreciated.

Hiya I have just started BIAB (one down so far). One of the issues I noted with the first brew was how long the "cooling in a sink" method took so I have been looking at immersion chillers this morning. Would one like this be suitable for a 15L stockpot (and approx 10L of post boil wort?)...

Digression from the recipe talk, and I will have to check my notes, but I *may* have tried this at the Bristol Craft Beer festival in June. Everything Lervig I have had has been great.

Perfect. Thank you. Think I will chuck some oats into the mix too.

Hmmm. Oats for better mouthfeel swapped for carapils?

So to compensate for dilution of cold steeping, and to avoid lowering abv... Could I just add 10% more Maris Otter to the mash?

Thanks (and @BeerCat) for advice, I will mess with recipe a bit. This will only be my second BIAB and my efficiency first time was a bit better than I estimated using BrewersFriend, following some pretty vigorous bag squeezing, the OG was estimated 1.046 and I measured 1.054. At this stage I...

Great, will do. Does the rest of the recipe look okay?

Wow; I wasn't far off! Thank you very much!