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Thanks both for repilies, Vic Secret does sound very interesting. I am going to try a few hop combo ipa's over next few brews I think so will keep that hop in mind for them, do a few combos and see which I like best.

After some thought I think I'll go with a citra / cascade hop combo; but apparently citra may overpower, so I have gone for a 2:1 ratio in favour of more cascade. Does this look okay to people? https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/821088/citra-casc-ipa

Thank you for that- I will probably be using Crossmyloof for ingredients and they stock Vic Secret, but I already know I like Mosaic, so that might be good...

Hi all I am thinking about my 3rd go at BIAB; and was thinking about doing a late hopped citra / galaxy combo IPA, the recipe idea was kindly suggested by @matt76 , his hop bursted "Podium Ipa". My original recipe idea is here...

I've just finished my second BIAB and I sparged both. First time I did so by popping the bag into a spare FV, second time I had invested in one of those big extendable colander things from IKEA and just popped the mash bag into that and poured water over the top, which then drained into my brew...

I am still really in my infancy with BIAB as I say, so missing the little things is still quite easy so I can imagine doing that! I forgot yesterday to lift out clips to hold the BIAB bag bag in place for eg! I will get slightly less beer out of this attempt than planned, but never mind (though...

Thanks both for your responses, it was the first time I have ever added some of the liquour late in the boil so had no idea how to reflect this in Brewers Friend. When I have a spare hour or so I will try and do a boil to work out boil off losses, should then let me know how much water I need...

Hi all, I have just completed my second BIAB brew, an oatmeal stout. Recipe and method I followed is here... https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/844423/biab-stout Seemed to go well other than my mash temp dropped a bit lower than I planned (mashed in at 66c not 68 and it was...

You attach the chiller to your tap and run cold water through them to cool your wort. I don't actually have one (I wanted one but can't justify it being on a water meter!) but that's how they work. It's a heat transfer device basically.

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Congrats. I am a new BIAB brewer and a massive fan of citra myself so after an oatmeal stout in next couple of weeks; I may have a go at this myself!

I never knew there was a homebrew club at TR. I am in Caerphilly and just getting back into brewing so that's interesting to know- thanks!

@matt76 doing it for these reasons, pretty much this spot on ^ Cold steeping of roasted grains apparently makes a dark beer smoother taste wise, rather than being harsh and roasty. I've cold steeped grains in a partial mash before and it turned out quite well.

Ahhh. I think I have worked out that I have 13L of water in total including all mash / sparge / cold steeping liquor, so with grain absorption / boil off taken into account, I hopefully shouldn't be too far off what I want in the fermenter in the end....

Thank you for that. As it is only my second attempt I am still getting to grips with all grain and the whole efficiency thing, I didn't to be honest pay too much attention to it last time, planning to be a bit more thorough this time. I'm looking at 2L of water for the cold steep, for 330g of...

Hi all After some back and forth and researching a few different recipes; I have ordered the ingredients for an oatmeal stout to brew either this weekend or next. It will be my second BIAB attempt. Recipe and method is here: https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/844423/biab-stout...

I had a Pineapple Express on Friday; (Tiny Rebel and Polly's Brew Co collab) and the Cloudwater / Brewdog NEIPA. The Cloudwater was probably better. The Pineapple Express was disappointing as everything I have had by Polly's has been oustanding; that one was just a bit meh. Artificial tasting...

I have a trial jar from Wilko and use a turkey baster to get samples when I want to do gravity readings. Cheap and cheerful.

Might well give it a go then- thanks for the heads up as I never would have thought to look at that as never heard of it! I just want to say thanks again for all replies to this- I've definitely caught the brewing bug again after a LONG time away from it, and hoping with some experience (and...

Crossmyloof list their light crystal as below. I was at the higher end using 11% which seems to be the biggest culprit for the colour by what you guys are saying. Crystal (Light). Colour (EBC 90-130) Usage 5-15% of grist Beer Styles: IPAs, Best Bitters, Brown Ales Malt Flavour: Biscuit...