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[CoxyBoy123]

Going to do this tonight with my leftovers, is this correct:

Amt Name Type # %/IBU
0.90 kg Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 80.4 %
0.12 kg Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 2 10.7 %
0.10 kg Amber Malt (22.0 SRM) Grain 3 8.9 %
7.00 g Amarillo Gold [10.90 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 4 34.7 IBUs
4.00 g Amarillo Gold [10.90 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 5 7.2 IBUs
1.0 pkg SafAle English Ale (DCL/Fermentis #S-04) [23.66 ml] Yeast 6 -
5.00 g Amarillo Gold [10.90 %] - Dry Hop 0.0 Days Hop 7 0.0 IBUs

Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.047 SG Measured Original Gravity: 1.046 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.009 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.010 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.0 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 4.7 %
Bitterness: 41.9 IBUs Calories: 151.6 kcal/12oz
Est Color: 6.1 SRM
Mash Profile

Mash Name: BIAB, Light Body Total Grain Weight: 1.12 kg
Sparge Water: 0.00 gal Grain Temperature: 22.2 C
Sparge Temperature: 75.6 C Tun Temperature: 22.2 C
Adjust Temp for Equipment: TRUE Mash PH: 5.20

Mash Steps
Name Description Step Temperature Step Time
Saccharification Add 2.73 gal of water at 66.5 C 64.4 C 90 min
Mash Out Heat to 75.6 C over 7 min 75.6 C 10 min

Sparge Step: Remove grains, and prepare to boil wort
Mash Notes: Brew in a bag method where the full boil volume is mashed within the boil vessel and then the grains are withdrawn at the end of the mash. No active sparging is required. This is a light body beer profile.


Dont want to cock up like my last one

 

[Scott]

What's your estimated brew length?

Good luck with it, hope it all goes smoothly.

 

[CoxyBoy123]

What's your estimated brew length?

Good luck with it, hope it all goes smoothly.

2 Gallon batch size :)

Everything look fine? Want to nail one with out a sparge

 

[Scott]

The only thing I would do is sparge the grains in a separate bowl just in case you need it.

But that's just my personal preference, it'll allow you to be better prepared just in case.

 

[CoxyBoy123]

The only thing I would do is sparge the grains in a separate bowl just in case you need it.

But that's just my personal preference, it'll allow you to be better prepared just in case.

Good Idea.

Hope this bloody works ha

 

[rich27500]

How big's your pot?

 

[CoxyBoy123]

How big's your pot?

19l 32cm diam

 

[rich27500]

You should be able to do that all in one go without a sparge. Just guessing but 15l strike water and see what you have left after the boil would be pretty close to 10L I'd have thought.

 

[CoxyBoy123]

Boiling now! :)

 

[rich27500]

Good luck! Really interested to see how your actually compare to the recipe figures. Although there is not one important stat in the end: does it taste great?

 

[CoxyBoy123]

Good luck! Really interested to see how your actually compare to the recipe figures. Although there is not one important stat in the end: does it taste great?

Completely annoyed, longer mash, longer boiled and ended up with a lower gravity!! Got 1.030 and 8 litres in fv

Last time with bigger brew, diluted, I got 1.032 with 60 min mash and boil

 

[pittsy]

not sure where your going wrong here , can you give details how your brew went etc

 

[rich27500]

Ok I had some efficiency problems when I started but now I regularly hit 85% in fact that's the efficiency I put into brewmate. I have found the best temp to mash at for me is 68c and always do at least 90 minutes. Quite often it's more such as an overnight mash (these are great for feeling like you've saved time,) or I'll put the mash on in a morning and get back to it when I can in the afternoon. How confident are you of your thermometer? That's a common reason for low figures. How well insulated is your pot? Do you give the grain a really good stir (like 100 times at start middle and end?)

How long was that longer boil? 90 minutes is enough for some brews you can get away with 60. Your messing with your hops bittering, flavour and aroma by boiling for longer.

Another thing you could do is work out the efficiency of this brew and then use that in your recipe tool (what are you using?) to adjust the grain amount to the gravity and volume you want to achieve.

But don't just listen to me the best advice is here: http://www.biabrewer.info/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=153

and the thing I learned the most from for my maxi BIAB (making 23L using a 27L electrim.): http://www.biabrewer.info/viewtopic.php?f=89&t=352

 

[rich27500]

PS
one of my early brews was a Sierra Nevada clone where I only managed to get 19L at target gravity. The numbers were disappointing but it remains one of the best beers I have made.

 

[CoxyBoy123]

Will post details later on, everything went very smoothly, thermometer is accurate.

Not sure

 

[CoxyBoy123]

Think I may of just worked it out, using beer smith. It's American calcs?

 

[pittsy]

i use beersmith , stick to metric , to help you see if you have got it right , try putting in a pale ale malt with 72% eff and use 5kg you should be getting around 1050/1055

 

[CoxyBoy123]

What brew length pittsy

 

[pittsy]

23L , and i've just done it with pale ale Dingemann and it was estimated 1048.

 

[CoxyBoy123]

My batch size says gal, how do I change it to litres?