this may sound a stupid thing to ask but I ask it anyways
just been looking at the beer recipes topics some sound good
so was wondering can all or must recipes can be used in the biab way
doing a biab brew
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Re: doing a biab brew
Any grain recipe can be done via BIAB, there may perhaps be some wierd exceptions but so far I've not heard of any. You'd need to adjust quantities based on efficiency but thats true of all systems.
Though, there may be slight challenges achieving 'extremely' high gravity brews because many people (though not all) get slightly lower efficiency with standard BIAB than some other methods. And in a similar fashion, reduced-volume versions of BIAB (e.g. because of a small pot) can struggle with high gravity recipes; if the mash gets thick efficiency can start to reduce quite a lot.
Though, there may be slight challenges achieving 'extremely' high gravity brews because many people (though not all) get slightly lower efficiency with standard BIAB than some other methods. And in a similar fashion, reduced-volume versions of BIAB (e.g. because of a small pot) can struggle with high gravity recipes; if the mash gets thick efficiency can start to reduce quite a lot.
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Re: doing a biab brew
I have a few recipes available in Beersmith that I have converted for a 40l urn BIAB.
The actual recipe part didn't need any adjustment but I tend to round quantities up/down for my volume. Who wants to be faffing around with 23.6g of hops?
e.g. http://beersmithrecipes.com/viewrecipe/ ... dlord-biab
The actual recipe part didn't need any adjustment but I tend to round quantities up/down for my volume. Who wants to be faffing around with 23.6g of hops?
e.g. http://beersmithrecipes.com/viewrecipe/ ... dlord-biab
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Re: doing a biab brew
Pretty Much, Go 4 ittickle wrote:this may sound a stupid thing to ask but I ask it anyways
just been looking at the beer recipes topics some sound good
so was wondering can all or must recipes can be used in the biab way
ist update for months n months..
Fermnting: not a lot..
Conditioning: nowt
Maturing: Challenger smash, and a kit lager
Drinking: dry one minikeg left in the store
Coming Soon Lots planned for the near future nowt for the immediate
Fermnting: not a lot..
Conditioning: nowt
Maturing: Challenger smash, and a kit lager
Drinking: dry one minikeg left in the store
Coming Soon Lots planned for the near future nowt for the immediate
Re: doing a biab brew
Your main issue is with the size of your pot or mash tun. smaller ones will mean you may need to scale down your recipe so that you can get the grain in and some water. you can also try the "maxi" biab method which does work well. I managed several brews in a 15l pot before buying a 50l pot from the Malt Miller.
One other thing to consider is the bag. I personally use a sheet of net curtain rather than a bag, it is easy to clean and has seen me through about 40 brews now.
As for lager, it is a style. you could achieve similar results by using lager malt and lager hops, October is possibly a good month to ferment in the garage or shed. You will need to be patient and let it sit a while to get any lagering effect, this is doable in the colder months.
Best of luck.
One other thing to consider is the bag. I personally use a sheet of net curtain rather than a bag, it is easy to clean and has seen me through about 40 brews now.
As for lager, it is a style. you could achieve similar results by using lager malt and lager hops, October is possibly a good month to ferment in the garage or shed. You will need to be patient and let it sit a while to get any lagering effect, this is doable in the colder months.
Best of luck.