First BIAB Recipe

[jimp2003]

Hi everyone!

I plan to dip my toe into the BIAB waters this weekend and would appreciate it if any of the old heads out there would cast their eye over this recipe that I am thinking of using just in case there is a glaring problem.

My head is telling me I should try a few simple brews first to get my technique up to scratch but my heart says "to hell with that - life's too short" - The heart wins.

I have used the BIAB calculator to get the volumes etc and the recipe itself is taken from one of the members of a US homebrew forum.

Black IPA

OG: 1.067
FG: 1.016
IBU's: 69.0
Batch Size: 23.00 L
Boil Time: 90 minutes


Grain Bill

Amount Percentage Name Gravity Color
6kg 82.75 % Pale Malt, Maris Otter
500.00 g 6.9% Crystal Malt
750.00 g 10.35% Carafa Special Type 2

Hops
Amount Name Time AA %
30.00 g Columbus 60 mins 15.20
15.00 g Columbus 20 mins 15.20
15.00 g Amarillo 20 mins 8.9
15.00 g Cascade 15 mins 5.9
15.00 g Amarillo 15 mins 8.9
15.00 g Cascade 10 mins 5.9
15.00 g Cascade 5 mins 5.9

Yeast

Whitelabs California Ale WLP001


Might also dry hop but not sure how much - any suggestions?

I look forward to hearing what you think.

Jim

[mark4newman]

Hi

Looks good to me

I always get a starter yeast going.

If I was to dry hop I would use Cascade about 30gm to 60gms for about a week, after the primary fermentation has stopped.

[jimp2003]

Thanks Mark!

A starter is part of my plan - partly because of the relatively high OG and partly because I don't usually spend the best part of £6 on yeast for a brew and did not want it to fail.

Cascade is a good candidate for the dry hopping. Would I gain anything by mixing some Amarillo in there or would it get lost do you think?

[mark4newman]

Hi

To me they are both very similar, expect Amerillo is a bit harsher. So I would just use cascade.

But then I am a bit of a cascade fan.