Make grain beers with the absolute minimum of equipment. Discuss here.
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Coffeeuk
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by Coffeeuk » Thu Apr 30, 2015 5:35 pm
D4nny74 wrote:Been looking at some recipes and for 23ltrs in my FV its saying total mash volume is 42ltrs , larger than the boiler I've just bought
, will I have to hold 5 Ltrs behind for sparging?
Confused already lol
Danny
Seems a lot of water, most recipes are always between 33 and 34 litres and I get 24 litres into the FV. Beers are between 5 and 6 %
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by alexlark » Thu Apr 30, 2015 5:45 pm
GAZ9053 wrote:Have you been stealing my library Alex. Exact same books as me.
lol. Good books though aint they. I've got so many brews I want to do. Im just sampling the Punk IPA clone I kegged last week, still early but absolutely cracking beer!
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by alexlark » Thu Apr 30, 2015 5:51 pm
Danny, you'll find that higher abv beers will require more grain and higher starting volume. To make it easier I've aimed to make less (final amount) of the higher abv beers so that I don't have a really thick mash.
For your first BIAB I would aim to use no more than 5kg of grain. It will be easier to handle and you can learn the process.
The most I aim to make is 20L as that's all I can fit in my Sankey kegs.
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by GAZ9053 » Thu Apr 30, 2015 5:58 pm
alexlark wrote:GAZ9053 wrote:Have you been stealing my library Alex. Exact same books as me.
lol. Good books though aint they. I've got so many brews I want to do. Im just sampling the Punk IPA clone I kegged last week, still early but absolutely cracking beer!
They are. Every time I look at em I think Oooo I need to do that one.
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by D4nny74 » Thu Apr 30, 2015 9:28 pm
Yes gaz got the buffalo 40 ltrs, it was the recipe with the biabicus , well got my sieve and boiler all my other brewing kit, think the only thing i need is a wort chiller and my blonde kit from MM , CHEERS AGAIN
Danny
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by f00b4r » Thu Apr 30, 2015 10:40 pm
You can just hold back some water from the mash and add it after removing the gain.
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by GAZ9053 » Fri May 01, 2015 5:06 am
I found the biabacus told me I didn't have the volume required but brewsmith said I did. Brewsmith was correct.
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by D4nny74 » Fri May 01, 2015 8:40 am
Cheers
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by TonySan » Sun May 03, 2015 9:53 am
Brewmate also gives me a pretty accurate water volume, and haven't yet gone past 40L for my Buffalo for a 23-25L brew length.
Fermenting: Nowt
Conditioning: Black Cross Stout
Drinking: GW London Porter, 'Use it Up' Bitter
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by D4nny74 » Wed May 06, 2015 7:40 pm
well Ive bought brew smith 2 , so all I need now is a wort chiller which am waiting for an email back
, Were it says batch size , does it mean fermentation vessel or what os left after fermentation ?
cheers all
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by GAZ9053 » Thu May 07, 2015 8:43 am
I take it that it's volume into fermenter 23L on mine
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by daf » Thu May 07, 2015 9:23 am
For 25l batch size (how much beer I want to drink) I start with about 35litres in my 50litre pot.
