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Nevermind, re read your original post. 1.058 post boil.

When in doubt, do this /\/\/\ :mug:

I'm about 5 gallons in the fermenter vs 5.75 like Beersmith predicted. Oh well, if the beer is good I'm fine with it. I have a lot of dialing in to do to get my AG's more predictable.

My first AG last week, the mash OG was 1.039, was supposed to be 1.058. I boiled 90 min vs 60 and the the wort OG came in right on target at 1.071. Not sure if that was the right thing to do but it got the gravity up. We'll see how the beer turns out.

Great experience!

I just bought and returned a BC 44 qt pot due to a pin hole in the side. Looked to be a manufacturing defect. Fortunately, I got it Amazon prime, so returning was not an issue even though I had already drilled a 7/8" hole for a valve. Besides the pin hole the pot appeared to be decent quality...

I'm currently in the exact position. I want to start doing 3-3.5 gallon BIAB batches in the kitchen. Cheaper, easier, slightly quicker and less beer to experiment with. I'm looking at the 8 gallon Mega pot from NB. For a simple 3.5 gallon IPA, beersmith says 6.5 gallon tun capacity so a 7 gallon...

Precisely! :)

Thanks Kingwood and lou2row. Ok, I've totally effed up this attempt at a clone. I lost my hand written notes and apparently while messing with BS changed quite a few things. SRM is too high and I completely left out Amarillo hops :smack:. Oh well, as long as I can turn out a decent IPA with...

Thanks for the spoon feeding Yooper, It's obvious I need it at this point. I will definitely need to understand hop usage much better before my next attempt. I'll plug this in to BS and see what I come up with.

Great, I'll start going through those links. Right now I have beersmith set at full body BIAB and mashing at 156. Sounds like I need lower the mash temps and maybe add some late hops. Thanks a lot

Lots of good questions. It's an attempt at Aviators Hog Wild IPA, I didn't mention it originally because it very local to central NC and I didn't want to show exactly how ignorant I am to this new hobby of mine. I used so many varieties of hops because that's what is listed on the ingredient...

Ok, played around with the ingredients I have on hand and came up with this: 72.8 IBU's 12 lb 2 row 3 lb Vienna malt 1.25 lb Caramel 40L 1 oz Columbus, 60 min 1 oz Cascade, 10 min 1 oz Chinook, 30 min *(.75 oz = 66 IBU's) 1 oz Warrior, flame out 1 oz Willamette, dry hop I also have an...

Thanks, that's exactly the type of info I was looking for. Back to the drawing board, I'll be back.

First AG, first BIAB, first recipe using BeerSmith. I took the ingredient list on the can of one of my favorite local IPA's and plugged them into beersmith, I then played with the quantities until the ABV and SRM were pretty close. I haven't brewed yet but I do have the ingredients on hand to...

I'm no expert but on all the yeast instructions I've read say don't wait more than 20-30 minutes to pitch once the yeast is hydrated. It won't hurt the wort to sit a few minutes while you hydrate the yeast. Just be sure to keep it covered.

Rehydrate while your wort is cooling, only takes 20 minutes or so.

Bayou Classic has a 44 qt pot that's pretty reasonable. Should be able to handle most 5 gallon BIAB batches. Just bought one on Amazon for around $85.

Thanks for the replies, I think I'm on the right track now.:mug:

Right, but the instructions call for 1.125 gal of mash water and 1.5 gal of sparge water, boil, then add cold make up water at the end to get to 5 gallons. So to do a full boil should I just dump the make up water in at the beginning of the boil (to get to 6.5 gal), sparge with it or does it...