wherestheyeast
Well-Known Member
I attempted my first all-grain BIAB session last night and wanted to share my thoughts.
My recipe was a 2.5 gallon IPA provided by LHBS:
5.6 lbs Pale Malt
0.6 lbs Crystal 60L
0.3 lbs Carafoam
.5 oz Simcoe - 60 min
.5 oz Amarillo - 20 min
.5 oz Amarillo - 10 min
.5 oz Amarillo - 0 min
I got some help with volumes & misc. calculations here:
http://www.biabrewer.info/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=286
I thought it was pretty cool that the calculator will allow adjustment to result in final volume of beer -- in this case their calculator allowed a final volume of 2.5 gallons of beer (post-fermentation, i.e., "brew length").
I found most of the provided estimates to be spot-on!
I brewed a partial mash (following deathbrewer's sticky) a couple of weeks ago, and found BIAB to be even easier with a single vessel to deal with. I'm a bit confused on calculating efficiency (can someone provide the equation using my recipe as example?), but SG into fermenter was 1.060 (what LHBS estimated).
In the end, I spent about 4hrs15min total (including clean-up), and had a really enjoyable time attempting my first all-grain batch.
Highly recommended!
My recipe was a 2.5 gallon IPA provided by LHBS:
5.6 lbs Pale Malt
0.6 lbs Crystal 60L
0.3 lbs Carafoam
.5 oz Simcoe - 60 min
.5 oz Amarillo - 20 min
.5 oz Amarillo - 10 min
.5 oz Amarillo - 0 min
I got some help with volumes & misc. calculations here:
http://www.biabrewer.info/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=286
I thought it was pretty cool that the calculator will allow adjustment to result in final volume of beer -- in this case their calculator allowed a final volume of 2.5 gallons of beer (post-fermentation, i.e., "brew length").
I found most of the provided estimates to be spot-on!
I brewed a partial mash (following deathbrewer's sticky) a couple of weeks ago, and found BIAB to be even easier with a single vessel to deal with. I'm a bit confused on calculating efficiency (can someone provide the equation using my recipe as example?), but SG into fermenter was 1.060 (what LHBS estimated).
In the end, I spent about 4hrs15min total (including clean-up), and had a really enjoyable time attempting my first all-grain batch.
Highly recommended!