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@brewfun great explanation. Thank you..

Good advice. Thank you.

You are right. I need to study it more. Thanks again for the responses.

Thanks for responding by the way. Yes you are reading my first post correctly now. So to use your example. Someone shared a recipe they have made. That recipe has 5G - 12lb Grain - And a target OG. If I recreate that recipe as detailed, my BHE would be exactly the same would it not. So how...

It was Brewhouse Efficiency I am initially interested in. But the same issue applies. To get the grain points you take into account the wort volume, which for 95% of recipes will be 5g (ish). So again its a fixed number unless you are changing the recipe.

I have recently started AG brewing (BIAB). I am a little confused by Brewhouse Efficiency. I totally understand what it means and how to calculate it (I think). But as the OG is a figure we all strive to achieve from a recipe, then the Brewhouse Efficiency will be a fixed number will it not...

I may well do that as an experiment.

😆. I meant the hops were fresh.

Good point. They were 1oz sealed bags, but I guess that could be the issue.

I am using a carboy. I have a 6ft blow off tube into Starsan. Sucked Starsan up to about 3ft of the tube, so oxygen ingress.

Ain't that the truth. Mine is about 12" long (the hop basket) and rests on the false bottom and I also have a recirc pump.

I have recently started BIAB brewing with a electric system. I have a hop basket with a fine mesh (400 microns) which is about 4" in diameter. Seems to work pretty well and I have the room to stir the pellets. However the two beers I have brewed using it appear to be lacking in hop taste. I stir...

I am in the process of my first cold crash of a Lagunitas IPA clone. Once finished should I return the carboy to room temp before bottling? Or will that release some of the 'gunk' back into the beer? I am just thinking that as the volume reduces during freezing, it must expand when the...

I use the 'standard' tilt model so I don't have that issue. With buying my BIAB Electric Kit the pro models were just a bit too expensive for me. And yes you are absolutely correct, having a battery bar is a pretty simple addition.

I also use Tilts. While not cheap, they are really convenient to use and prevents oxygen from being introduced into the beer. Only issue I have occasionally is batteries dying half way through fermentation.

You got that right. I was about to ask the same question as the OP but found this thread. I did some other research and this is what I found: Dry hop using a hop bag so it's easier to remove. Don't use a hop bag as you are adding something to the wort which may produce contamination. Don't use...

Many thanks for the very detailed response. That quote was interesting. I am relatively new to brewing (1 year) and still consider myself a noob. I know sealed fermenters etc are all the rage now, but my gut tells me that the majority of home brewers are still using 'backwards brewing'...

Now you made me edit my post :)

You just made me look up Brett. Sounds interesting.

I have recently started BIAB after brewing with extract kits for a while. Most extract kits recommend secondary fermentation, but I see a mix of opinions with all grain. I have done some Googling and most of the opinions for all grain secondary fermenting seem to be quite old. For example, I was...