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[leesmith]

Hey VG! I'm actually about to start brewing my Everyday IPA in the next few days . You wouldn't by any chance know what the OG and FG are for this brew. I'm gonna get an auto siphon too in addition to a hydrometer.

Here is an email BBS sent me when I asked them for the numbers of Everyday IPA:

"So glad to hear that you are loving our book! If you want to let us know which beers you are planning to make, we can provide you with original and target final gravities. You mentioned our Everyday IPA, here are target gravities:
original gravity 1.066 and terminal gravity 1.017.

Let us know if you have any other questions.

Happy Brewing!

Erica & Stephen
Brooklyn Brew Shop"

 

[Phoenix7801]

Thanks Leesmith! Ill be sure to write that down so I won't forget.

 

[leesmith]

No problem. Let us know how it turns out.

 

[zeg]

Yeah the spigot seems like the weak point. What is worse is that i planned to immerse these fermenters into swamp coolers but i am not sure if i can do it with spigots even if i am not planning to use the spigot after fermentation.
So i would just syphon the beer out of the fermenter with an auto-syphon. But what if the water can leak from the swamp into the bucket? Maybe i should put star-san into the cooling water.

For some reason, a swamp cooler full of star-san just doesn't seem right to me. It's a creative solution, but I don't think I'd try it.

You might be ok, though---if the spigot doesn't let beer leak out, it probably doesn't let water leak in. That's easy enough to test: fill it full of water and put it in a container of water with a heavy dose of food coloring. Leave it for a while and see if any color gets in.

Alternatively, you could wrap the fermenter in a plastic bag to keep it from actually contacting the water. You'd want to make sure it was tight to the sides so that you don't reduce your cooling effect, but I think it ought to be workable.

 

[biggdaddymatt]

I know small batches, especially gallon batches, can have a faster turnaround time than big batches.

This is also true for certain recipes. With some ales finishing in just days. (pending gravity readings).
So what would be your vote for a Turbo Ale Recipe?

• Fast finisher that is ready to drink quickly. :rockin:
• What are the faster yeasts?
• Careful accurate pitching rates vs over/under pitching?
• What about bumping temps early in the fermentation then dropping?
• Bottling vs kegging? Is kegging faster?
• Other ideas?

I have only done 4 batches and the have come from northern brewer. The fastest one I've done was the american wheat. Brewed on Sunday and kegged the following Sunday. Put the gallon batch into a 5 gallon pin lock keg at 10psi and was ready to drink by Friday. It was a bit cloudy on the first pour but a couples days later it was clear.

I've kegged 2 of the 4 batches and kegging is faster than bottling but you may drink it faster than bottling though.

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[Jimbutler21]

Sooo... Doing a 1 gallon stout now and got a little over ambitious and dumped the whole 1.0oz hop bag before realizing I only needed .2 oz.? Am I screwed? It's still boiling with 50 minutes left. Is there anything I can do to salvage if so....? Crap. Thanks guys.

 

[bleme]

Are you sure you didn't mean to make a Black IPA?

 

[Corey_SS]

Depending on the ABV you could age it which would mellow it out a bit. I'm sure it'll be fine anyway, but if not you could always blend it with a different beer.

 

[bford]

Sooo... Doing a 1 gallon stout now and got a little over ambitious and dumped the whole 1.0oz hop bag before realizing I only needed .2 oz.? Am I screwed? It's still boiling with 50 minutes left. Is there anything I can do to salvage if so....? Crap. Thanks guys.

You could brew another one gallon stout and then mix them?

 

[zephaniahsw]

Sooo... Doing a 1 gallon stout now and got a little over ambitious and dumped the whole 1.0oz hop bag before realizing I only needed .2 oz.? Am I screwed? It's still boiling with 50 minutes left. Is there anything I can do to salvage if so....? Crap. Thanks guys.

I have used 1 oz. per gallon before, and it turned out fine. I do like a lot of hops though..

 

[Jimbutler21]

I'm taking bleme's advice and telling everyone it's a Black IPA and was all along. No one will know the difference.... And it gives me a reason to tell SWMBO I need to brew another batch.

 

[ltwhiskers]

Excited to join the one gal club, even if mainly to test recipes between my standard 5 gal batches.

 

[rave808]

If I want to convert a 2 gallon water cooler to use ash a mash tun what would I use at bottom I'm sure I won't find a false bottom that small.....would I I use a bazooka screen....what do you guys suggest using

 

[FatsSchindee]

If I want to convert a 2 gallon water cooler to use ash a mash tun what would I use at bottom I'm sure I won't find a false bottom that small.....would I I use a bazooka screen....what do you guys suggest using

I've seen some people use a bag, for a hybrid lauter/BIAB setup... The bag plays the same role as the false bottom or screen, but makes it easier to clean the spent grains out, IMO

 

[sumbrewindude]

Rave808 - There's a picture on here of a CPVC manifold, but if it were me I'd just double line the cooler with a couple HD paintstrainer bags. That's what I do with my 5gal cooler, works great and makes cleanup a snap.

Got a chance to use the new PET carboy's from Morebeer tonight. I like 'em, real easy to work with and they're so light! I think tonight was the first time in a long time that everything went (nearly) perfect with the brew day. Still screwed up and sparged to fast so my Eff was lower than I wanted. First running were awesome, second was a flop and that's what killed me.

Gonna mash in at 1.5qt next time and up my sparge temp to 180. Need to figure out a good, slow rate for sparging.

 

[bford]

On my third brew... this one is a Brooklyn Bruxelles Blonde mix...

I'm doing the BIAB technique on this one... and so far... I think this is the way I'm going to continue brewing... so easy.. so clean... nice.

Thirty minutes left on the boil.

 

[rave808]

I have a brooklyn chestnut brown kit so I can do biab method with that and skip steps they suggest in there directions like sparging? I'm new to all grain so please excuse my questions just trying to learn

 

[bford]

I have a brooklyn chestnut brown kit so I can do biab method with that and skip steps they suggest in there directions like sparging? I'm new to all grain so please excuse my questions just trying to learn

Yes....

I picked up a two pack of 5 gallon paint strainer bags from Home depot and a two back of 1 gallon bags. I placed my hops into the smaller bags, clipped to the side of the kettle during the boil.

The lautering step is basically the sparge. Everything else is almost the same.. BUT you only have to use one kettle the entire time.. which is nice.

 

[rave808]

Thanx for info I'm gonna try it

 

[rave808]

One other thing how much grain is needed for 1 gallon batch and would I start out with 1.25 gallons of water to allow for boil off?or would I add extra water once wort is in fermenter to bring volume up to 1 gallon?

 

[mirogster]

Rave88. In most cases 3:1 (water:grist) ratio is sufficient. All you have to do, is just to scale down 5gal batch recipe. Here comes awesome writeup posted yesterday www.homebrewtalk.com/entries/A-Practial-Method-for-Grist-Formulation-and-Scaling.html. Won't hurt also to bump up base malt for an exra 10% (efficiency is slight lower in thin mashes). From those values calculate water needed.
To be sure that all is ok (roughly same OG , ibu, srm as with original recipe), run your numbers through some brewing software, just be safe than sorry

As for boiloff your results may vary. After few batches you'll know your rate. Just measure it with very sophisticated, scientific device : a stick, spoon etc with marked quarts/galons (diy)

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[mirogster]

Here is an email BBS sent me when I asked them for the numbers of Everyday IPA:

"So glad to hear that you are loving our book! If you want to let us know which beers you are planning to make, we can provide you with original and target final gravities. You mentioned our Everyday IPA, here are target gravities:
original gravity 1.066 and terminal gravity 1.017.

Let us know if you have any other questions.

Happy Brewing!

Erica & Stephen
Brooklyn Brew Shop"

OK, I just ran those values along with BBS book recipe through BeerSmith (mobile). And it seems that BBS recipe formulation assumes efficiency around 75%

 

[rave808]

Thanx for info guys I really appreciate it

 

[leesmith]

BBS also sent me the numbers for two other beers:


Chocolate Maple Porter
OG - 1.066
FG - 1.017

Simcoe IPA
OG - 1.077
FG - 1.019

 

[rave808]

Just confused on how much water to use with their chestnut brown ale if I do biab to end up with a gallon of wort

 

[mirogster]

BBS also sent me the numbers for two other beers:


Chocolate Maple Porter
OG - 1.066
FG - 1.017

Simcoe IPA
OG - 1.077
FG - 1.019

Hmmm that seems to be strange inconsistency
OG of CMP is bit higher than BS calculations SIPA is @ 72%.

Just confused on how much water to use with their chestnut brown ale if I do biab to end up with a gallon of wort

Try this: www.simplebiabcalculator.com

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[rave808]

Thanx

 

[Stigy]

Brewed the BBS Belgian Blonde kit this weekend - about 12 hours after pitching yeast looks like below. This morning was even MORE active.

 

[bleme]

Odd. I always expected a Belgian Blonde to be curvier than that...

 

[Avocado_Power]

Hi all, just joined HBT after reading the first 300 or so posts on this 1-gallon thread - then I realized there were 1,000+ more! My experience so far with brewing: bought a Mr. Beer off of craigslist and hated it, so then I bought a 1-gallon BBS kit (AG) and liked it. Just found an awesome LHBS (mdhb.com) and scaled down a Belgian ale recipe there (extract and AG).

Here's my question...so I noticed a lot of guys are worried about how much volume boils off. But what I did was boil only a gallon and deliberately chilled a quart of water in the fridge. After brewing, I then tossed the cold quart of water in the 2-gal fermenting bucket and the 3/4 gallon wort (left over after boil) in as well, with the bucket in the ice bath. This cooled it down a lot faster. The LHBS guy says he even uses ice. Is there anything wrong with this? It's like a partial boil of a one-gallon batch...will this significantly affect the taste? I won't know for another few weeks, but seeing if anyone else has done this before.