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DaveGillespie

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Currently I Maxi-BIAB and chill my wort (approximately 20 litres in a 21 litre stainless steel pot) in a cold bath, waiting 5 minutes after removing the pot from the heat before submerging it in the bath. Obviously this is not the fastest method of chilling so I am wondering if I should be scaling or moving any late kettle additions to account for this slow chill and possibly driving off volatile oils.

I just brewed a second batch of my first AG recipe which had additions at 60, 10 and Flameout. I followed the recipe the first time around giving the Flameout addition a 20 minute steep when the wort cooled to 80C but the second time I moved the 10 minute addition up to 5 minutes and steeped the Flameout addition for 60 minutes at 80C.

Am I on the right track or not? Should I be looking to make a more drastic move with these additions, upping my bittering addition accordingly?
 
This is a subject that interests me as well. I've done a few (4) BIAB brews and have not intentionally made any adjustments to the normal hop schedule other than leaving my hop bag in the wort while it settles for 15-20min after the boil.

The Aussies have some interesting discussion on how (and whether) to adjust hop additions based on no-chilling which might be relevant to slow-chilling. Here are a couple of them.

Chilling Myths - Asking the right questions
Late hopping and chilling
Hop Stand / Whirlpool Hopping
 
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