I finally did it!
I did BIAB, started with 12L of water for the mash, then sparged with 4L over the bag and I added 2L of boiling water to the boil but... I misscalculated the boil-off rate again, so I had to add 1L of cold water to the fermenter to end up with 10L of beer + 1L of trub.
In real-life this two variables were:
- Grain absorption: 0.73L/kg
- Boil-off rate: 3.56l/hour (I have a 30cm-15L-20$ kettle from Target or Kmart, I don't remember)
I had OG 1069 so this time I had 70% efficiency!!
Last time I had 68% and the previous one I had 65%, am I doing better or it's just the pale malt is more modified and efficient than the wheat? (last one was a witbier and the previous one a hefeweizen)
I made another mistake... I miscalculated the hops, this is what I put:
60' 10g Chinook (11.8%AA) = 27.51IBU
15' 10g Chinook (11.8%AA) = 13.65IBU
10' 10g Chinook (11.8%AA) = 9.97IBU
5' 10g Chinook (11.8%AA) = 5.48IBU
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TOTAL: 56.61IBU
So I went a little low, but it will still be more bitter than an english IPA, it will be a not so bold American style IPA..
I weighted the cascade hops that I have left and I only have around 13g, so on wednesday (4 days from brewday) I will dry hop 13g of them and 15 or 17 of chinhook (I still have plenty), do you think that'd be enough?
This morning the airlock was bubbling more than twice a second! :O I had never seen it like that! And there was a weird smell... maybe hops, I don't know, I couldn't breathe well this morning, I think I'm half-sick or something...
I'll keep you posted.
BTW: The chilling process in the sink changing the water and putting "esky-blocks" and frozen water bottles was a nightmare as usual. It takes hours and a lot of water, and come and go to check every once in a while... so I looked into it and I bought a cheap stainless steel immersion chiller, some silicone tubes and a pond pump on ebay. Total 48$ shipping included. The idea is to put the esky blocks, frozen water bottles etc and the pump into the "insinkerator" small sink and recirculate the cold water through the chiller (putting some of the very hot one from the beginning into another container for cleaning or flushing the toilet or something). Bad thing is I bought the very cheapest things in ebay from china, so it will take 1 month to arrive.
I will have to make my next beer without it again.