mitchellcullen
Member
I thought i would write my first post, I have been reading and researching a lot through the last month and finally made the move and bought new gear to start brewing all grain!
I attempted my first BIAB with a the Fat Cat Yak, American Pale Ale recipe from Brewers Choice.
Everything went quite well for my first BIAB, a few little mistakes but thats expected for my first. Everything went fine for the mash and boil, the mash might have fluctuated a few degrees back and forth but i will get something to insulate the kettle for the next brew. My original gravity measured after the boil was 1.040 which was a bit shy of the expected 1.045 but nothing to be worried about i don't think? My major problems were trying to get the wort down to 22 degrees, it was a warm brissy day and 38 at my house so i had a few runs to the bottlo to get ice and managed to eventually get it to 23 degrees but it was happily bubbling away today. Another small mistake was i only had 21.5 litres of wort to ferment but that can easily be fixed.
My next step is to add some dry hops on thursday, i dont have a secondary fermenter so was just going to throw the hops in this fermenter, is there a noticeable difference to doing this? i will probably get a secondary fermenter for one of my next brews.
Well i loved my first attempt and cant wait to get going on my next brew!
I attempted my first BIAB with a the Fat Cat Yak, American Pale Ale recipe from Brewers Choice.
Everything went quite well for my first BIAB, a few little mistakes but thats expected for my first. Everything went fine for the mash and boil, the mash might have fluctuated a few degrees back and forth but i will get something to insulate the kettle for the next brew. My original gravity measured after the boil was 1.040 which was a bit shy of the expected 1.045 but nothing to be worried about i don't think? My major problems were trying to get the wort down to 22 degrees, it was a warm brissy day and 38 at my house so i had a few runs to the bottlo to get ice and managed to eventually get it to 23 degrees but it was happily bubbling away today. Another small mistake was i only had 21.5 litres of wort to ferment but that can easily be fixed.
My next step is to add some dry hops on thursday, i dont have a secondary fermenter so was just going to throw the hops in this fermenter, is there a noticeable difference to doing this? i will probably get a secondary fermenter for one of my next brews.
Well i loved my first attempt and cant wait to get going on my next brew!