That’s when I discovered that I do not have enough cascade hops for 4 batches…. So I started with the BIAB batches by laying out hops. This is when I had to make a call… Do i grind both batches the same or different? I chose “same” which meant lower efficiency for BIAB than normal for me.
Beersmith biab cracked#
I bought rice hulls since i tend to grind to flour and i had never ground for cracked grains (see my setup ).
Beersmith biab full#
I had 4 large carboys, and I should have 3 kegs, plus 1 that was full of barrel brew, so I needed to buy an extra one or two. I considered, the cooler was big enough for a 10 gallon batch I just needed to plan for a longer day. Double Gulp! I should really think about this stuff before saying yes… Gulp! Around now I suddenly made the connection that the “guy” was I brewing for was Brad Smith of Beersmith. That’s when the email came in with a “ok you going to brew 10 gallons of each,” message. I had recently bought a second turkey fryer and I was set to go side by side. Now I was all set to brew 5 gallons of BIAB and non-BIAB beers. Finally, after asking for help, Steve Antoch came through and lent me his igloo converted cooler. As my deadline was looming I was failing to locate the tun. I needed to borrow a cooler or other mash tun. And, and this become more important later, if it was not up to par, I could always drink it myself. Also it a clear beer which should help show that BIAB beers are not cloudy. I chose to brew my standard All Cascade APA since I had a bunch of Cascade Hops and it was my default experiment brew. Never one to shy from over-commitment, I thought it was high time to see what I was missing, and use this as a forcing function to use a mash tun. Of course, I did not mention I had never brewed a non-BIAB, All Grain batch before… (see even “non-BIAB” is flawed since it could be partial or extract…). The did offer to have someone else brew the non-BIAB beer, but I knew that to have a good side by side test, 1 brewer really ought to do both. So now they’ve asked for me to brew a BIAB and a non-BIAB beer. Then I found out they wanted me to brew a BIAB beer, and… this is where writing or talking about this get interesting, what do you call a non-BIAB beer? “Normal” seems pejorative to BIAB and “other” seems wrong, so I will say non-BIAB which is accurate, but flawed (see next paragraph). I was already going to do a keg or two for club night. Without hesitation, I said yes! I can whip out 5 gallons without a problem. At some point I was asked if I could help out at NHC by brewing a Brew in the Bag (BIAB) beer for a talk being given on BIAB. The 2012 National Homebrewer’s Conference ( NHC) was held in the Seattle Area.
I’ve been sitting on this post for over 6 months, time to post it I think 🙂
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