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First BIAB results

December 9, 2014 by Gilad

I’m usually posting on Sundays or Mondays after playing with beer on the weekend, but last weekend was missed (it is Tuesday today). I wasn’t home to play with beer on the weekend and I got back home to a sick child, so it was a clear no beer (and no posting) for me.

But in any case, things are well now, I had a chance to bottle the BIAB I made a couple of weeks ago, and sadly my mistakes in the mashing phase are clear. I was aiming for a FG of 1009-1012, but ended up with 1022. On the brew day, I had a feeling that both my measuring, and the actual temperature are not the same, and that the mash was too hot. Optimal temperatures for mashing is 64-69ÂșC. GoinBlack Ale BIAB stopped at 1022 FGg over that range inhabits the break of the fermentable sugars from the grains – and that is what happened here. I will try again with more careful mashing, though I’m not sure how to do so.

That’s it for this week, not much, but I’m still here.

I think that on the weekend I will have a simple brew day, use an extract and maybe play with hops a little more, nothing fancy, just satisfying. Also, I’m thinking of starting to play with a lighter beer too, something simpler to have in the house when a black ale is not quit in the mood. we are more of IPAs or rad ale people here, with a bit more of a hoppy characters – and recommendations?

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