Hi All
I've just found this site in my quest to brew my first small batch BIAB.
I may be being a little ambitious as I've only got a couple of kit brews under my belt, but figured if you're going to do something you might as well do the best job you can! BIAB looks like it will suit me, so that's what I'm going for.
I've only got a small pot (20 litres), so for now I'm just going to be aiming for around 10 litres into my fermenter.
I've been playing around with the recipe editor and come up with something I hope is pretty simple and vaguely IPAish (Bear in mind I haven't really got a clue what I'm doing at this stage - I chose Challenger and Fuggles hops as that's what I've got from the LHBS). I'm lucky enough to live 5 minutes walk away from one of only 4 traditional malt houses left in the UK, so getting malt isn't a problem! (Tuckers Maltings in case anyone is interested)
My recipe:
http://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/69526/jons-first-beer
Does this look doable? If it all looks completely off please say, as this is very much a first stab - any help greatly appreciated! I wanted to keep the grain bill / hops simple to start so it is pretty basic I guess.
Something I'm not quite sure about at this stage is the "boil size" field. How does changing this affect the outcome? I entered 17 but the "Quick Water Requirements" state 14.8 litres for the mash - as I'm going BIAB does that mean that's the figure I should be going for?
Thanks in advance
I've just found this site in my quest to brew my first small batch BIAB.
I may be being a little ambitious as I've only got a couple of kit brews under my belt, but figured if you're going to do something you might as well do the best job you can! BIAB looks like it will suit me, so that's what I'm going for.
I've only got a small pot (20 litres), so for now I'm just going to be aiming for around 10 litres into my fermenter.
I've been playing around with the recipe editor and come up with something I hope is pretty simple and vaguely IPAish (Bear in mind I haven't really got a clue what I'm doing at this stage - I chose Challenger and Fuggles hops as that's what I've got from the LHBS). I'm lucky enough to live 5 minutes walk away from one of only 4 traditional malt houses left in the UK, so getting malt isn't a problem! (Tuckers Maltings in case anyone is interested)
My recipe:
http://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/69526/jons-first-beer
Does this look doable? If it all looks completely off please say, as this is very much a first stab - any help greatly appreciated! I wanted to keep the grain bill / hops simple to start so it is pretty basic I guess.
Something I'm not quite sure about at this stage is the "boil size" field. How does changing this affect the outcome? I entered 17 but the "Quick Water Requirements" state 14.8 litres for the mash - as I'm going BIAB does that mean that's the figure I should be going for?
Thanks in advance