Brewed first all grain BIAB

[jacksonchrisw]

Well just did my first all grain BIAB on Saturday. It is in the primary now. Did a Mirror Pond clone.

8lbs Pale Malt
2lbs Crystal 20L
1lb Dextrine Malt

I admit I should have focused more on making my beer than drinking my neighbor's Dick's Double Danger. I mashed at 155 for 60 minutes then bumped it up to 170 for a 15 minute mashout. My preboil gravity was right where I wanted it , 1.041. I boiled for 90 minutes adding cascade at 60 then at 15. After the boil, I expected to have 5.5 gallons, but was way off. At this time I was feeling pretty good from all the beer I had been drinking and took a gravity reading. I was reading 1.065. WAY to high. So being a little intoxicated, I went ahead and put the wort into the fermenter and just added water to the 5 gal mark. I must have gotten lucky because the next day I took another reading and was spot on at 1.053. Went ahead and pitched my yeast and by Monday morning I had some activity going. Going to put it in the secondary this Saturday with some more hops. Will let you guys know how it turned out.

 

[jacksonchrisw]

Oh yeah come to find out, when I took that first gravity reading, I did not have enough in the test tube so my hydrometer was just hitting the bottom. That is why I got the high reading...LOL

 

[KISS Brew]

You must have seen their homebrew recipe.

I would probably have scaled back the crystal, but this should be a tasty beer. Dick's Double Danger sounds doubly dangerous, but I think it's important to have a little "inspiration" for brewday.