garebear22
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So bear with me here please, this might be a long one.
So I've been extract brewing for about a year now, and my brewing buddy and myself have decided to take it up a notch and move to all-grain. However, we are also on a college budget and don't have the means to buy all the fancy gear required to brew all grain. So we're starting to experiment with some alternative all grain techniques.
He's going to run a brew with a batch sparge technique, and I'm thinking of trying a brew-in-a-bag. I have a recipe calculated for 75% (which will be found below).
Question 1: Can I reasonably expect 75% for my first BIAB brew? If not, what efficiency should I expect?
Now, for the same recipe (a Red IPA), I picked up the hops today, and I was able to get some Simcoe, which I hadn't planned on doing at first, but it fits well with the rest of the hops.
Question 2: What's the best way to get the best flavor/aroma from Simcoe? 5 min boil, dry hop, etc?
Red IPA Recipe (assuming 75%):
10.6 lbs 2-Row
12 oz Cara 80
4 oz Chocolate
1 oz. Cascade (60 min)
1 oz. Chinook (30 min)
1 oz. Willamette (10 min)
1 oz. Chinook (5 min)
1 oz. Falconer's Flight (dry hop)
Wyeast 1056 - American Ale
Batch Size: 5 gal
OG: 1.064
IBU: 65
SRM: 16
So I've been extract brewing for about a year now, and my brewing buddy and myself have decided to take it up a notch and move to all-grain. However, we are also on a college budget and don't have the means to buy all the fancy gear required to brew all grain. So we're starting to experiment with some alternative all grain techniques.
He's going to run a brew with a batch sparge technique, and I'm thinking of trying a brew-in-a-bag. I have a recipe calculated for 75% (which will be found below).
Question 1: Can I reasonably expect 75% for my first BIAB brew? If not, what efficiency should I expect?
Now, for the same recipe (a Red IPA), I picked up the hops today, and I was able to get some Simcoe, which I hadn't planned on doing at first, but it fits well with the rest of the hops.
Question 2: What's the best way to get the best flavor/aroma from Simcoe? 5 min boil, dry hop, etc?
Red IPA Recipe (assuming 75%):
10.6 lbs 2-Row
12 oz Cara 80
4 oz Chocolate
1 oz. Cascade (60 min)
1 oz. Chinook (30 min)
1 oz. Willamette (10 min)
1 oz. Chinook (5 min)
1 oz. Falconer's Flight (dry hop)
Wyeast 1056 - American Ale
Batch Size: 5 gal
OG: 1.064
IBU: 65
SRM: 16