First brew day

[Mic Carp]

Well i was semi successful with my first BIAB brew day.
I have wort that’s pretty tasty prefermentment but just not as much as I expected. Looks like my boil was a little hotter than calculated. I thought I’d end up with a solid 5 gallons in the bucket but its more like 4.25. It’s gonna end up a little bigger than planned.
Shot for og of 1.054 but ended up with a 1.070. Egads. I decided to just top it off. Now i hit my target with 5.25 gallons.
Other than that, the new 15gal kettle and 50’ IC and hoist worked great.
All in all i am stoked.
Also kegged 3 extract beers i brewed a couple weeks ago so there’s that!
Happy Sunday Brewday!

 

[wilserbrewer]

I thought I’d end up with a solid 5 gallons in the bucket but its more like 4.25. It’s gonna end up a little bigger than planned.
Shot for og of 1.054 but ended up with a 1.070. Egads. I decided to just top it off. Now i hit my target with 5.25 gallons.
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Simple approach is to
Make a story pole for your kettle, or just mark your mash paddle with pre boil volume and or just post boil volume.
This way you can monitor volume as you go and not blindly rely on a calculator...

 

[ncbrewer]

Congrats on your first BIAB.

 

[Mic Carp]

Simple approach is to
Make a story pole for your kettle, or just mark your mash paddle with pre boil volume and or just post boil volume.
This way you can monitor volume as you go and not blindly rely on a calculator...

Thanks for the tip. Afterwards I actually started a dip stick just for this very reason
Great minds!

 

[wilserbrewer]

Thanks for the tip. Afterwards I actually started a dip stick just for this very reason
Great minds!

Yes...I am a fan of getting your head out of the calculator and over the kettle

Typical thread...” I’m 2 gallons short to the fermenter, calculator said I should have 5.5 gallons”

Well didn’t you see that coming like a freight train lol