simon19791
Active Member
Gents,
Even though i didn't win an AG kit from the HBC, i have just recently acquired one of their discounted BIAB beginners kit. So i thought i would write up my first review, both of the kit and the equipment.
Firstly thanks must go to those who offered advice but especially Clibit, who inadvertently persuaded me to buy this kit! Thanks :
All the kit laid out and ready to go, i must admit that i bungled my way through some bits and without harping on and repeating what others have said, the instructions that came with the kit were... sparse!
So strike water in reached 70oC and then in with the grains and OMG what a lovely smell!
All wrapped up and managed to keep the temp at 67-66oC which really impressed me.
Mashed for 60 min then removed the grain bag! Well that was emotional, talk about heavy, managed to do some work out on my arms!!!!
Grains eventually out, i then put the boiler back on and it came to a rolling boil relatively quickly. In with first hop addition, and these smelt wonderful, fruity and citrus... mmm
15 minutes to go, in went the wort cooler.
Next addition was at 10 min and also the fining tablet.
at flame out, i added the final hop addition and switched on the cooler.
Came down to 20oC and the racked off to the fermenting bucket.
Yeast pitched and in the the brand new fermenting fridge.
Now the wait!
Even though i didn't win an AG kit from the HBC, i have just recently acquired one of their discounted BIAB beginners kit. So i thought i would write up my first review, both of the kit and the equipment.
Firstly thanks must go to those who offered advice but especially Clibit, who inadvertently persuaded me to buy this kit! Thanks :
All the kit laid out and ready to go, i must admit that i bungled my way through some bits and without harping on and repeating what others have said, the instructions that came with the kit were... sparse!
So strike water in reached 70oC and then in with the grains and OMG what a lovely smell!
All wrapped up and managed to keep the temp at 67-66oC which really impressed me.
Mashed for 60 min then removed the grain bag! Well that was emotional, talk about heavy, managed to do some work out on my arms!!!!
Grains eventually out, i then put the boiler back on and it came to a rolling boil relatively quickly. In with first hop addition, and these smelt wonderful, fruity and citrus... mmm
15 minutes to go, in went the wort cooler.
Next addition was at 10 min and also the fining tablet.
at flame out, i added the final hop addition and switched on the cooler.
Came down to 20oC and the racked off to the fermenting bucket.
Yeast pitched and in the the brand new fermenting fridge.
Now the wait!