I'm not sure anyone can match that in terms of a disaster for their first effort at biab!!! Maybe, maybe not but in a few months when you are sharing a cold one with friends, you will have the best story to tell. It happens to everyone at some point, you just got your nightmare out of the way on yo...

thughes wrote:...and we haven't even begun to discuss hopping options with no-chill vs chill.

I would love to read a thread on this subject. Someone smarter needs to start it, please. (that would be anybody)

hashie wrote:You blokes eat Indians?!?

Only the slow ones . . .

Silly question; I have a 15gal Blichman with a false bottom. I treat the kettle as a bag and drain (full boil) into a boil kettle. I know it's "technically" not BIAB but is there a name for it? What, if any are the problems I should be aware of?

I'm ready to take the plunge, need a little help please. I entered the original recipe into BeerSmith2 to scale the recipe to 2.5 gallons. All the program did was halve the grains, as to be expected, but I must be missing something because there is a thread on the conversion of recipes. Below is the...

I'm just passing through trying to decide if BIAB is for me. Coming back to brewing after a 20+ year hiatus.