Gyro, Washing yeast to save is covered on YouTube and many forums. You can find a lot on the web. Reusing the yeast cake without washing is what I normally do for house beers or strong flavored beers. If I am in a competition I do a clean repeatable recipe with a new yeast. Washing yeast is work so...

Kazan, I forgot to fill the airlock on my first brew also. I would leave it in the primary and not use a secondary. You can leave it alone for a month without a problem. Yes, the yeast and gunk looks bad but it stays in the bucket when you bottle. The air space and oxygen will not be a problem if y...

Hello everybody, I fermented my first all grain BIAB beer last Saturday. First of all I want to thank all people developed and shared this method, I wouldn't do an all grain beer with other methods for sure. I made some mistakes as I expected( my hydrometer cracked when I trying to read OG and I for...

Hello, I'm planning my first mini BIAB this weekend, probably 10 lts. (2 gallon) I will brew an APA and made my calculations using brewmate, but Brew mate and Calculator that I found here gives slightly different values. Which software should I use? My second question I have Northern Brewer, Fuggles...

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Should HDPE containers have this symbol, all these containers food grade and can be used as NC cube?

Hi guys, I live in Greece and I'm at one level before actual BIAB, I'm at BIMB(brew in many bags) because I don't have a big bag :) It's kind of easier because of my lower back hernia too! Hi Kostas, I'm from Istanbul I noticed that there are many Biabrewers and all grain brewers in Greece, can you...

Hello, I'm nearly ready for my first batch using BIAB method, but I can't find Starsan or Iodophor here (in Istanbul/Turkey). Is there an y reliable no rinse alternative, I can find iodine solutions, can I use them, if yes in which way? Any idea will be respected. Ahmet Kazan, as you do not have ac...

Good Day, Just to stir things up, EcoLabs has a product called "Tsunami" which is a food grade sanitizer. it is made from Vinegar(acetic acid 5%) and hydrogen peroxide (3%). When it is diluted. it is about 224ml of vinegar, 448ml hydrogen perioxide in 19liter of water. It kill most all bacteria, so...

I think I'll use %35 Hydrogen Peroxide in dilluted form. Did any one use it before pros & cons?

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joshua wrote:Good Day, Most Iodine solutions have surface chemicals(soap) to spreaed the Iodine, they Santize very well but DO need to be rinsed. May not be a big problem to hot rinse most brewing equipment!

Thank you Joshua

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I'm nearly ready for my first batch using BIAB method, but I can't find Starsan or Iodophor here (in Istanbul/Turkey). Is there an y reliable no rinse alternative, I can find iodine solutions, can I use them, if yes in which way? Any idea will be respected.

Ahmet

Hi Everybody, I'm from Istanbul/Turkey, my first attempt with homebrewing was 9 years ago with liquid malt extract. During 9 years I didn't try Recently I discovered that BIAB method is most suitable method for my small kitchen and limited equipments. I find this site and forum very helpful. Thanks,...