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Hello everyone. I hope you are all well. My first BIAB has been a great success. That is, relatively speaking as the beer isn’t up to brewery standard! Briefly, here is what I did after brew day. I left the beer in the fermenting bin for 4.5 weeks (checking the gravity here and there) and then trans...

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Topic: About to take the plunge to BIAB - pot & bag predicament
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Thank you lambert, mally & smyrnaquince for the words of encouragement and further advice. Its reassuring that my clanger doesn't seem too bad then! With the temperatures, I did swirl the liquid before testing it. Whilst waiting for the water/wort to heat up, I did a bit of testing in different area...

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Hello lambert et all. Here is how I got on with my first BIAB. Apologies in advance for the length of this post. First up, I’m mildly embarrassed about a couple of mistakes but from the kind advice and generosity I have received here, I feel you all deserve to find out how it’s gone and I shouldn’t ...

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Hello lambert. Yes, I certainly did and had a great time doing it. I have been reflecting on the experience and looking through my notes and been writing up how it went this evening. I should have it finished and on here tomorrow evening (or actually this evening now - Wednesday!) but thought I'd qu...

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Thanks BobBrews & lambert for the links. I'll have a go at brewing with the kit that lambert sent me 'as is', and see how a brew or two comes out, and then look at the tubing and perhaps get some of the thinner stuff to slow it down if I need to. I'll bear in mind that the thickness of the wall is i...

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Hello All. Regarding silicone tubing, would all silicone tubing be 'food grade'? I ask that as saw some on Amazon that is being sold for aquarium purposes and wondered if that can be used, as seems a much cheaper way of buying it. 10 metres of 5mm silicone tubing for £6.19 delivered - Link to Produc...

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Hello All. Great news - The Roving Training Pot (plus kit) arrived at 9am this morning :thumbs: - lambert sent it from Scotland on Friday and it is already here in Kent. Quick or what! I cant wait to get brewing. I'm going to place an order in with TheMaltMiller.co.uk as recommended by lambert, and ...

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As far as the paint strainer bags, these are what I used up until now for my stovetop half-batches (2.5 US gal = 9.464 L in to bottles). However, I've started this think that their mesh is a bit too coarse. (I'm not the first one to voice this opinion.) Being cheap, I bought some voile, glued a "ch...

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Hello lambert. Thornbridge's Jaipur Tasted it once in a pub and knew that I had to try and brew it. I found this recipe on Jim's Beer Kit - look for the Bombay IPA towards the end of the page. It's got enough information to complete the BIABacus (I've made section D = 21L - you'll understand when yo...

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Hello again all. Thanks for further follow-ups, which I'll respond to in the appropriate fashion... Have you got any particular preference in beer type? We can always suggest a recipe :drink: B My preferences are super hoppy pale ales, Belgian (particularly Triples, Trappist & similar 'big' doubles ...

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Hello Yeasty. Thanks for your reply. I do have a new combi boiler so thats a great idea. However, (spanner in the works!) we have really hard water here that doesnt taste very nice without filtering, so I'm not sure i could use that approach which is a shame because you're quite right, it would save...

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Hello again All. Thanks for the follow-up mally. Those are interesting comments on the Buffalo boiler. Aside from your slight niggles, they do seem like a very good option albeit more costly. I would assume that more powerful boilers can be bought but naturally costing more (or could a more powerful...

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Hello All. First up, thanks for the follow-up responses – I really appreciate your thoughts and guidance. I’ll respond and to them in order of posting. Typing up in Word though as have a tendency to lose what I type in a browser window! Hello mally – thanks for mentioning the Buffalo boiler that you...

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Thanks for the reply Yeasty. I can see that the 50 litre pot would give me the better range, although as you mentioned the heat source needs considering. I was hoping the wok burner in the middle of our range cooker which is pretty big and fierce will be up to the job. For a 23 litre batch, do you t...

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About to take the plunge to BIAB - pot & bag predicament

Hello All. I've done a few kits and have really enjoyed those, but it is now time to move on to making some better beer that I can properly create myself, and BIAB looks like a great way of doing it. I've been trying to work out what will be best to get in terms of equipment, mainly in terms of pot ...

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Topic: About to take the plunge to BIAB - pot & bag predicament
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Hello All. I'm from Kent, UK. I've been doing some kits and now want to make the switch to BIAB. I'm currently dithering over what equipment I need (mainly pot and bag) and will be hoping to get some good advice from all the experts here. Cheers!

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