I like to go by the addage,"Three weeks in the fermenter, and three weeks in the bottles".
No need to over think it. I feel the more you fool with it, the greater chance of failure.
IMHO. YMMV. ☺

Hi jbush. Welcome I am no expert but I will try to answer your questions. 1. Just wash the fryer out and use it 2. Full volume mash is the best way IMO. No need to sparge. 3. Download Biabacus and punch your numbers in. 4. You can squeeze, or not squeeze. If you don't squeeze, let the bag drain for ...

Happy to help.

I noticed a typo under boiling temperature. Shouldn't it be swells 4% if heated to boiling temp from ambient?
Just a heads up. :-)
I love the thread by the way.

That's a great idea Bear. Not much heat would be lost in that.
I have a 57 litre kettle with 2 ports so I don't think it would be practical in my situation.
It would be impossible to slide the pot out of the foam.
Maybe for my 32 litre pot, though I don't use it much any more.

The lessons learned, or self learned, will pay back in spades. All your notes and experiences are an asset when brewing.

One pleasant out come may be this will be one of the best beers you have tasted. Then you will have to try and duplicate your mistakes.

My regime is similar to Yetti's with a few exceptions. I use Diversol (Sani-Clean), the pink stuff, to clean all my bottles if they are new. This sanitizes and cleans the bottles much better than PBW IMO and it is done in one step. All the wine bottles and beer bottles are cleaned with this to get t...

What keeps me from posting? My pride. I, like some of the others above, don't want to look stupid. I am also afraid of being snarked at, "Do your research before asking such a noob question! Look at my posts on xxxxx, xxxx, xxxxx, and xxxxx! Don't waste our time!" I am not saying that anyone here d...

I too have my mill set to .035". Every brew so far has hit the numbers estimated by Biabacus and I only mill my grains once.
Ymmv.

I use an old plastic Folgers coffee contaner and just scoop my grains from the bucket to fill the bag.
It may not be the fastest way but it is easy to handle and I can get a constant flow of grist into the bag.

First of all I have to reiterate the past comments on the beauty of the BIABacus. What a joy to use this spreadsheet. I have just finished my third brew and they have been so easy because of this. Just one thing that I noticed is in section I. The box delegated to adding Special instructions/Notes o...

Hey everyone. Just a post to say hello. I have made wine on and off for over twenty years and some concentrated wort beer kits years ago and thought I would try my hand at all grains. BIAB seems like a great place to start. I have my grains and equipment ready so all I need is a free day to get to i...