First brew - burned the bag...
Post #1 made 10 years ago
The title says it all. Don't feel I need to add anything, except that it was AWESOME - and by awesome, I mean not very...
Post #2 made 10 years ago
Hard luck Hiebster. Stick with it. We learn vy our mistakes. I used to leave the bottling bucket spigot open when i was siphoning into it and id realise when it was sitting in a puddle of beer☺ dont do that anymore!
Post #3 made 10 years ago
I hope you are talking about your brewing bag ... 
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Post #4 made 10 years ago
Oh Heibster 
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At least you know now to agitate the wort or lift the bag any time you apply heat. The good news is that if your first brew day is crappy, the next ones are usually great 
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Here's something to cheer you up and congratulations regardless on your first AG.
PP
,At least you know now to agitate the wort or lift the bag any time you apply heat
. The good news is that if your first brew day is crappy, the next ones are usually great .Here's something to cheer you up and congratulations regardless on your first AG.
PP
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Post #5 made 10 years ago
Hiebster - I hope this was one of those cheapo paint strainer type bags. I used those for 60+ batches and I guess I never worried about burning them (though I was careful) nor did I worry about snagging on the thermometer probe. Then I invested in a top quality voile bag - it would break my heart to scorch it. Hang in man - learning experience.
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Post #6 made 10 years ago
Well, the next bit of the story is I only ended up with a preboil OG of 1.026. Didn't bother adding hops. Just added a bit more water and about a kg of sugar and I guess I'll be distilling this batch. It's not over yet...
Post #7 made 10 years ago
Thanks for the stories, guys. It's good to know I'm not the only one to screw things up. Many lessons learned though. Goin out to get a new bag this week. And the adventure continues...
Post #9 made 10 years ago
Heibster, there is a problem here and someone or several people need to educate you (bring you out) of it.Hiebster wrote:Well, the next bit of the story is I only ended up with a pre-boil OG of 1.026.
Solving another brewer's problems, for me, is always fun and challenging. I have done it countless times and would love to do it again here but can no longer afford to spend that time, one one one unfortunately.
Before you brew again, I think you should be planning your next brew on this forum where it is very likely that one or several friendly brewers will make sure your next brew goes as well as it possibly can. This site's primary purpose is to provide easy, high quality safety ropes for all-grain brewing. The info is already on this site but it is still difficult atm to find the right or relevant info/advice for any one particular brewer so before your next brew, maybe start a new thread and give the following info...
1. What style you want to brew.
2. What heat source you will be using.
3. What type of kettle/pot you have and its depth and diameter.
4. What wort-chilling methods you have available, if any. (Or you can just say, "I don't know what you are talking about.")
5. Your current climate. (Are you brewing inside or outside? In windy conditions? Very cold temperatures or very hot temperatures?)
6. Can you control fermentation temperatures?
7. Are you bottling or kegging?
If you do the above, other members here will be able to tell you what ingredients to use, their weights, how you should manage them and what quality and volumes of beer you should reckon on.
All of the above are important and very basic to understanding the circumstances you will be brewing under and this is the only site that you will get such consideration. If you answer the questions above, someone will hopefully read them carefully and ask one or two more questions so as they can gauge your level of knowledge/experience. If no one responds, then send me a PM and I'll take a look.
So, go for it!
PP
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Post #10 made 10 years ago
Cool. Thanks PP! I hadn't actually considered you guys would be so helpful! I've read all the "required reading" here as well as lots of other stuff, here and elsewhere. Not overly concerned about the process because I always expect to do things a couple or more times before they really make sense but I'd never scorn a little bit of guidance.
First brew - burned the bag...
Post #11 made 10 years ago
Or even post a bit more in this thread about your brew day in detail and there'll be a few people about to hive you some pointers.
BIAB is like driving a manual car, when you first do it it seems like there are an impossible number of things happening at once to control but a few brews in you'll be wondering what all the fuss was about!
BIAB is like driving a manual car, when you first do it it seems like there are an impossible number of things happening at once to control but a few brews in you'll be wondering what all the fuss was about!
