Some of the readers of this post will be asking, Why, build a BIAB system like the one documented here? Good question, since BIAB brewing concepts as I understand them, to simplify the brewing process, simplify the equipment required, lower equipment cost and consistently brew excellent beer.
Pat may correct me on these concepts or add a coupe I missed. Which will only increase my knowledge and understanding of BIAB and home brewing. Pat came up with the BIAB concept and spend his time and resources to perfect and promote,
for Pat doing so. Thank you, Pat.So why did I break every one of these concepts? It is obvious that this system is not simple, it is not low cost, it does not reduce the equipment required, but,
1.[font=Times New Roman] [/font]It simplifies the brewing process for me, by not allowing me to forget any of the brewing process steps, like – letting the mash temp get to high or low, not adding hops at the right time, etc. which I have done many times, in other words, it pays attention when I’m not.
2.[font=Times New Roman] [/font]It allows me to brew good beer consistently and
3.[font=Times New Roman] [/font]I enjoyed the journey Time flies when you enjoy what one is doing. In retirement I have plenty of time, either to do something constructive or getting bored, fat, sassy and unhealthy.
As I wrote “time flies”, I realized it has been 15 years since I retired and I will be celebrating my 80[sup]th[/sup] birthday in about 7 weeks. WOW!!!, I getting old. Yes, it does!
For me that enjoyment comes by doing what I’ve done most of my life. Designing and or redesigning, building and using that equipment and/or gadgets. (Retired - Mechanical Engineer) In others words a sense of accomplishment, seeing the results of my efforts.
My original need for a (compact) single vessel brewing system came after I build a Brew House (Shack) in my backyard, because my better-half told me she wanted my brewing equipment out of the garage so she could use it for her pottery. Visit my website - http://www.oldgeezerbrewery.com/backyar ... y-building to see photo documentation of that construction project. After it was complete I realized I didn’t have enough square footage (120 sq ft) inside to move my old system, brewing accessories (gadgets), myself in it and still able to move around to brew. Now you know why I broke every reason for the BIAB concept. Continued with .pdf file attachment
For some reason, when I preview the post I originally attempted to post here, the page was loaded told me there was a 60,000 character limit, and the post was publishing had 688,000+ characters. When I checked the character count of the post with MS Word, it reported roughly 7200 characters. I removed the photo images in the post and allowed me to publish. But the post did not make a lot of sense without the posts. Not saying it ever did.
So I re-created the post into a .pdf file and that link is below.
Joe
