Hello All,
I’m a young brewer from Suffolk moving from kit to biab. I found the site via Jims and so far the wealth of information has been invaluable.
I’m a genealogist by profession and initially took up kit brewing to keep me in supply of Woodfordes as I moved too far from the brewery.

So far I seem to be all the gear but no idea, hopefully experience will remedy this as I get batches under my (ever expanding) belt.

Hello

Learned about you site from HomeBrewTalk and look forward to starting biab brewing.

Ameliabrewery

Hi all, introducing myself here before I begin using this forum site

1. Where are you from?
-I'm from Reykjavik, Iceland
2. How did you stumble across the site?
-was referred to this site from an Icelandic beer forum site
3. What you think of it so far?
-Haven't read a single thread, but still looks promising
4. Have you brewed at all before. If so, for how long and what method are you currently using?
-I just brewed my 7th batch (started 6 months ago) and have been using only BIAB method.
5. Do you work? Are you retired or maybe you run a household?
-I'm a student of economics at university

Hello,

I am from Indiana, USA. I found a link to this site from HomeBrewTalk.com
I am very glad to find so much more detailed BIAB information.
I've only done two extract kits to date. First batch was just bottled and my Pumpkin Porter is in primary right now.
I am married, a veteran, a college student, and a hobby farm enthusiast. I am thinking about planting some wheat and barley in the near future to grow some of my own grains. Hops will definitely be planted next year.

Thanks for a great site!

Hello all!

Long time brewer but never biab before. Looking for more info!

1. Where are you from?
Im from Aspendale Gardens in the SE Burbs of Melbourne

2. How did you stumble across the site?
Followed a link from Aussiehomebrewer.com in a thread about BIAB
3. What you think of it so far?
Great informative articles on BIAB
4. Have you brewed at all before. If so, for how long and what method are you currently using?
Just did my first ever brew and its a week away from sampling. Its a Cascade chocolate mahogany porter.
5. Do you work? Are you retired or maybe you run a household?
I work, Branch manager for an earthmoving and construction hire company. My wife and I used to go to wineries then discovered some of fantastic craft brewers around Victoria so started going there. That gave me the taste to try and mimic some of these wonderfully tasting beers. My personal favourite is Mornington Peninsular Breweries Pale Ale and Nut Brown Ale.

Welcome Bryanferry,

I hope you find all the info you need to start Cloning a "Wherry". I've just holiday'd on the broads and had a few of Woodfords brews whilst there, miles better than the kit versions.

Good Luck and don't forget to share your reipes.

Yeasty

PS.. Have you ever visited the Shed in Wroxham?

Alas I have never made it to the Shed although I only hear good things about it. If I'm in that neck of the woods I never get further than the Fur and Feathers.

From what others have said its the Woodfordes yeast that makes the product, luckily I have a demipin of wherry from them. Will slice it open and harvest the yeast. Plan is to find a Woodfordes Sundew clone and get cracking.

Hello everyone,

I've been brewing for 11 years now and am looking at BIAB to speed up my brew days and make my equipment easier. I'm looking forward to learning as much as I can from this site.

Cheers,
John

1. Where are you from?
I'm from Stockholm Sweden

2. How did you stumble across the site?
Trying to figure out how to BIAB in my Brewferm 27 l and using Beersmith 2 , googled a lot and struck gold i belive

3. What you think of it so far?
Gooooold

4. Have you brewed at all before. If so, for how long and what method are you currently using?
Some whine and mead, no beer, just bought a 27 liter Brewferm i need to BIAB

5. Do you work? Are you retired or maybe you run a household?
I do work indeed Im a prison guard, or a coordinator

1. Where are you from?
Madison, WI

2. How did you stumble across the site?
I stumbled across this site after learning about BIAB from Homebrewtalk.com and from using a google search.

3. What you think of it so far?
It's been quite helpful so far.

4. Have you brewed at all before. If so, for how long and what method are you currently using?
I've brewed extract on and off for the last 4-5 years. I did my first BIAB today, and now I'm motivated to do it again, that's why I joined this forum.

5. Do you work? Are you retired or maybe you run a household?
I work full time.

1. Where are you from?
A small town in northern Sweden called Örnsköldsvik.

2. How did you stumble across the site?
I got referred from a Swedish brew forum.

3. What you think of it so far?
Seems like there is tons and tons of knowledge in here. Looking forward to read more.

4. Have you brewed at all before. If so, for how long and what method are you currently using?
I have made 6 BIAB batches so far, mostly Belgian strong beers. All of them turned out great.

5. Do you work? Are you retired or maybe you run a household?
I am an employee of a Scandinavian Airline.

1. Where are you from? The "great" state of Ohio

2. How did you stumble across the site? Found it on some other brew site. Seemed like a good way to get started brewing

3. What you think of it so far? So far so good

4. Have you brewed at all before. If so, for how long and what method are you currently using? I have not but I am lucky in the respect that I have some help. A good "friend" of mine has intricate knowledge of a certain brewery I imaging you have heard of

5. Do you work? Are you retired or maybe you run a household? Oh I'm probably only 50 years from retirement or so

First Post:

I am a native Texas and am from Dallas Texas. Been brewing for more than 2 years now and would like to step up my brewing to all grain and figured BIAB was the right way to start before purchasing new equipment for all grain. I love to Brew Heavy IPAs and Cream Ales. Looking for forward to getting my first BIAB beer in the works!!

winston81 wrote:First Post:

I am a native Texas and am from Dallas Texas. Been brewing for more than 2 years now and would like to step up my brewing to all grain and figured BIAB was the right way to start before purchasing new equipment for all grain. I love to Brew Heavy IPAs and Cream Ales. Looking for forward to getting my first BIAB beer in the works!!

both methods of mashing can be done VERY cheaply. although obviously a bag in a pan is cheaper.. im still testing the method out to see how it stacks up to a standard-issue single infusion in a cooler.

First post.

Am looking to try my first BIAB at the weekend with a Stout clone.

This is a great site. I am just looking into brewing this way and have found the info here really great.

Hi! My name is Jon. I live in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.

I have only done 5 batches thus far (all extract). Only two in the bottle. I'm not at all happy with how those turned out(Black IPA and Cream Ale). I'm going to bottle #3 tonight (a brown ale) and rack #5 (a grand cru) to the secondary. #4 is a pumpkin ale (for fall!) in a bucket.

I just went ahead and upgraded from a 20 qt aluminum pot on the stove to a massive 15 gallon kettle (mainly so I can do a full boil with the option of doing 10 gallon batches in the future) with a valve and thermometer, a Blichmann floor standing burner and a 40 plate wort chiller. I still need some fittings and hoses though.

So I'm thinking, hmmm, might be nice to get into all-grain. So I'm thinking, do I buy a 10 gallon cooler mash-tun, or buy the big 70 quart rectangle cooler and try to fabricate my own manifold out of copper or CPVC? Do I even NEED an HLT? How am I going to set this all up? Etc. etc.

Then I remembered reading about BIAB somewhere. I WOULD ONLY NEED A BAG!! It sounds almost too easy. I found a link on another site to a guy who sews custom bags for your kettle for $35. So I ordered one. Pretty minimal investment. Now I just need to figure out how to calculate how much water to start with for a given amount of grain. So here I am.

G'day everybody,

I'm in sunbury Melbourne and am about to make the jump into all grain. I've been doing extract for a few years now and I was looking at building this hardcore rims or herms brew system than realized that
'hey maybe I should do things a bit simpler and just make some beer' so Here goes.
Thanks for the site and all the info! I hope that I can contribute once I have a few brews under my belt.

Cheers