So I'm moving up to All-Grain, and BIAB has grabbed my attention for many reasons. My questions are:
Can I just get an all-grain kit from somewhere and brew it following BIAB method? Or would I need to get more grains?
Also, I've noticed that all-grain kits are usually cheaper than extract kits. If I was to follow some recipes on the forums, or make one my own, does the cost of ingredients come out to about the same as a pre-made kit?
Thanks!
Post #2 made 14 years ago
billyshears66,
(Black IPA All-Grain Kit $34.50 US) (Black IPA Extract Kit $39.99 US) Same beer! All grain is cheaper and more fun to brew than extract! Both make good beer! Extract is not any lesser quality than all grain. It cost's money to mash grain and boil it down to syrup or dry it all up for dry malt extract DME. That is the difference! BIAB uses the same recipes as 3V (old fashioned brewing). I started buying extract kits. I then converted to 3V. Now I am sold on BIAB. You can save time by just doing BIAB!
(Black IPA All-Grain Kit $34.50 US) (Black IPA Extract Kit $39.99 US) Same beer! All grain is cheaper and more fun to brew than extract! Both make good beer! Extract is not any lesser quality than all grain. It cost's money to mash grain and boil it down to syrup or dry it all up for dry malt extract DME. That is the difference! BIAB uses the same recipes as 3V (old fashioned brewing). I started buying extract kits. I then converted to 3V. Now I am sold on BIAB. You can save time by just doing BIAB!
Last edited by BobBrews on 10 Apr 2012, 03:21, edited 3 times in total.
tap 1 Raspberry wine
tap 2 Bourbon Barrel Porter
tap 3 Czech Pilsner
tap 4 Triple IPA 11% ABV
Pipeline: Mulled Cider 10% ABV
http://cheesestradamus.com/ Brewers challenge!
tap 2 Bourbon Barrel Porter
tap 3 Czech Pilsner
tap 4 Triple IPA 11% ABV
Pipeline: Mulled Cider 10% ABV
http://cheesestradamus.com/ Brewers challenge!
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Post #3 made 14 years ago
Cool. That is what I thought, just wanted to make sure. So I'll just start ordering the grain kits and save the bucks... Thanks
Post #4 made 14 years ago
Good DAy BillyShears66, Not trying to promote any company but....take a look here..
http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/brewing/recipe-kits
I have done a few of these whan I started, They are hard to beat for quality.
http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/brewing/recipe-kits
I have done a few of these whan I started, They are hard to beat for quality.
Honest Officer, I swear to Drunk, I am Not God.
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Post #5 made 14 years ago
Joshua,joshua wrote:Good DAy BillyShears66, Not trying to promote any company but....take a look here..
http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/brewing/recipe-kits" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I have done a few of these when I started, They are hard to beat for quality.
I agree. I order from NB Monday and (usually) Tuesday I receive it! Never a problem. In fact, I print out their recipes and brew them almost exclusively. I used the Black IPA (my personal favorite) in the example above. I have been tweaking the Black IPA no end! I won first place with a version of it last month. This is the same recipe that I just used to try fermenting in the no chill cube! I tasted it yesterday and it seems about the same but perhaps a bit more hoppy than usual? It may be that it needs more time as I just kegged it yesterday!
I actually had the guts to put another version of my Black IPA (with peated malt) into the N/C cube that I had just fermented in!! That baby was perking so quickly and vigorously that I popped the air lock! I had forgotten to put in Fermcap as I was reusing the yeast cake (and trube). I put in a few drops and the overflow of krausen subsided.
How is that for off subject!
Last edited by BobBrews on 10 Apr 2012, 21:55, edited 3 times in total.
tap 1 Raspberry wine
tap 2 Bourbon Barrel Porter
tap 3 Czech Pilsner
tap 4 Triple IPA 11% ABV
Pipeline: Mulled Cider 10% ABV
http://cheesestradamus.com/ Brewers challenge!
tap 2 Bourbon Barrel Porter
tap 3 Czech Pilsner
tap 4 Triple IPA 11% ABV
Pipeline: Mulled Cider 10% ABV
http://cheesestradamus.com/ Brewers challenge!
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- SVA Brewer With Over 100 Brews From United States of America
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