Hello from the U.S. I am from Arkansas and was looking to get into all grain instead of extract,heard about BIAB and this site from BeeTalk.com and came over to have a look. Love it and thanks in advance and sorry in advance for the stupid questions to come as I learn the process. I am still fairly new at this and am intrigued by the BIAB method and maybe the ability to do double batches.

Thanks Joshua. I have a 20 gallon aluminum pot with a basket that I want to build a winch system for and try to get ten to twelve gallon size brews from.

Hello there everyone, I just joined the group. I'm a novice brewer living in Rhode Island. The wife got me a Mr Beer kit for Christmas and there was no looking back. I've managed to mix 9 recipes, and have enjoyed it very much. Now I'm looking to step it up a little bit. I figured BIAG would be a great way for me to move from extracts to grains. I'll be trying to keep the quatities in the 2.5 gal range, so I'll be asking a whole lot of questions about re-sizing recipes. I'm really looking forward to getting to learn the ropes.

Mags

I'm a teacher in the Dallas area of TX and I found this site via google. I like the idea of a straightforward, no nonsense place to learn about biab, as i'm about to pursue my first batch.

Hi all,
Im from Echuca , Victoria, Australia and have been brewing partials for about 3 months and getting ready to try something new.
Anyway looking forward to the learning curve.

Cheers

Gidday

I'm a Kiwi from Auckland. I'm about to do my first BIAB tomorrow but have 5 extract brews under my belt and the results were getting better each time! Still couldn't get rid of the twang completely so decided to go all grain after promising results with steeping specialty grains for my last few brews. Much more flavour!!!

However I have a question. I'm brewing the Krispy Kolsch for my first BIAB and when using the calulator I didn't change the OG from what was in the calculator (1.066). Beginners mistake, I guess. As a result I have ended up buying a lot more grain than I should have. It's all been milled in one go and is mixed together. The ABV of this brew when I'm finished is going to be about 7%. Should I brew it anyway or am I wasting my time? Will the result be disappointing? Unfortunately I can't scale up the water to bring down the OG due to the size of my pot.

Thanks in advance

Snappa

Thanks guys i appreciate the welcome, i have my kegging sorted and i plan to continue brewing 23 odd litre brews so i can bottle few of each brew as well.
I do have a question and one im sure will have a number of answers but a general idea would be good.

How much on average does a 23 litre BIAB brew cost for ingrediants including yeast?
I have found that extract brews cost about $50 on average and would like to hear a comparitive cost.

Cheers

Hi All,

I’m from England and have been brewing for nearly two years.

My very first batch was with a kit but since then I only brew BIAB. I thought it would be a temporary step, but the results so far have been so good I don’t see a reason to change.

I’ve read the forum as a guest and found it to be well organised and friendly, with lots of concise information, so I’m looking forward to getting involved. Hopefully I’ll be able to balance helping beginners with picking up tips from the pros.

Cheers,

PistolPatch wrote:Welcome to the forum Snappa ,

Congratulations on jumping into all-grain. Nice tricky first question too . I'm not too sure I could give you a good answer without some more info on your kettle and fermentor size as well as what yeast you are using as there are quite a few ways to tackle this problem.

Maybe post some more details up here or even better, in this thread which is perfect for this type of problem. Hopefully we can get you sorted straight away.


PP

Thanks Pistol

I've posted some details in the thread you recommended. Hopefully someone can help me with my dumb mistake.

Cheers

Snappa

Heyup all,

Uk brewer looking to step into the world of all grain BIABing.
I am finding the whole website really useful and can't wait to start.

Makka

Hello All,
I am from the Grand Rapids area of Michigan.
I just got into brewing this year and have done about half a dozen extract brews and would like to move to all grain brewing.
I just am not ready to put the funds into a bunch of equipment at the moment.
I have just found out about BIAB and thought it would be a great way to try it out so here I am.

I'm from Derby, England not too far at all from the Coors Brewery in Burton-Upon-Trent and strangely enough despite being in a brewing hotspot I have found it difficult to get decent kits from LHBS. Having found info on Maxi-BIAB I realised that I had all the gear needed to make all grain and took the plunge.

Good some great tips by lurking, and would just like to share my experience that simplicity is giving good results so far. I used the old net curtains as a grain/hop bag (not even sewn up just bungeed and tied knapsack style when dunking). When cooled I put all the kettle contents into the fermenter and let rip. The beer I have to date is the clearest, best coloured, most flavoursome I have ever made.

From the above I'm probably a lazy brewer with quite low efficiencies but I'm making beer I like, it's relatively cheap (40pts = ~£8; decent kit limited range 32pts = £20; pub 40pts=£100, supermarket 40pts=>£80); once you know what you are doing not that hard.

I thank all contributors for the info they share with the rest of us