My name is Jon, I live on the eastern shore of Maryland, US, and I have about 7 extract brews under my belt in the last 6 months. I stumbled on this forum while researching BIAB brewing and I am looking forward to trying my first BIAB batch in the next few weeks.

Hi, Im Steve from Frankfort IL. I have been brewing for about a year and a half. I started BIAB as a way to transition from extract to all grain. I was just going to do BIAB until I could afford more equipment but
now I love my process the way it is.

Hi all,

I'm in the planning stages of shifting to AG brewing, and BIAB seems to be the method that is going to do it for me. The thing I love about brewing is the cross over between biology, chemistry, physics and art and the fact that no matter how far you dig you will never get to the bottom of it.

The biggest jump in my learning so far has been getting my head around a well known spreadsheet for extract brewing, and after hearing about it on the Basic Brewing podcast I can't wait to have a look at the Biabacus.

I also wanted to commend the people who have put so much work into all of this for the benefit of new brewers like myself, it is hard work sorting through opinion to find quality information on the internet.
Cheers! Aaron

Hi All,

Just a short hello from here in South Africa. I started out with a basic brewcraft starkit and have brewed a few good extract beers. I am excited to move to the next stage and progress to the BIAB system.

I have a brew pot, gas and then the usual items, but still trying to wrap my head around the brewtarget software and of course the BIABacus as well before I actual brew my first BIAB.

I am excited to learn so much of what this community has to offer, A great big thank you to everyone who has built this wonderful site and community.

Take Care

BobBrews wrote:selwynorren,

Welcome selwynorren to our forum. learning and doing is a simple way to live. Learning it well and doing it properly is why we are here.

Very wise words, thanks very much for the warm welcome.

Hi to all. This seems like a good site a lot of information, bit of a process to get registered though.
Im retired and brewing in Springvale Victoria Australia, have been doing kits for about 5 years then a few extracts now on my second all grain with BIAB. Most have been ok some really good. Im here now to learn a lot more. Enjoy your Brews

hello there everybody.
i am thanos from greece and unemployment for 2 years.
i start brewing for myself but i am new in biab
i learn about this forum because they told me to check biabacus.
i hope that i find all the information i need as i am new to this.
thanks a lot

Hello all, new to the site! my names Ryan and I'm from Pennsylvania. Been brewing
for almost a year thanks to my brother in law who got
me interested in brewing, I have done about ten batches total, five with brother and 5 batches myself, I started out doing extract batches for my first two batches then quickly moved to all grain, I loved the idea of BIAB that I went and bought a Brewha BIAC system which led to being forced to sell my motorcycle (wives ) I've done 3 batches in it so far and it's a wonderful piece of equipment... it's been a bit unforgiving in the learning curve, I've melted an element due to dry firing and I've buckled part of the kettle due to user stupidity with a valve on the outlet of the jacketed chiller..... after some minor repairs it's back in good shape and I'd still recommend this setup to anyone! If anyone has any questions or interest in one of these systems I'll gladly help with what I can although I'm still a fairly inexperienced brewer. Site looks great and there's so much info you can get lost for hours and many beers before you realize it's 3am.. Keep up the great work and looking forward to conversing with all of you!


Ryan

Hey all. My names Steve and I'm from Victoria in Australia.
Came across this site while researching all grain brewing techniques. Keen to have a crack at a Mini BIAB this week. Pretty nervous that I'll screw it up!

Lots of great info on here, its been great reading heaps of the topics.

I have brewed extract before and hated it. Didnt like the taste, so keen to try grain brewing now. Hope you guys can help me out along my learning journey.

Morning All.

My name is Mark from the midlands in the UK.

I have been brewing for 30+ years with hundreds of all grain brews under my belt, my normal brewing is with a HERMS system but this is getting to much off a faff with all the setting up and pumping wort from point A to point B and then through to point C for the boil and I now find I do not enjoy brewing as my average brew day including cleaning up is around seven hours even though my liquor is at strike temp when I get up in the morning, it was only a passing comment from a customer that lead me to this site and after a few 5ltr BAIB trial runs on the kitchen stove I decided this is the way to go from now on as the stove top trials produce beer of equal quality to that from my HERMS system.

Its strange to think that when I first started brewing it was done BAIB style with a boiler that in hindsite was to small and this alone caused the problems which led to all the messing around with progressively complicated brewing systems so I have now gone full circle.

I now look forward to shorter brew days thanks to the wealth of information on this site.

Mark

Hello, First post. From the Sunshine Coast in Qld, been reading this site for about 18 months now about as long as I have been doing Biab. Never needed to post as all my questions have been answered .....except now !!

Not sure this is the place but I need some help. I have blown the element on my electric kettle.
I am making a Oatmeal stout with extract and steeped grains.
I have steeped the grains and added my extract and added water for the boil, I suspect the extract has coated the element and made it too hot and the rest is history.
So im in the kitchen and doin a small boil on the stove with about 5 litres of wort and the hops to try and salvage this brew. My question is do I need to boil all the remaining wort ? Im thinking it has already been steeped so it has achieved saccharification but I havent boiled off the excess so I have about 25 litres when I was shooting for 21 litres into fermenter.
Ive gotta boil it down dont I, otherwise it will be too watery. I would appreciate your input on my dilemma on how to avoid 6 hours doing partial boils. On the funny side Ive been busy humping the wort upstairs and readying the kitchen to find my dog has run off with my spent grain bag, lucky Ive already had a beer so can laugh at my stupidity at leaving it exposed.
Any comments /help appreciated.
Cheers Paul