Been kit/extract brewing for years and after getting my kegging setup going about 6 months ago, i've been on the hunt to move to AG. Discovered BIAB and knew it was for me. Kept an eye out for a 40L Urn on the cheap since then. Picked up a Birko 40L urn 4 days ago and was pumped.
Added a thermowell and thermo and a 1/2 inch ball valve and suddenly my TEA party looked like a brewing machine (yay).
All in all, i was pretty nervous on the whole day. Everything ran well, hit strike temp perfectly and held well..
however, not having a sky hook/pulley system is actually more hazardous than i expected. Being into weights and so on, i figured they must just be for the old blokes... I managed, but probably didnt get all the goodies out i could have. The design of my brew bag also meant that the bag didn't "sit in" my pot too well.. might buy a better bag, or find a bigger pot
gravity @ pre-boil was 1.054.
Otherwise went swimmingly. I've gone no-chill direct to fermenter.
will pitch tomorrow
heres my biabacus;
