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Post #6426 made 10 years ago
by bassnfool
Hello from Southeast Missouri. I've been away from all grain brewing for a number of years and after surfing the net I came across this site. There is a ton of information here and it's all appreciated. Have the equipment on order and looking forward to putting my BIAB setup together and get to brewing. Having retired from the corporate jet industry I have plenty of time to start tinkering with some fine homebrews. Cheers!

Post #6427 made 10 years ago
by goulaigan
Welcome bassnfool, and welcome back to brewing! Great bunch of brewers here to go along with all the info, keep us posted on how your new setup comes together. Happy tinkering, and brewing!
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Post #6428 made 10 years ago
by fishingbrad
Hello everybody. So, I'm from Brisbane, been back brewing this last year after a 13 year break (wife kids etc) mostly kits and bits with good yeast and good fermentation practises. They turn out (IMHO) great and I don't get any complaints, however if I can make better beer for the same costs, it makes sense.
I have tried BIAB last year using my turbo 500 boiler with hit and miss results. in saying that I wasn't using any calculators software etc, just shooting from the hip. So I'm here to do it properly using my existing equipment and hoping someone else is using a T500.

Cheers.
Brad.

Post #6429 made 10 years ago
by Bbowzky1
Hi all, the names Beau 26yo from Melbournes north in aussie land.
I only started brewing a month or so back basically as a full extract brewwer, now got 4 under my belt. I realised the other day that whith the equipment I had BIAB wasnt a far cry from what I was already doing and discussed it with the missus. Shes awesome cause she went and bought me the rest of what I needed plus a pully and all that :)
So yeah now im gunna test the waters of AG BIAB as my next brew :)

Thanks guys looking forward to being part of the forum

Post #6430 made 10 years ago
by goulaigan
Hey fishingbrad, welcome aboard! There may be others using that boiler, but no big deal if not. The BIABacus will get you brewing predictable and consistent brews with it and do all the calcs for you!

Welcome Bbowzky1, BIAB is definitely a great direction to go in, lucky you have a missus who is supportive, that will definitely come in handy! As above, grab the BIABacus and have a play around with it, you will be brewing great beers in no time!

Happy brewing guys!
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Post #6431 made 10 years ago
by Primavera
Bbowzky1 wrote:Shes awesome cause she went and bought me the rest of what I needed plus a pully and all that :)
That's a keeper right there!
Last edited by Primavera on 27 May 2015, 08:53, edited 11 times in total.
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Post #6432 made 10 years ago
by mrwizardgi
Hello!

My name is Jason and I'm located in Nebraska (US). I am a chemistry teacher, father, music lover, and new to home brewing. I am also a beer novice to some degree as I like to drink beer, but am not knowledge about the differences in all the different types of beers. I know some, but am ready to learn a great deal more. I recently bought a home brew kit not thinking about what all came with it and it turns out that it is mostly good for extract brewing. One thing I do know is that I want to be able to do all grain brews as well and that is how I came across the BIAB method. With my equipment I think I should be able to do small batches of 2.5/3 gallons (about 9.5 L) which will be plenty for me (for now!). Thanks in advance for putting up with my newbie self and I can't wait to learn from all of you.

Post #6433 made 10 years ago
by goulaigan
Welcome to the forum mrwizardgi! Lots to learn here and lots of helpful brewers to answer any questions. No worries on newbie questions, we were all there at some point! Happy Brewing!
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Post #6434 made 10 years ago
by ljm109
Greetings forum people,

I'm from Johannesburg, South Africa.
I have been brewing for couple of years now, slowly building up my set-up to get into full all grain biab.

Set up an 50l (13 gallon) 3kW urn with a PID temp conroller and a nice grain bag. Also got my hands on a chest freezer and a Stc-1000 temp controller and proclaimed it a fermentation chamber.

The equipment building is done (for now) and I have managed 2 BIAB batches thus far.
Must admit.. not my best batches yet, but I'm learning fast. Third batch is in the fermentation chamber as we speak and I reckon this one has 90% of the kinks smoothed out.

My day job is really not as intersting as homebrewing so I won't bore you with that.

Anyhow, I finally registered to this forum, mostly to thank all the forum people for the tons and tons of info I have syphoned over the last year or so. Hopefully I can give something back in the future.......

Cheers

Post #6435 made 10 years ago
by brumpj
Hi,

I'm new to home brewing but would love to get going soon and would love advice on how to get started and to keep me on track!

I'm currently a Speech & Language Therapist from Walsall and dad of 2 young children, so no time to go out much anymore but hopefully enough time to develop a cracking new hobby.

Came across this site through a few Google searches and after lots of reading I'm fairly sure I'm going to aim for mini-biab which I think will do the best for me!

Looking forward to getting started!

Post #6436 made 10 years ago
by Mad_Scientist
Welcome to the forum ljm109 and brumpj :salute:

You have found us, looking forward to hear more about your adventures of this wonderful hobby of OURS.

MS
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Post #6437 made 10 years ago
by MBMM
Hi all.

Relatively new to brewing. 2 or 3 partial mashes a few years back, though have been on hiatus for a bit. Hoping to do 20 L batches, but may not be possible with current equipment (limited to stove top at present).

Hoping the software on this site will assist with calculating mash volumes,etc. Planning to start BIAB with something simple, perhaps an Irish stout.

Post #6438 made 10 years ago
by joshua
MBMM, Welcome to the Forum.

For the Software your looking for you can Download "BIABACUS" at http://www.biabrewer.info/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1869

and get "The BIABacus - Help" at http://biabrewer.info/viewtopic.php?f=55&t=1863

and read the "Clear Brewing Terminology (CBT)" http://www.biabrewer.info/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2685

Any questions you have, will be answered by many of the Well experienced people here!!
Honest Officer, I swear to Drunk, I am Not God.
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Post #6439 made 10 years ago
by mjareo
Happy to be joining the forum! I'll follow the time honored formula and give a bit about myself...

I'm a bit of a beer enthusiast, albeit a fairly recent entrant into the "field." After wanting to try my hand and home brewing, my wife bought me an ingredient kit 9 months ago (an Oktoberfest styled ale) and since then I've also brewed a 5 gallon batch that was supposed to be an IPA but ended up as more of a bitter brown ale and have a 5 gallon Mosaic Pale Ale just under a week in the fermenter as of the time of the post (29 May 2015). I'm also on my 3rd 1 gallon batch of mead and I'm currently looking to start moving to smaller 2-3 gallon beer batches both to allow for more variety in what I'm making and because I'm usually the only one drinking it at my house (wife loves the mead and wine, not so much beer).

That's what really lead me to this site after hearing it mentioned on a recent Basic Brewing podcast as it seems to be a great method to allow me to both start on the smaller batches but also to try my hand and grain brewing.

So, with all that said, looking forward to learning more as my membership is approved and I dig through all the content here!

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Neglected to follow ALL of the aforementioned time-honored formula...

I'm from Nebraska in the U.S. but love the international flavor of the forums - spent time studying on the Swiss/German border in college and I'm especially pleased as the strong Aussie presence gives me another potential outlet to discuss arguably the greatest sport ever and my personal favorite - Footy!

Post #6440 made 10 years ago
by goulaigan
Welcome aboard mjareo, great first post, many don't follow the 'aforementioned time-honored formula' or do so quite loosely, I think you nailed every one hah! It is a great site here and many great people with valuable experience and advice. Also home to the awesome BIAB resource - the biabacus. Grab yourself the newest version and give it a try, lots of examples and help about on how to fill it out too. Happy Brewing!
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Post #6441 made 10 years ago
by mjareo
Will do, goulaigan! I have a little 1 gallon all-grain IPA kit I got for Christmas, so I am pretty sure I'll be using those ingredients in a BIAB method, then put up a either a hoppy wheat or a vanilla stout next. I've also been wanting to do an oatmeal stout....so many choices!

Post #6442 made 10 years ago
by segallis
Greg from Florida, USA. I started brewing back in the 80's then got derailed from homebrewing for nearly 20 years. I recently got back into it and I am impressed in the advances that have been made in this hobby/art the past couple of decades. My first batch after my sabbatical was a Belgian quadruple (a La Trappe copy) that I took some liberty with (including a secondary fermentation on bourbon oak). The beer was absolutely amazing - even my friends thought so - which is why the keg tapped out in 3 weekends. My second Belgian quad just went into the keg. Both were extract brews (1.090 OG, 1.020 FG). I decided the next batch is going to be all grain so I did some googling on the challenges of mashing big beers. Which is how I found this site. Besides the advances in techniques and ingredients, forums like this are an amazing resource and save a lot of trial and error learning.

-Greg

Post #6443 made 10 years ago
by adamkse
Hello all.

I'm Adam from Arbroath Scotland. I have came across this site a number of times when searching on recipes and guides on brewing from grain. BIAB sounds like the best method for me so going to give it a shot :D

Site is great, loads of useful info and hints/tips for you pros so that should help me along the way.

I have brewed some of the canned pre-hopped malt extract stuff and have tried to add some flavours by ding a secondary fermentation with it. Worked OK but still had that "kit" flavour to it. probably bee trying this for about 8 months or so.

Work wise I am a C&I engineer.

Post #6444 made 10 years ago
by thughes
Welcome Greg and Adam, glad you joined our ranks. Going all grain is simple with BIAB. Have a look around, ask questions, and get to brewing!!!

---Todd
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Post #6446 made 10 years ago
by Bials14
Hi All,

Just stumbled to this great site.

Mark from Toronto, Canada. Have plenty of extract brew days under my belt but am looking for a new challenge. Unfortunately, I am limited by the small apartment space I have at the moment but smaller batches in my 19L kettle have peaked my interest. Hoping to find some great threads on the site to help me through the first brew day.

Post #6447 made 10 years ago
by thughes
Welcome to the madness Mark, I think we've got a few other Canuckians here so you should feel right at home. I'm just across the lake in Rochester.

---Todd
WWBBD?
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Post #6449 made 10 years ago
by pauldee
Hi,

Paul here from Manchester UK. I have brewed from a few kits (with pretty successful results) and attempted my own cider (not so successful), and I'm now ready to take the plunge with all grain.

I'm coming at this from the experimentation/interest in beer angle, rather than trying to produce cheap beer. Because I want to experiment/continuously improve, and because I get bored of too much of the same beer, I'm looking at a way of doing really small batches (1 gallon?).

Paul

Post #6450 made 10 years ago
by thughes
Welcome Paul. BIAB is perfect for doing small batches on the stove (hob?) top. SMaSH (single malt/single hop) brews are an excellent way to experiment and learn the intricacies that each different malt and hop bring to your brews. Come on inside, look around, and ask questions...that's what we're here for.

---Todd
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