Post #7527 made 9 years ago
Welcome aboard wfumed2 there are a few ebrewers here that can help you out.

Welcome Bonzai! Nice to see some more Ontario Canada reps here. Play around with the biabacus and we can get you sorted out.
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Post #7528 made 9 years ago
Hi all
I am from Perth, WA, I have just starting to get into all grain brewing (I haven’t brew too much and mainly brew kits and extract). I wanted to move on to all grain and brew from scratch, apart from knowing what was in the beer I would be drinking I thought it would be fun, I stumbled across this site when doing research for ideas in setting up an all grain rig. I watched a few videos on utube and thought the 3 rig approach was quite complicated and expensive, then I heard about BIAB and after some research I came across your site, and it looks great, your members share a lot of great ideas. I have recently brewed a stout, my set up an all-electric 50l rig. I look forward to posting and getting more ideas. Thanks Steve
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Post #7530 made 9 years ago
Steve: Welcome from another Perth brewer and congrats on getting the first one under your belt :salute:. Subscribe to this thread to be advised of anything happening in Perth. Enter the Royal Perth Beer Show next year - the exhibitor's tasting is a heap of fun :drink:.

Kev: Welcome to the show. 50L is big for a stove-top so check you can get water boiling in your pot first. Sometimes you can float a stainless steel bowl on the surface to reduce the surface area and get some boil vigour happening. For small batches, cooling the kettle in your laundry sink/tub will be fine ;).
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Post #7531 made 9 years ago
Greetings brewers!
Scott E, working joe from Orange county California.

Came across this site via Brulosphy page.

I've been an all grain brewer for 10 years and started with extract.
I have a basic cooler sparge/mash tun set up and im looking to bump up my volumes from 10 to 15 gallons on brew day.

love so much variety that 10 gallons of all one style tends to get boring.

I attempted a small brew in bag experiment last weekend with a paint strainer bag and an older brew pot.

Actually worked pretty well. My SG was low so im hoping to get some tips and trick here!

Cant tell how awesome it was to be chilling one batch as the other traditional sparge batch was just getting to boil!

Post #7532 made 9 years ago
Welcome, sed777 . You have experience brewing beer and BIAB will show you how to brew an easier way.
Paint strainer bags are often too coarse (the holes are too big) compared to voile (Grandma's sheer curtain material) which is best for a bag. Also, you may not have mashed and/or boiled for 90 minutes - and that would have given you higher OG numbers if you did. Read lots of things around the forum and ask questions. You could even end up helping others shift from 3V to BIAB soon.
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Post #7533 made 9 years ago
PistolPatch wrote:Steve: Welcome from another Perth brewer and congrats on getting the first one under your belt :salute:. Subscribe to this thread to be advised of anything happening in Perth. Enter the Royal Perth Beer Show next year - the exhibitor's tasting is a heap of fun :drink:.

Kev: Welcome to the show. 50L is big for a stove-top so check you can get water boiling in your pot first. Sometimes you can float a stainless steel bowl on the surface to reduce the surface area and get some boil vigour happening. For small batches, cooling the kettle in your laundry sink/tub will be fine ;).
Thanks for the welcome, I'll be checking the boil capability at the weekend. I want to do a small batch first maybe 10-15 litres. Waiting to purchase a induction hob in a few months then I can full 5gal batches
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Post #7534 made 9 years ago
Hi everyone,

Finding the information on the site very helpful!
I am from South Africa, still relatively new to brewing, have been doing extract mainly, and want to start asap with BIABing in an electric urn.

Oh I am not a bot.

Zuluman
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Post #7535 made 9 years ago
Hi Zuluman, welcome to the site! Glad to here you not a bot. ;)
You will find great information on electric urn BIAB. Spend some time searching the site.
Look forward to hearing about your brew days!

Pete
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Post #7536 made 9 years ago
Hello all

I am an Australian who now lives in rural Ireland. I have recently joined a local brew club but have never embarked on all grain brewing.

I've joined this forum to brew excellent beer using this method and to show the locals how it's done!

I am slowly building up my gear. I have bought a 40l Buffalo and have ordered some parts to modify it so it doesn't drop out. My wife has agreed to help me make a bag. I've also ordered a temperature controller for a fridge/freezer for fermentation, and own plastic fermenters etc.

I plan on asking specific questions later on, but just wanted to introduce myself.

Thanks in advance for your company and advice
David

Post #7537 made 9 years ago
Welcome Tullaroan, sounds like you are well on your way.

I too went with a 40l boiler, (mine's a Burco) and modified it to give a constant boil. Love it. Works really well.

Are you looking to add it a 'space blanket' to help it retain heat during the mash. I can reconmend using the padded foil insulation or simply an old duvet, both have worked for me.

If you do lose a few degrees and turn the heat back on during the mash, remember to raise the bag a little go keep it clear of the element, or you wife will be need for bag repair duties!

Have fun and enjoy the site
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Post #7538 made 9 years ago
[quote="Brew4me"]Hi Zuluman, welcome to the site! Glad to here you not a bot. ;)
You will find great information on electric urn BIAB. Spend some time searching the site.
Look forward to hearing about your brew days!

Hi Pete,
Thanks for the welcome and advice. Ha ha thought I had to provide proof of life for admin. I wil go through the site's copious amount of information and make better decisions!
I will keep you posted and definitely looking forward in hearing and learning from your brew days!

Zuluman
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Post #7539 made 9 years ago
Hi, im Jebba from Norway. Great forum with credible informaton about brewing!
Im new to brewing although ive tried extract brewing a couple of times maybe 15 years ago. I like the simplicity og BIAB and bought a 50L kettle as well as an 3500W induction thingy.
First brew went ok so far, made a "farm house ale" kit with 7,200 kg of grains, expected OG of 1,065 and expected FG of 1,007 according to kit recipe. Reached 1,058 or thereabout after 60 mins of mash (I probably should have done 90min, but followed recipe in kit..)
Transferred to fermentor and sprinkled with Fermentis Safbrew BE-256 yeast. I forgot to shake the fermentor vessel, but the wort bubbled agressively (could hear it in the whole house) the morning after. It stopped after approx. 48 hours and I measured SG of 1,013.
I hope its gonna be good, im not sure what I think it tasted like. Crossing my fingers and gonna leave it 14 days before i bottle it. :luck:

Post #7540 made 9 years ago
Hey Gents, hello everybody. I'm Sam, from Italy, a baby-born homebrewer with 3 batches behind in 12 years... :roll:
Yes, I've started this hobby in 2004 with just one supreme E+G then I quit for a long time; than I started again with a Kit, and finally, now that I have budget enough, time enough, wisdom enough :interesting: I've decided to start over, making it seriously.

I bought an e-kettle from Klarstein (a very lower version of the Grainfather: just the kettle), I did my own control panel, I bought my used fridge and I already made my last hbd Ordinary Bitter with extract and flakes. It's good, by I have so much to improve.

Well, I've been studying a lot as well during this months (I officially started on January 2016 and brewed on April) and I have my brand new heroes and gurus: Charlie Papazian and Ray Daniels. Both of them have been so inspiring me and I wish I could thank them face to face one day.

I decided to adopt BIAB as preferred tecnique, so it's being a while that I'm looking for a reliable guide and a reliable software or spread sheet to make and validate my calculations. That's why I landed on this forum and I'm writing down my first post here.

Hope I can find some support and answers to my doubts and, why not, make my little knowledge (gathered from my studies) shared with the newbies.

Cheers, have a brew!

Sam
"[..]You are looking in the classified advertising section for used refrigerators.[..] You are indeed in an advanced state of beermaking." C. Papazian

Post #7541 made 9 years ago
Welcome Sam!
Great first post. Take a look around there is plenty of information here. Have a play with the biabacus(numerous links in this thread )and let us know what you think. There are a lot of great people here to help out so ask any questions you have.
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Post #7543 made 9 years ago
08stevieg - Steve
Ha, another example of how myopic we Notre Americanos are. When I saw you were from "Perth, WA" my first reaction was where the hell is Perth Washington! God I'm an idiot sometimes - but then look at who we have running for president. I need a beer
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Post #7544 made 9 years ago
Yettiman wrote:Welcome Tullaroan, sounds like you are well on your way.

I too went with a 40l boiler, (mine's a Burco) and modified it to give a constant boil. Love it. Works really well.

Are you looking to add it a 'space blanket' to help it retain heat during the mash. I can reconmend using the padded foil insulation or simply an old duvet, both have worked for me.
Thank you Yettiman for your welcome. This site does look rich and I'm pleased to have joined the community. I am indeed looking to insulate my wife found some boiler insulation stuff in the attic and I am going to start with that.

I will return with some questions once I am closer to my first batch!

David
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Post #7545 made 9 years ago
Hey everyone this is my first post on biabrewing... I'm Jim from Wisconsin USA and came across this site in my search for more info on BIAB methods. What a goldmine of information there is here!

I started with kit extract brewing when my brother gifted me some basic brewing equipment. I'm a chemist so he figured I'd be interested in the process and science behind brewing and he was right! Naturally that's led into wanting to learn more about malting and mashing and getting more control over what goes into the beer and Biab seems like a great way to go without a huge investment of $$ and space. Good on you Aussies for developing this method! :thumbs:

I got my 42L single weld ss kettle and bag and have done a couple of Biab sessions which are now fermenting. Looking forward to seeing how they turn out and learning more from this site!

Post #7546 made 9 years ago
Hi Jim, and Welcome to the forum! :thumbs:

I can tell you, beer quality with full volume BIAB has been excellent... Simple process and makes great beer. Hope you've downloaded the BIABacus file, as it's a huge help!!! You will want to download the BIAB brewing terminology sheet too. Let us know if there are any questions.
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Post #7547 made 9 years ago
Welcome, Jm Superiorbrew. Hooray! Another chemist enjoying the most lab-like legal activity at home. Be sure to check out the BIABacus as a great tool to set up everything for your procedure. Ask questions when you have them.
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Post #7548 made 9 years ago
Thanks for the welcome Scott and ShorePoints. I did download the Biabacus and I think that I will try the all Amarillo apa, changing as little as possible (other than kettle size and using wlp001 for yeast since I have some harvested).

Post #7549 made 9 years ago
Hi
I am from the Northern regions of South Africa
Last time I tried Homebrew was 1974
Whilst trying to educate myself on modern Hombrew
I stumbled on this site..
Impressed Thanks

Post #7550 made 9 years ago
Hi Bob-D, and welcome to the forum!

Surely lots have changed in the past 40 years... Regular beer industry - yes, tons of changes there. Also home brewing, and ability to make top notch beer. BIAB method to mash just over the past decade or so.

You must be considering giving it a try. Great time to ask questions - equipment, etc Let us know how we can help!
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