Hey everyone,

I got here through another forum. I am using the 20 gal Colorado Brewing Systems and not getting the efficiencys i want, and thought a little BIAB love could help me out. Looking forward to what I can learn. I am in Aberdeen, SD and starting a brewery. This is out pilot system. THanks!!

Brodie Mueller
Dakota Territory Brewing Co

[/quote]You're welcome to pop by and have a look at my electric setup or have a go brewing if you fancy it. I'm Southend/Essex way.[/quote]

Thanks for the welcome - I'm hiding down in Dover myself and might take you up on that next time someone asks me for a lift to Stansted... now to get perusing the forums for ideas

My name is Aidan, and I am in Auckland, New Zealand. I have a half dozen extract brews under my belt and currently building up towards a full BIAB batch next. Lots of great info here since I've been lurking, thought I better register and get involved!

Hello! I'm new to the site from Gunnisin Colorado. Been brewing a while but new to BIAB.

Thanks for the kind welcome, Scott!

I've been borrowing 10L and 30L pots and a wort chiller, I have two 30L fermenters and the other sundries required. I have been doing stove top brews but the batch size has been limited, so I'm planning on buying this burner (https://www.bunnings.co.nz/campmaster-t ... _p00279033) and upgrading to an adjustable regulator, and purchasing my own 50L pot to move outside. The alternative would be the same burner with a fram (https://www.bunnings.co.nz/campmaster-3 ... _p00279036), but I think the frameless will work better long run. Thoughts?

I was given a valve and weldless thermometer set, but still debating whether or not that will go in the kettle (I see pros and cons both ways). I'll get a few batches in before committing to drilling! Ill be building an STC-1000 unit this weekend for fermentation temp control as well.

50L seems to be a good compromise in that it should get me to 25L batches whilst not being too enormous to store. I know there's a lot of advice to go as big as possible (70L would be nice...), but I think for now that this is it due to space constraints.

I've downloaded the BIABacus and had a bit of a play. I've entered in Jamil's APA recipe from Brewing Classic Styles and it seems to be quite intuitive. I will have to write myself out a check list of the things I need to measure and when so that I can analyse the data. My record keeping has improved with each batch as I learn what is important to record! Reminds me I need to put a stainless ruler on the shopping list...

Hello from Houston Texas USA

My name is James.

In the next week or so I plan to do my first 3 gallon BIAB batch. I've brewed a 1 gallon all grain kit I received as a gift and that turned out ok. I've been researching and purchasing stuff for a few months now and decided on the a 3 gallon BIAB method to fit a small kegerator I built into my bar. I'll start with Norther Brewer's Oatmeal Cookie Brown Ale kit.

I have high hopes.

Scott wrote:Gunnibrewer, welcome to the site. Do you have any more details...such as extract brewing, 3V, etc. for past brewing?

There is a lot to know, but it's not rocket science. Let us know what kind of questions you have and we will help.

I've been an extract brewer since around 1990. I just built an electric brew kettle, and brewed my first BIAB, a Pale Ale. Just bottled it today. I'm also starting to use the no chill method. And I noticed in my first post that I misspelled my home town! It's Gunnison.

Hello, my name is Adam and I live in Virginia, USA. I have 0 experience brewing but have been reading/planning for a long while now. Slowly gathering equipment and will hopefully have my first brew day in October. Looking forward to soaking up all the knowledge here.

Scott wrote:Hi Adian,

My brew kettle is 16 gallons / 60+ Liters, and I'm super happy I didn't go smaller. Almost went 10 gallons / 40L and that would have been a big mistake!

Can't exactly answer your burner question. We don't have the same burners in the USA... Think you would need something with a frame so the pot can sit on it. Mine has legs that connect to out it up in the air around 18-20" or so (about 0.5 to 0.6 Meters) so it's not on the ground. That's helpful to me - more vertical drop - when racking beer from pot to the fermenter. And having a pulley above is essential!

A good place, if you can't find the correct answer to a question you have, go ahead and post a new thread on the BIAB for new members page and someone will be along to help. viewforum.php?f=5 (We are supposed to try and keep the First Post page for first posts when possible...).

By the way, the APA recipe from the BCS book is quite good and I have brewed several batches of it (including my last batch - double batch of Fresh Hop APA).

Thanks! I'll keep looking around, but I saw a couple of users with the same burner and they say good things about it. Heard good things about the recipe, might up the hops a little though...

Noted on the location of posts, will head over there!

Hello Fellow beer drinkers!!

My name is Rob and I'm from Montreal Canada.

I have been brewing for less than a year. Have made 5 Biab batches and very excited to have found this site to hone my brewing skills.

I like pretty much any type of beer but prefer to brew easy drinking beers so that I can enjoy it with friends and family. So far I have brewed 3 American Pale Ales (all the same recipe), a stout and a bohemian pilsner.

Also joined a local homebrew club called the "MontreAlers"

That's it for now.....gonna continue to browse the site!

My first BIABrewer post comes to you from North Carolina in the USA. I found this site from an article Brew In A Bag: All Grain Brewing Made Very Easy by Author: Marshall Schott on the website http://brulosophy.com/. I look forward to learning more about BIAB techniques and this seems like the place to do so. I've brewed for a number of years as a home brewer using 5 gallon extract recipes, all-grain, and small batch (1-3 gallon) using a fairly basic setup. I've recently been brewing as an assistant brewer at a commercial, nano-brewery of which I'm one of the owners. I have a day job to pay the bills so I'm currently pretty busy. That's about all.

Hi folks, new member here from Alberta, Canada.

I started extract brewing a few years back with two friends, and we graduated to BIAB 5G batches in a turkey fryer 2 years ago. We've now recently upgraded by having a welder friend remove the top to a half barrel keg (ordered a custom sized bag) and purchasing a 60,000 burner - as I understand this will allow as to make a 11 gallon batch.

Our next batch will be a Schneider-Weiss Aventinus clone, I'll be culturing some yeast from a bottle this weekend.

Looking forward to getting started and using this site as a great resource!

I'm new to the site. Been brewing since 11/15. Did two extract kits and then switched to BIAB. Enjoying the ride.