I'm Phil from Kent, Washington State, USA. I am 34 years old, father of two girls, and am Czech/Bohemian/German heritage. My family have been brewing for generations. I have been brewing since January of 2011 after my wife purchased a kit for my Christmas present. I presently brew partial mash and only recently moved into all grain. I have a converted cooler but would like to simplify by going BIAB, which I found via Homebrewtalk forums. I am looking to do a dual burner stand with pulley and swing-away arm for moving the grain to a bin for disposal. I have a sanke keg liberated from Anheuser-Busch which has recently been converted to a brew kettle. The lid is still in the works, but the ideal plan is to BIAB in a 10gal batch, leave it in the kettle...which then becomes the fermentation vessel. I look forward to sharing photos of my process as I complete it. I like the ideas and information here so far.

Oh yes, I work in the 4WD parts and accessories industry. I'm a US reseller of ARB, TJM, and Lightforce products.

Double post. Sorry, was on a slow connection.

'ello,


1. Where are you from?
Sussex in England.

2. How did you stumble across the site?
Directed here from Jim's Beer Kit.

3. What you think of it so far?
Loads of really usefully info but I can't seem to view any pictures.

4. Have you brewed at all before. If so, for how long and what method are you currently using?
Got back into brew at the start of this year, mainly done Beer kits and wines & Mead. Did my first extract brew a couple of weeks ago and then discovered BIAB, seems like what I've been looking for.


Found out something worrying when I was trying out my new 50L (40cm x 40cm) on my wok burner on my hob, after about an hour my Carbon-monoxide alarm went off in the next room. I shut it all down and bought a gas burner for outside brewing. Anyone else had this?

Cheers.

Hi all! I'm form Latvia. Me and a friend have been brewing AG for nearly a year - step mashing with a 50l kettle, gas - nothing spectacular. So we were thinking: there should be an easier way of doing this. Did a bit of research and came across this sweet BIAB method! For now out ultimate goal would be to construct a 150-200l single vessel BIAB electric system - there are two of us + a bunch of thirsty friends
So, Cheers

Hi all found this page while reading a Swedish beer forum. Im Intersted in the method, since it won't require very much equipment. Im a brewing newbie, so this page will be a good place to find other peoples experiences and I will be able to share my experiences.

Hopefully I will brew my first biab weissbier this upcoming weekend.

Hi there!

I'm a 31 year old man who lives in Oslo, Norway and started brewing with a 1-gallon all-grain kit from Brooklyn Brew Shop in August. As I live in a very small flat, the mini-kit seemed perfect.

I soon realized that sparging over a completly topped strainer was too messy and not very effective. Further, temperature control is not that easy in a small pot filled with grains
After searching some forums I found an advise for using BIAB and put the pot in the oven (with termostat set at mashing temperature). Works like a dream for me, and the temperature is spot on target during mashing. Have brewed four successfull 1-gallon batches with this method, and I am now increasing my batch size to fit a 12 litre fermenter.

I hope to learn a lot from this forum (which I found while googling for BIAB) and put together an effective system so that I can max out the brewing capacity of my small kitchen.


Cheers!

'ow do. Dave's the name. Just branching out a little further into the deep,dark realms of homebrew and want to explore BIAB a little more. Got a good homebrew supplier here in Grimsby, England so looking forward to trying some recipes and hopefully submitting my own in time. Local brews over my neck of the woods are Batemans (great ale), Tom Woods, Willy's brewery (Cleethorpes) Fulstow brewery and a couple more that I can't think of cos of the scrumpy I'm supping right now!

Be gentle with me.

Cheers all.

Hi, I'm Ido from Israel. I found this site via google when searching for brew in a bag (which I do not remember how I heard of). Looks like a very comprehensive site with highly useful information, and I am eager to have the ability to read all guides. I am currently just a starting extract brewer (having brewed two batches) but am considering going the BIAB way. Thanks a lot.

Thanks a lot guys!

Hi
Found this from a strange acronym biab. Intrigued I read more.
Just done a partial brew newcastle ale and amarillo (Brewuk.co.uk)
This biab looks interesting and registered to find out more!
Great looking site.
Based in Scotland and brewing is not my day job!!!!

Hello everyone! I'm Nicklas from Sweden. Some guy at a swedish forum recommended this site so i thought i'd check it out.. Must say, it looks really nice, loads of great info!

I'm pretty new to brewing, started in the beginning of this year with an extract/partial mash. I wanted to go AG from the start, but it seemed so advanced. After doing the partial mash i was like "why can't i just throw all my grains in a bag? Wouldn't that be easier? Works just fine with the partial, so why not in a bigger scale?" Then i read a little on different forums and i found it. BIAB!

I've done 4 BIABs since. Had a little trouble with efficiency, but after reading here i think it's mostly due to bad calculating.

See you around!

PistolPatch wrote:]Great post nicke. Are you finding BIAB easier (less work) than doing partials?

Ok, I may have mixed up some terms here. I actually just steeped the specialty grains. I just realized that maybe thats not really the same as a partial mash.. So I wouldn't say that its less work than steeping, but not that much more either! And its definitely easier (and cheaper) than a "real" mash/brew!

hi all my name is justin i live in WA and work as a FIFO miner my wife and i have been brewing for about 3years but only extract kits we decided
we want more from our beer so its time to start brewing from grain after talking to our local brew shop he suggested that BIAB would be a good place
to start so here we are i look forward to picking all your brains as this is completly new to us
regurds
justin

Hello BIABrewers.

I am pretty new to brewing only having done a few extract/partial brews myself. Hunting down extract is a bit tiring, and there appears to be so much flexibility in terms of recipes and ingredients with all grain ... lots of ways to get creative.

Since I'm new to this, I'm looking for a fairly straight-forward way of getting into all-grain without spending $$$ on equipment right of the top. BIAB certainly looks intriguing in this respect.

I found the site via http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuPVjEgcn3s.

Hi. Only got two extract brews under the belt for now, moving on to BIAB, since it seems like the most rational choice for kitchen brewing. Looking forward to it!

Hi! Im a new member from Sweden hoping to learn a lot of BIAB here.
I found my way here throw google searching for information about learning brewing in a bag .
I have never brewed before but hoping to get there soon.