Hello y'all. First post here. I'm a novice homebrewer, having brewed only twice on my own, both being extract with specialty grains. I came across this site from a post on homebrewtalk.com. I spent my formative years in Chicago and am now living in LA. I've been a fan of good beer since the mid to late 90s when I discovered German hefeweizens. That discovery put me on the path, albeit a slow one, to learning and appreciating what we all consider to be craft beer. I've contemplated the idea of homebrewing for the past couple of years and now I'm taking the plunge thanks to a gentle push from my girlfriend (she bought me some basic equipment to get me started). I very much enjoy it so far and am interested in brewing more frequently to gain and experience. Brewing 5 gallon batches is somewhat prohibitive since that's more beer than I'm able to consume and give away and if I'm to brew more often, I would need to scale down the volume so that I end up with less beer and also spend less per batch. Since money's tight at the moment, the BIAB technique seems to be a method that would allow me to brew all-grain as well as brew smaller volume batches.

At any rate, I look forward to learning more from this site, and hopefully contribute to it in a positive way at some point.

Cheers,

-d

joshua wrote:Good Day DollarsNcents, Welcome to the Forum! BIAB is the best way to brew, A Kettle, about 32 quarts, and a bag, made of Voile that will fit it, and a GOOD therometer is all you need to go. A Hydrometer is useful for checking how good your brewing.

Check MINI-BIAB viewtopic.php?f=23&t=153 for the way to brew one case(12oz x 24 bottles) All Grain beer! If you have a good source for Grains, one 2.72 Gallon batch should cost less than $10.00 u.s. (most often grains/hops/dry yeast is about $7.50)

If you have questions, please post and we can help!

Thanks, Joshua. One of the mistakes I made when I was purchasing equipment a couple months ago was the kettle, which is a 24 qt stainless steel kettle. I'll need to purchase a new one so I'm just going to go ahead and get a 40 quart kettle. Would I be correct in assuming stainless steel would be the way to go for BIAB since it's not as heat conductive as aluminum thereby less chance of heat loss during the mash? Aluminum is much cheaper but I'll go stainless steel if it means an easier mash.

Greetings one and all from the foothills of the Dandenongs in Vic. Just picked up a second hand 30litre Birko urn today after nearly endless searching for a cheapy. It'll need a good clean on the inside though (vinegar has been suggested - this could be a winner). Getting my talented wife to make up a bag out of voille, plus another few bits and pieces, then set aside a Saturday to have a crack at a LCBA clone. Not a bad drop. Not a bad place to start methinks. Hoping that the recipe calculator will help me sort out correct grain weight & water volumes for the 30litre urn. Will probably be happy to end up with 17 or 18 litre brews. Hope the urn will be big enough for that! Cheers all and happy brewing.

Hey everyone, I'm new to brewing and thought I would take on BIAB to get my feet wet. I came across tlyour site while doing a search on google for biab. I'm from new york and look forward to reading up on more information. Thanks for the help in advance.

Thanks for the encouragement Joshua and kostass. I've got a fine mesh strainer left over from before
the brewing hiatus so I guess I'll just put that between the boiler and the FV, and if it stays as $(*$*(£ cold
as it has been I'll be all set

joshua wrote:Good Day Rens(rens), Welcome! BIAB IS a great way to brew. A 40 liter Buffulo seems to be the kettle of choice today.
There seems to be a myth of "crystal clear wort" out there, Many find Yeast really need and love some Trub. Some have tested dumping ALL the trub into the fermenter, and report NO Problems.
I myself, strain most all trub with a large funnel coverd with CheeseCloth (all sanitized), and have had no problems to date.
If you don't use a lot of wheat, or Oats, the beer turns out clear without using 'floc or 'Geli. Just something most of us have found!
Check our topic "Forgot to order whirfloc" viewtopic.php?f=41&t=522

Good Luck and if you have questions, just post and we can help you!

Hello All:

I am new to BIAB and hope to pick up info that will help me move up from extract. Looking forward to the forum.

Brewhead05

Hey everybody,

Stumbled across BIABrewer after watching a video from on of the homebrew retailers showing how they brew in a bag. Was totally intrigued with the concept, one of the comments on the video said this place was the Mecca for brew in a bag. I've done 4 extract kits and want to get into the high level brewing but my budget for new equipment keeps me from going all grain. Thanks Again!

Alright folks, got another bloody pom here invading the forums. Been registered for a while but this is my first post, will be keen to learn more about BIAB since i've got all the gear ready to go!

Cheers,
Sam

Long time brewer,(10 years, 8 all grain) but thinking of switching over to biab for the ease of brewing and simplicity of the equipment. Looking to do my 2nd biab beer on Friday.


cheers!
Dan

Got turned on to BIAB for the simplicity and have done my last 3 batches that way, looking to get as much info as possible to improve my processes.

Thanks in advance for all the helpful info
Greg

Hello all, I will be doing my first BIAB this weekend. I'm from West Virginia USA, and I stumbled upon your site in homebrewtalk forum in a BIAB thread. I have only done extract brews up til this point but I'm pretty sure I have everything necessary to go for it this weekend. Starter is already doin its thing.

Wes