1. Where are you from?
Kent, UK
2. How did you stumble across the site?
Suggested by my other forum (the homebrewforum in the UK)
3. What you think of it so far?
Helpful source of specifically BIAB information
4. Have you brewed at all before. If so, for how long and what method are you currently using?
I am on my 7th brew (boiling away as I type). Done about 3 kits, then got into BIAB but still have a huge stockpile of helf-price kit beers. I am thinking I can use tins of kit beer to bump up OG if I am low. I realise this will mean I won't be able to replicate a recipe easily if it turns out I really like it, but they will need using up before they get old.
5. Do you work? Are you retired or maybe you run a household?
I work, but I get decent holiday time so I can brew :-)

Came here to help teach me to split 23 litre brews into 11-12 litre batches. So I can buy off the shèlve recipes and not have kilos of grains lying around

Yea tried using the calculator it scared me so I ran away quickly

Ill go download and see

Hi folks. I am a newbie to all grain and BIAB. Tried my first batch last weekend and only got 49%. This site looks like a great place for some help

Hi!

I found this place from a discussion of BIAB efficiency on the HomeBrewTalk forums. I'm still solidly in the planning stages of brewing, never brewed a batch of beer in my life (though I have been fermenting various other things for a few years now). I'm a reader at heart and I tend to read everything I can find before starting new things though I'm planning on making the trek to the not-so-local homebrew store this weekend so I can start.

We live in Oregon and I'm a stay at home mom of a 3 year old boy with another scheduled to arrive in February. So I won't be able to partake for a while but my husband enjoys beer and I've got family who I'm sure will help keep it from taking over until I can assist with the drinking.

My plan is to pretty much stick with 1-2 gallon (VIP) batches since we don't really drink much and I intend to skip the extract and kit stage cause I like to have as much control over how my food and ingredients are processed and I like to just dive in once I feel ready.

I'm really looking forward to tinkering with the BIABacus. After reading a few examples of clarifying/repairing recipes with it it seems like it will really help me address the questionable steps and ratios before I start a batch and realize something wasn't as clear as I thought so I might actually be able to end up with a brew approximating what I'm after.

I'm really excited to find a group that seems to be interesting in brewing for brewing's sake but also be interested in improving the process and making it accessible.

Hey everyone, I've been an extract brewer the past five years and have always liked the results but felt there was some complexity missing. I've thought a hundred times about moving into all grain brewing but I don't have a ton of time, space or money to invest so it seems that BIAB will be perfect!

Gday All, I'm Jason I'm out in the foothills of the beautiful Dandenong Ranges in Upper Ferntree Gully, I'll get this out of the way now - screw you McDonalds!

I'm just starting in on BIAB after being sold it's benefits by a mate at work & also James at Black Dog Brewery in Taminick - Ned Kelly country - magnificent hoppy beers, get onto them!

10 years ago I was a K&K brewer for a few years, then came kids & that all stopped. A year or so back I stumbled across Boonie's LCPA recipe somewhere & the fire was reignited. I dug out the old fermenter & started my journey into extract / pertial brewing & in the process got a good mate excited about it & now fully commited to the cause easier to get the minister of finance to approve certain purchases if it's not just about me

We even got to the recent Vic AHB brew swap & was blown away by the brewing gear setups / knowledge / good blokes / good beer, etc, etc.

Anyway, my mate Mick & I have been investigating, gathering, begging, borrowing, stealing knowledge & gear. I'm obtaining a 30lt Birko Urn in a couple of weeks - I'm ok with starting small.

We did a trial run in a borrowed 20lt Birko, but ... well, we'll just out that one down to a learning experience

We're having another crack this Sunday, so here we go ...

Thanks for the welcome guys.

Hey Jack, yeah the idea is definitely to go bigger. My mate just around the corner is going big 70lt pot with 2 elements, so in the interim I'll borrow his gear for any bigger brews & hone my craft in the smaller urn - that is until funds beomce available for an upgrade Cheers!

Hi All! New to the forum, with about a dozen BIAB brews behind me... so keen to learn more. I live in Derbyshire and work for a beer importer, so beer seems to take up more of my life than is probably healthy, although it does have its upsides... Looking forward to joining to community and sharing in the wealth of experience that seems to abound here.

Thank you to the site and all contributors. I have about 5 BIAB's under my belt but just found this site. Wish I had seen it way back when as the information is not consistent. Looking at the biabacus is overwhelming and just punching numbers didn't make sense. Now that I have taken the time to do a lot of reading I get it and see the scaling and grain errors made in my first few BIAB where I just took an AG recipe and went. My "efficiency" and OG were off so the next batch I increased grain bill by 25% to accommodate and so on.

Info on integrity and recipes with the right information as well as variance in VIK with chillers and whirlpools... it is the most comprehensive information I have been able to find and it's addicting like the hobby itself, not in an alcoholic way (denial) but in the challenge and competition to master your brewing equipment.

Thanks again and look forward to reading and asking questions. Like should my 90 min mash produce a lot more trub?