Hi guys, first post here and really learning a lot in this forum.

I live in Bogota, Colombia and currently have 3 extract brews under my belt. First one didn't end that well, but was still drinkable and I learned a lot. Can't upgrade to 3 vessel full grain because my apartment is pretty small so BAIB is looking really good to upgrade to full grain.

I want to make 5 gallon (20 liter) batches, and was wondering what is a good size pot to buy that will fit most recipes and is not a monster sized pot. What advantage would I have buying one with a ball valve(This is expensive around here) or should I just stick with a basic pot?

Last thing. Can someone help me out with my first recipe for a 20 liter batch? Something that is really easy to make? I like all beer styles, but I would like something that you guys think is a good beginners BIAB and that the ingredients are easily available.

Cheers.

Hi! I'm Alex from Romania. I study to become an engineer :D I've been brewing with kits for about 2 years and i've tryed only once to BIAB, but because i didn't had a chiller and a syphon my brew turned sour. Now that i have find this site (which , after a quick look, it looks that is full of good info) i hope i will learn more stuff to improve my brewing skills.

Hi I'm Ryan. Been brewing for nearly a year now, started to do biab around 8 months. Still got lots to learn!

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Thanks! I find the forum very informative.

Hi,

First post on BIABrewer, I was directed this way by the good folks at aussiehomebrewer.com... I'm a Brit but live in New Zealand. Have done a couple of kit beers, a dozen or so extract + grain brews and two BIABs so far, with mixed results but all good enough to drink LOTS of room for improvement though, so I'm hoping to pick up some useful tips here as I keep brewing and learning.

Cheers,

Will

Hi fellow brewers,

I am an old dog who first brewed in 1966 but always using extract, although even that term is hardly appropriate for those early years. I have always enjoyed my product and until BIAB came on the scene, I ignored AG as too labor intensive.

I now look forward to trying this method and hope that through this site I can find hints, techniques, and calculators enough to teach an old dog new tricks.

Good health to you all.

1. Where are you from? Sweden
2. How did you stumble across the site? Google
3. What you think of it so far? Ok
4. Have you brewed at all before. If so,for how longand what method are you currently using? Biab
5. Do you work? Are you retired or maybe you run a household?construtionworker
Cheers

Hello All:

I am located here in the great state of Kansas. I am an accountant by trade and am working towards getting my CPA.

I have been brewing off and on for about 3 years now, mainly extract and made the jump to BIAB a couple of weeks ago. I heard about this forum from Homebrewtalk.com

Looking forward to brewing!

Hi everyone,

I've been reading the forums quite a lot over the last few weeks and thought I should finally register!

I'm from Australia (came across the site from the Aussie home brewer forums) and I've been brewing for a couple of years, but have been out of the game for at least 5 years now. Prior to my break I brewed mainly extract and started to dabble with partial grain.

I'm currently piecing together a new setup to jump right into all grain brewing courtesy of the wonder that is BIAB!

Looking forward to hopefully learning from the wealth of experience here, and hopefully one day sharing it with others!

Cheers,
Geech

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Hi All,
40litre electric urn biaber from Enmore Sydney. 6 brews under my belt. love the site and all the available info. have been using the brewmate software fairly successfully so far and keeping good records of all my brews to try and dial in all my processes.

Hi everyone! You've been a great source of information for the last uumm two months. And BIABacus! That's great!

I'm from Finland, started brewing ~6 weeks ago. Decided to jump straight to AG BIAB. Everything is expensive, so bag brewing was an easy choice, same goes for AG.

I've done my own recipes with BIABacus. My first biab was a Pacific Gem pale ale. My gravity after mash was spot on, but I didn't get a full rolling boil, so I didn't get as much evaporation as BIABacus calculated. Ended up couple points under the target OG. I got a 82% attenuation with US05, so ABV was as planned, though.

I tweeked the evaporation rate for my next brew, a Nelson Sauvin ipa, OG 1.080. This time my mash efficiency was very low. BIABacus says that my gravity into kettle should have been 1.064, but I got only to 1.056. I tried to compensate it with a little longer boil. OG was 1.072. Here again US05 is doing a nice job and everything is fine..

17% of the grain bill was wheat, otherwise idenctical to the pale ale. Mash times and temps were identical, around 64-70C/147-158F. The bottom of the wort was constantly near 70C, while the top was near 65. I stirred constantly, also 'vertically'. Gravity measurements are taken from wort that was cooled down to room temp. My ipa's liquor to grain ratio was 3,9L/kg or 1,87/qt/lb.

It might have been the grain crush. I'm crushing my grains in a blender (Ha!), and might have gotten too careful trying not to get any flour. For my next brew I'll probably try a finer crush (and get more flour, of course). I'm not getting a mill unless I can find one cheap (i.e. second hand). I've put around 120e/160usd in my equipment and the cheapest mill would be 70e/94usd more. that would be 58% increase in costs.....

Ph of my water is also quite high and I add gypsium. Could Ph have such a big effect on mash efficiency?

Any ideas on anything? Next I'm brewing a Black ipa, OG 1.090. Maybe with Columbus for bittering and Columbus + Waimea for aroma. +little black pepper..

Btw. The pale ale tastes great and you made it happen.

Hi, Fellow Brew in a Baggers.

I live in Colorado Springs, CO. I found this site by searching around for a simple way to upgrade from extract with steeping grains. I was looking to save money on harder to find malt extract like marris otter or munich malt.

I have done one BIAB attempt, which turned out pretty well (many extract batches). It was a good ESB.

I do work and have a family, so I am always looking for ways to make good beer in the least possible time.

JRT