Post #5026 made 11 years ago
Hey Alan, I used to live in Tulsa for awhile. Great people but I don't miss the summers. Welcome to the group. The guys here are really helpful and BIAB is a great way to make excellent beer. Enjoy.

Post #5027 made 11 years ago
I'm a Pom living in Australia and have done a handful of BIAB brews.
If it was not for BIAB I don't think I'd have made it out of the extract brewing world.
I'm keen to do some mini BIAB now that are more experimental so would very much like to see how the BIABacus works with scaling recipes.
many thanks
Craig

Post #5028 made 11 years ago
Diveralan,

Welcome to the group. Very little is needed to pull off a BIAB session. Very little is needed to create a viable beer! The risks are little but the rewards are great! With our help you will rise to the top of the brewing world!
tap 1 Raspberry wine
tap 2 Bourbon Barrel Porter
tap 3 Czech Pilsner
tap 4 Triple IPA 11% ABV

Pipeline: Mulled Cider 10% ABV

http://cheesestradamus.com/ Brewers challenge!
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Post #5029 made 11 years ago
I'm Tyler, brewing from Michigan (soon to be New York). I found the site through a recommendation from another forum to try out BIABacus. I have been brewing extracts, meads, and ciders for about a year and did my first all grain via BIAB this past weekend. I am looking to learn more about all grain and how to get the most out of my system to make some awesome brews.

Post #5030 made 11 years ago
Hey guys. First time post from Northern Ireland! I've made 2 coppers kits and 3 extract brews with a full boil. Looking forward to getting two 5 gallon batches brewed using the biab method for my first attempt at all grain!

Post #5031 made 11 years ago
Welcome to the site, Tyler, you will love it here.

Lots of great info, and the friendliest brewers on the net (IMHO)

Look forward to hearing more about your brews.

Do make sure you check out BIABacus and the help threads, very useful.
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Post #5032 made 11 years ago
Welcome neilc8,

Im an Irish man living in Sydney (im not the only one) but lots of great info on here. As yettiman says have a look at the biabacus and feel free to ask questions.
Some good advice I got was take your first 6 brews as an exercises in the learning to brew. Some people nail it first time but others like myself took a few attempts to hit the figures I was aiming towards.

Post #5033 made 11 years ago
Hi All,
I am Michael (Cugel) and I'm from Wales, but I live in England. I am a University lecturer in a Business School, though I trained, and spent my first decade of work as a Mechanical Engineer. I am by nature a process management type, in fact a process management geek. If I see a process, I can't help but think of ways to make it better. Gets me into all sorts of trouble. Winds the missus up no end.
I found the site after listening to one of the Basic Brewing Radio podcasts about BIAB.
The site is awesome, but I risk getting sucked into all the process detail and loosing site of the goal - beer!
I have brewed several extract batches, but now want to get into all grain. So I am building up a keggle-based e-BIAB setup. I have keg, ULWD heating element, and a saucepan lid. I am about to cut metal.
Best,
Mike (Cugel)

Post #5034 made 11 years ago
Cugel.

Mike welcome to the Mechanical Engineer's "dreams come true" headquarters. You will find that process management is part of brewing BIAB. "Your in heaven, brewing heaven" :party: .
tap 1 Raspberry wine
tap 2 Bourbon Barrel Porter
tap 3 Czech Pilsner
tap 4 Triple IPA 11% ABV

Pipeline: Mulled Cider 10% ABV

http://cheesestradamus.com/ Brewers challenge!
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Post #5035 made 11 years ago
Hello. I have been a three vessel brewer for about a year and try to brew every other week. I tried brew in a bag for a couple stove top 2 1/2 gallon brews this winter and enjoyed it so the last two 5 gallon brews have been via BIAB. I am hooked. I have been experimenting also with the no chill method also but I digress. Happy to be here. Hope to learn a thing or two.

Post #5037 made 11 years ago
Hi Reggie22 and waratah67

Welcome to the BIAB community, come in a pull up a chair! :thumbs:

No matter what level of brewing experience you currently have you can always learn more and this is the place to do it. Read and absorb, ask questions but most importantly....brew beer! :drink:
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Post #5038 made 11 years ago
Hi folks.

There are quite a few user names here which I recognise, but many more who won't know me yet. I have been a Moderator for the last four years or so on the now rapidly declining THBF until its take-over and our disagreements with the new hosts, and can now be found on the UK craft brewing forum.

I would class myself as a home wine maker who also does a bit of brewing. Returned to wine making about 5 years ago after a 20 year break, brewed a few beer kits but soon crossed over to the dark side of AG brewing. However, I've only done 19 brews in those 5 years. I can brew up to 10 gallons at a time with a three tier set-up but find the mashing and sparging a bit tedious, so I thought I would investigate this bag brewing malarkey. Came here to learn a bit more and to try to understand volumes, temperatures and how recipes translate to this method.

Post #5039 made 11 years ago
So happy to be apart of the forum. Thanks for all the work you do to help us BIABers.

Live in the US and just started brewing. I have done one BIAB. It was a clone and I halved the recipe to make it fit my kettle. My efficiency was poor. I did a lot of research before BIAB but obviously not enough. I continued to research and finally came across this website. I'm hoping to download your excel sheet and get back on track with my efficiency.

Thanks for everything.

Post #5040 made 11 years ago
Moley, welcome back to the hobby/obsession.

lilbova3, welcome to the forum. Some tips for efficiency would be mash for 90 mins and do a mashout at the end. Make sure your mash PH is in the mid to low 5 range and check your grain crush. You don't want it to look like it's all powder, but you do want to make sure the vast majority have been split open.
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Post #5041 made 11 years ago
Hi Moley

Good to see you here! It was good to meet at the weekend, Lynne and I had a great time.

Good luck in the pursuit of great beer via BIAB! :thumbs:

Adman
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Post #5042 made 11 years ago
Hi Everyone, my name is Martin and I'm from Cork City in Ireland. I haven't brewed at home before, but I have worked in a brewery before. I like beer and am looking forward to this hobby. I'll be brewing in a 35 litre kettle, my first beer will be an American Pale Ale. I've the grain ordered and it should be here soon. I'll let you know how I get on. Good luck, martino

Post #5044 made 11 years ago
Hello everybody!

I'm Carlos from Venezuela. I firs heard of this forum on The Basic Brewing Radio podcast.
I've been brewing for over a year now. Started BIAB and don't think I'll ever do Rims (never say never).

Post #5046 made 11 years ago
Hi there all. :salute:

My name is Tim and I live in East Sussex near the south coast in the UK.

I have done a few kit brews and although they have been good feel that there is much better beer out there to be brewed. After a lot or research and nearly deciding on a full AG set up I discovered BIAB through watching a video at http://www.massivebrewery.com/ and realised that BIAB would be the best solution for me. Although it is still pretty hard to find info in the UK and from UK suppliers compared to the US.

I have decided that I want to brew smaller batches (10L) as this will allow me to experiment more with recipes. I have just ordered a 19L stove top pot and just trying to find a bag (Any suggestions for this in the UK welcome).

really looking forward to first brew and will be sure to post details.

Tim
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Post #5047 made 11 years ago
timfuller,

Welcome to our forum. Every question as already been asked? Your assignment is to peruse the categories to glean knowledge. A daunting task but none the less attainable! There is gobs of information and complete instructions on building a BIAB bag. We also supply a spreadsheet (BIABacus) to help when your ready for it!
tap 1 Raspberry wine
tap 2 Bourbon Barrel Porter
tap 3 Czech Pilsner
tap 4 Triple IPA 11% ABV

Pipeline: Mulled Cider 10% ABV

http://cheesestradamus.com/ Brewers challenge!
    • SVA Brewer With Over 100 Brews From United States of America

Post #5048 made 11 years ago
Hey guys. New brewer here from NC in the US. A buddy is coming to visit this weekend and we'll be doing my first 2 brews. After looking through the site and a few others, we've decided that I should just jump straight into BIAB. I'm excited to get started! Great site here. I've been reading through the site for a couple of weeks now and a ton of my questions have been answered already. I'm sure I'll have some more so I figured I'd go ahead and get registered.

Post #5049 made 11 years ago
Welcome dave421, The biggest difference between BIAB and extract is time. BIAB will take longer due to the mashing, but it's not like you have to stand around with a potato masher while it's happening. I think you're going to love it! One tip would be to look into temp control. I saw a big difference in the quality of my brews in the colder months.
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Post #5050 made 11 years ago
Thanks Jack! I'm going to be using a Bayou Classic SP10 propane burner and I'm planning to wrap the kettle in foam & reflective insulation for the mash. I'm hoping that'll keep me within 1 degree or so. For fermentation, I went and bought a smaller chest freezer last night and my Ranco digital controller was just delivered so hopefully that'll keep me set there too. Of course I've never done this before and my buddy normally does traditional AG so we definitely have some playing around to do to find out what works best. So far we're just taking bits from the forum here and trying to make sure we can use them. We'll see I guess!

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