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Post #5777 made 11 years ago
by Bazza Brewer
Hi all,

My name is Bazza. I am a relatively new brewer in Vancouver. I have been brewing with an experienced buddy who has a nice setup. He was showing me the ropes on all grain 10 gallon batches. I was looking for a way to simplify the process for my own (smaller) stovetop brews and stumbled upon this technique. Further searching led me here. Still assembling my BIAB gear, but should be attempting to brew shortly.

Post #5778 made 11 years ago
by HbgBill
Hi Bazza. You don't really need much for stovetop BIAB that you might not already have on hand.. except a bag. Keep us posted on how things are coming. We are here to help.
Bill
Hop Song Brewing-Santa Rosa, California

Post #5779 made 11 years ago
by jhough
Bazza , you are in the right place! How big of a pot do you have? As Bill said you need a bag thats bigger than your pot. I think most of us started on the stove top because it is the cheapest way to start.
Joe
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Post #5780 made 11 years ago
by Bazza Brewer
Hi Guys,

Thanks for the reply. I have a nice 8 gallon pot. Looking to do 4 gallon batches, although I realize I may be pushing the envelope on pot size with a full volume mash. I was going to attempt making my own bag out of voile drapery material. I was basically going to make it fill the full volume of the kettle, plus (six inches?) overlap to hook it over the top rim. Some sort of false bottom will be in the equation as well. I've got my homework cut out for me. Currently trying to figure out how to get the BIAB calculator.

EDIT: Found the BIABacus. Looks like just what I needed! Thanks guys. Now to figure it out...

Cheers,
Bazza

Post #5781 made 11 years ago
by HbgBill
Sounds great. The voile curtains from, say, Wal-Mart work quite well. I have my wife make mine and reinforce all the seams. Plus I put some 'strapping' for lack of a better term, around the top and add that same material to make either handles or four loops, depending on the weight I want to support with a pulley. Haven't had one go belly up yet.
Bill
Hop Song Brewing-Santa Rosa, California

Post #5785 made 11 years ago
by joshua
ChrisG, Welcome.

BAIB is a great way to brew all Grain in any size Batch.

I Brew 1.6 Gallon batches until I get a recipe Correct, then Move to 2.5 Gallon, then 5 Gallon if it is Great.

Look around and please ask any questions you may have.
Honest Officer, I swear to Drunk, I am Not God.
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Post #5786 made 11 years ago
by Jamie M
Hi from York, UK.

I got into brewing cider a year ago as it was a really good growing season for apples and I saw on TV how easy it was to make my own cider. I then progressed to beer kits this year after being converted to drinking 'proper beer' by my mates. Subsequently I got the brewing bug and I've wanted to move up to grain brewing but a lack of space put me off for a while until I started reading up on BIAB on other forums. This site kept being referred to on the other brewing forums so I found myself signing up here. I have since bought a 70ltr stainless pot and I'm in the process of getting the other bits and pieces to get my first brew under my belt.

Post #5791 made 11 years ago
by HbgBill
Howdy Cap'n. Welcome from another left coaster. What method of brewing have you been doing before BIAB? Looking forward to getting to know you.
Bill
Hop Song Brewing-Santa Rosa, California

Post #5792 made 11 years ago
by Redwire
Hi All. I'm John and I'm from Warrington, UK. I've just started brewing though I did a few kits years ago as a student. I've just got a 40l Buffalo boiler and my first extract brew is bublling in the FV. One more extract brew and then I'm moving to BIAB. I'm looking forward to soaking up all the excellent info and advice from this forum.

Post #5795 made 11 years ago
by jman311
Greetings! First time poster here.

I live in the Phoenix area, and have been doing extract brewing for about 10 years. I recently switched over to BIAB (only 2 attempts under my belt but I am a huge fan). In my quest for more brewing knowledge came across this site - I love it! Lots of useful information and helpful people here.

Looking forward to trying out some of the posted recipes :drink:

Thanks,
Josh

Post #5796 made 11 years ago
by jhough
Good on ya Josh. You have come to the right place. A lot of us started with extract and moved up to the " simpler way" of all grain brewing ! We will be here for you !
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Post #5797 made 11 years ago
by BeginnersBrew
Hello!

American here- Nashville TN.

Recently, after much research, decided to go the BIAB route due to space and equipment concerns. I have a 15 gallon stainless steel Megapot 1.2 that I am very excited to use for the first time.

I'm hoping to do a 5 gallon Irish Red. My only concern is- I have no idea what the BIAB set up for should be, equipment wise, in Beersmith 2 (it's the software I previously used for my partial mash recipes.

Anyone have experience with that pot and it's boil off rate? Deadspace? etc?

Post #5798 made 11 years ago
by joshua
Welcome BB,

BIAB is low equipment system, You have a 15 Gallon Kettle, I hope you have a Heat source that can Boil 10 Gallons.

This because you should be able to brew 7.5 gallons of Normal strength Beer.

As a Full member Now, Please Download BIABACUS at

http://www.biabrewer.info/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1869

And Ask Any Questions you will Have!!!
Honest Officer, I swear to Drunk, I am Not God.
    • SVA Brewer With Over 100 Brews From United States of America

Post #5799 made 11 years ago
by BeginnersBrew
joshua wrote:Welcome BB,

BIAB is low equipment system, You have a 15 Gallon Kettle, I hope you have a Heat source that can Boil 10 Gallons.

This because you should be able to brew 7.5 gallons of Normal strength Beer.

As a Full member Now, Please Download BIABACUS at

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1869

And Ask Any Questions you will Have!!!
I have just my stove top. I know that eventually it'll go to boil- just might take a long time. I"m hoping to get through this brew and then I can add on a electric heat stick in the future. I do have a propane burner, but one of the joys of apartment life is that i'm forbidden to use it in my complex.
Last edited by BeginnersBrew on 08 Dec 2014, 00:22, edited 11 times in total.

Post #5800 made 11 years ago
by jhough
BB , not sure that a stove top will get that much water up to boil without an excessively high electric bill. You might want to think about doing it in 2 smaller batches.
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