Hi,

Relatively new brewer from South Wales here (the old one not the New one!), been down the extract brewing path now starting down the BIAB one...

Hoping to pick up a few tips here for improving my brews and working out my own recipes.

Cheers

HI, I'm from France and I never brewed before. I would like to skip the "starter kit" step since it doesn't appeal me. I listened to the BIAB method and was seduced (mostly for its simplicity, also for its lower cost).

Scouting in this forum was therefore an evidence... a lot of useful informations right there.

I'm planning to pursue a 13,2 US gallons kettle (50 liters) but hesitate with a 18,5 US gallons (70l) since some advices say it's probably better. I don't want to brew beer with more than 8° of alcohol. I also hesitate between one 13,2 US gallons fermenter or two smaller.

I'm confident I'll find answers to my question here.

Cheers !

Hi Everyone. My name is Andrew and I am from Perth WA. Never brewed before, but after a friend of a friend who brews at Cheeky Monkey in the Southwest gave me a tour of their brewery and let me taste some of his newest creations I came home really keen to try it on a small scale for myself. After lots of reading I think BIAB is the way I want to go! I love my American Pales and IPA's! I have started collecting what I need but I am still probably a month away from my first Brew Day-still more reading to be done. A few Quick questions, I have a 40L kettle, and a 30L Fermenter. What volume of water/ end volume should I be aiming for? And if anyone has a simple American Pale recipe that is known to be a good one then I'd love to have a look!! Cheers.

Hi - I am from Southern Illinois in the U.S. I have brewed a fair number of extract recipes and a couple of partial grain. I haven't been brewing for a few years while keeping up with my four children. They are getting older and I am looking to get back into brewing and want to start with full grain. In researching the topic I came across BIAB. It looks like it would be perfect for my needs and I am getting the larger equipment in place and reading through the forum to come up to speed. Looking forward to using biabacus.

Hi,
I am a veteran of many kit brews and several extract and now want to move to BIAB. Hoping to start with small brews as only have a 15L pot at present.
Finding the site very informative.

Cheers
Tom

Hi all. New here to this site. I am from NJ in the US and have been addicted to brewing for almost a year. I jumped to the brew in a bag about three batches ago from extract with grains because I want to start to design my own recipes. Excited to learn more about BIAB.

Hello,
I found you the same way uselessfact did and was interested in the BIABacus. I have only done two brews so far; one extract and one BIAB. I am loving it so far.

goulaigan wrote:Addictedtohops, welcome aboard! If you download the biabacus, and play around with it a bit, you will see how much you can safely brew in that kettle. Actually there is a good amarillo apa that you can download already entered into biabacus, all you need to do is put in your kettle measurements and change the desired volume into fermentor until it stops givingyou warnings about exceeding your kettle.

noway999, welcome to you as well, sounds like you are well on your way!

tommywalls, once you go all-grain with biab you will never go back to kits Glad to have you aboard.

Welcome again to all of you and happy brewing!

Really appreciate it goulaigan! I have downloaded the amarillo apa and it is saying 20L instead of 23 into the fermenter for my kettle. Prob a month away from giving it a go, but will keep you posted with how I go!

Gooooooooooood evening - relatively new brewer here, been doing this about 2 years. This looks like a neat tool (the BIABacus). Excited to be a part of the community.

Hello everyone,

Name here is Jerry and I am retired and live in florida.

I have been extract brewing for 3 years and just got into biab.

I have made 3 so far and love it.

Jerry

Hey!

Ryan here, hailing from north western Canada. I started brewing with a friend back in snowy februaury, we are only about 10 batches in now but have learned lots and are advancing quick! Seems that it is time to take the plunge and get more grain into these brews, so after a whole bunch of blurry eyed internet reading I have found myself here! Cheap, easy and effective? SOLD!

First BIAB brew is scheduled for tomorrow,

Cheers!

Hello fellow brewers!

Residing in Columbus, OH in the US. I've completed about two dozen brews so far, a few of those even ended up with beer. I heard about this site on the Beersmith podcast and thought I'd check it out. I started with one gallon biab brewing and now that I have room to upgrade to five gallons, a little more guidance is needed.

Hi all, my names Adam and I'm from London,I have been brewing kits for 6 months and I have just stepped up to BIAB and am doing my first brew on Saturday. This site looks like a great resource and I look forward to chatting with you all in the future.

hey there

I am a newbie to this site and just wanted to say hello, I live in the UK well Wales actually high in the hills with lots of woollies.

I have been brewing beer for about 8 months now started with LME with a mini mash probably done about 8 brews, decided to progress onto BIAB because I wanted something simpler and cheaper than the alternative all grain route.

I have my little brew shed which is good to be honest if I had to use the kitchen it would be a struggle, you dont half need some gear for this hobby, the best thing I set up was a brew fridge for fermenting.

I did my first BIAB which is clone of Graham Wheelers classic (apparently) 'Summer Lightning' last week. Anyway I squeezed the bag to get as much juice as poss but then had a panic attack because I read that you shouldn't because it releases tannins. After more research I conclude it is when the temperature is too high that causes tannin release so should be ok on that score.

Looking forward to using the site and hop I can contribute