Hi all *waves* First post

I'm an Aussie from the Bendigo area in desert Victoria.
I've been a BIAB brewer for a few years now, 75+ brews, and heard that the site was under construction from Pistolpatch @ AHB.

The site looks fantastic. What a huge volume of information to have up so early in a forum's life. This place will be a wealth of knowledge for old and new brewers alike

I hope I have fun here, I look forward to some great topics/discussions with other BIABers and those that are ready to give it a go.

Cheers

Gavin

edit; I can't believe the amount of information that is on this board, well done to the Founders of this site.

G'day guys and gals,
I'm from Somerville Victoria on the Mornington Peninsula in Australia. I'm new to Biab but have been doing kits and extracts on and of for about 5 years( had a break when each of my 2 girls were born). I work as a fitter and turner(long hours s#!t pay :( ).The site is looking good and am keen to learn alot from it.
I am yet to do my first biab, I am just waiting on one more piece of equipment and I'll be cooking with gas :D
Cheers Wizard78

Brewing in the bag for a few years now and lovin' it!!!

Looking forward to this site becoming a great hub of learning and support for brewers at any level.

Hi all

I'm from the desert, Kalgoorlie WA!

I have a grand total of 0 (ZERO!) BIAB brews under my belt! Looks like I'll be learning a helluva lot from this site! I'm a sales rep for a valve & pump company, work 5 days a week so i have plenty of time to hone my skills in my new favorite hobby
site looks fantastic, cant wait to start filling my head with all your knowledge :D

G'day brewers. I'm a fairly experienced brewer, who's only used the BIAB system. I'm not sure I would have started AG brewing were it not for PistolPatch and BIAB. The simplificatiom of the mashing process without any loss of quality is something that will change the homebrewing scene dramatically in years to come (methinks). I'm looking forward to seeing this site become the hub of information in regards to all grain brewing.

Lloydie in the post above actually lives in the same city as me .

I brewed kits, unsuccessfully, and gave up on them three times. (Unfortunately, I never had access to Fresh Wort Kits.) I reckon tinned kit beers are the hardest beers to brew and brewers like Lloyd above really annoyed me because he was a brewer who could pull a kit beer off to a good level and occasionally a truly spectacular level.

About 5 years ago I got to know some all-grain brewers through my regional forum (AHB). I loved the certainty of all-grain and started traditional brewing using the batch-sparging method. BIAB came along a little while later and this method has now enabled me to brew in ways that were not possible before.

I now have two kettles and am lucky to have a brewer like Lloyd living close by as we often brew two double-batches of beer at the same time which allows us to do four different experiments in a single brew day!

I also write a tad too much for forums .

Cheers,
PistolPatch

Ralph here, I've been soaking grain a few months now, its really fun and I love it. My interests are camping, hockey, socialising, movies and romantic candle- kit dinners with a nightcap beside the fire afterwards.

Hi,

My name is Matt. I brewed kits for many, many years and in 2009 decided to give all grain brewing a try. I searched around for many months on the forums trying to work out the best way for me to get into all grain brewing that would fit with my lifestyle.

I needed to brew in a fairly small area, with kids around, and with a fairly cheap setup. In the end, I followed a number of other brewers who were getting into BIAB using an electric urn as the brewing vessel, as it fit the bill in all departments.

I began to make great beer, but had some issues getting consistent results as far as gravity and volumes were concerned. It was then that Pat and Bribie gave me some great input as to how to measure efficiency properly, and from there on in I was able to get consistent results.

I now have over 40 brews under my belt, and have made many types of beers in Jamil's book. I love the simplicity of BIAB, the shorter brewday and cleanup. Combined with no chill cubing, I am able to brew when it suits me, and ferment when it suits also, which works well with my busy life!

I really see no need for me to ever change my brewing style now, as I can brew 2 single batches in a single session if I really need to get lots of beer made, seeing that making single batches is the only restriction I have with my setup.

cheers,

Matt

Hi from Central WIsconsin USA. I started all grain brewing 5 years ago. I have been doing BIAB (with No Chill) for over a year now. 30 or so brews in the first and only bag. I am lovin' it.

Hi, Beachbum here, I'm also on a couple of other brew forums as Bribie or BribieG as I live on Bribie Island, Queensland so you may run into me around the traps. I'm into my second year of BIAB and when I went AG I never even considered 3 vessel brewing as I know that BIAB can give great results, is cheaper to get into and is less messing around. I'm looking forward to this forum getting some critical mass and a regular membership - which is going to happen because BIAB's time has come :twisted:

Hi my name is Mal, I am from Shelly beach on the NSW central coast.
I started BIABing about 2 years ago after reading all the info on AHB from Pat and others, and thought I’m going to give this ago, only ever used an urn and never looked back since. Before that, I got a half used Coopers kit and did about 10 kit brews, and haven’t done one since.
It has been a very interesting journey and if it wasn’t for all the people and there input on these forums I wouldn’t know about BIAB. It has been a great experience.
So I think the time and effort that has and will be going into this site will be very rewarding and a great experience for everyone who gets involved.

Mal

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G'day, my name is Dick and I live at Glenning Valley on the NSW central coast. I was brewing half-arsed beers with kits and bits for quite a few years and I never thought that I would take it any further than that until I came across AHB and saw how easy BIAB was. Now I BIAB using an electric urn and then no-chill. How easy! And the results are far better than anything I did before.

So huge thanks go to guys like PistolPatch who have spent so much time educating others about how it's done. I am hoping that I can repay this by contributing and helping others through this forum. This site looks great and there is already a lot of good information.

I have a background in chemistry but now I work in a technical role within the paper industry.

Cheers
Dick

Steve from Freo,
I was lucky enough to see Patch, LLoydie and Katie in action on "Australia's biggest Brewday" last year and was inspired to give BIAB a go (I would never have set up a 3 vessel system).

I have now done 5 AG brews, all successful, I love the "I made it all myself and I know what's in there because I put it in there" feeling.