Will do. We've been playing around with BeerSmith and I think I've finally got it figured out. I have to say BIABacus looks pretty intimidating to a newbie. I'm trying to see if I can use it though. I don't use anything but iPads at home so my first challenge is trying to figure out a way to use it on there. Excel just let's me view files and I won't be able to save new stuff. Anyone else use it on an iPad that's found a good app to let you use it fully?

Hello everyone, I'm from RI USA. I found you guys on another beer forum. I have never brewed in a bag before but I'm going to try it and this looks like the best place to get info about it. Cheers

Hey everyone,
My name is Dave and I am new to Biab. Just setting up a stove top apartment brewery right now with a 5 gallon kettle.
I'm glad I found this site and have found a tone of info already.

Cheers

Hi everyone,
I'm Brendan (sorry to break the run of Daves). Currently I'm extract brewing but I went out and purchased an urn and am going to give BIAB a go. Can't wait to start making beer from scratch.
I love all the nerdy bits of brewing but mostly I just love kicking back and sharing a brew I made with some mates.
So much information on here, I'm really looking forward to absorbing even a little of it.
Cheers

Hello hello,

First post here, I'm new to BIAB and planning out my first batch. I've brewed several extract batches but I've been itching to go all-grain. Finally have all of my equiment for BIAB, and I'm in search of a good recipe. Hopefully an Amber or APA.

I'm located in Boston!


-Matt

Hi everyone! I'm an American living in the great State of Virginia. Been brewing for about 15 years now, on and off. Just started using BIAB this year and I love the simplicity and the great beer I've been able to produce. Found your site in a link on the Homebrewtalk.com board, which I read a lot. Right now I have a nice Blonde Ale bottled, and I'll be brewing a Special Bitter in the next few weeks. I was an IT project manager for many years, but chucked all that last year and became a teacher. I now teach high school science. I also like cooking and gardening, and planted my own hops last year which are already getting some little flower buds!

Hey guys, long time masher, first time biaber here! Did my first biab today. At a local brew club event not long ago I saw my first biab in the flesh. Compared to all the other brew rigs ( 3v with herms setups etc ) I was impressed with how compact it seemed. I brew in the garage and my 3v setup takes up lots of space. I decided I'd give it a try.

So today I did my first one. I intended on a single infusion for a blonde ale but ended up doing a step mash in my gas fired keggle. Was a little tricky but doable and I'd do it again ( I step mash all my beers ).

I had a good jump in efficiency, and my "normal" 3v volumes were hit just fine so l in all a great intro to biab.

Mark

Hi everyone,
Adrian from New Zealand here. Living in Melbourne. Have done plenty of kit brews and have been hanging out to move into all grain. Living in an apartment BIAB is ideal. What an awesome source of info here! Have had a bit of a look at BIABacus too. I've just scored an urn and am gathering the last few bits and pieces to get into it.

Hello fellow brewers,

First post here, I just heard about this forum listening to Basic Brewing Radio. I'm from Birmingham, Alabama in the US. I've been brewing for a few months, my first batch ever was bottled in January of 2014. It was an extract batch of IPA, From a Brewers Best kit. That was all it took to light my fire. Since then I have made about six batches, most small batch trials. I am digging up any and all information I can find to help me make that 'perfect' batch. I have done one BIAB batch, well I put a bag in my mash tun... does that count? It seemed to be so much easier, but I was afraid it was 'cheating' so I started looking for more info. There seems to be tons of great ideas here and I can't wait to start uncovering the secrets to a great BIAB brew!

Cheers to everyone,

PBZooM

Hey there fellow beer enthusiasts!!
My name is Sam and I'm currently living in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

I found this site by searching brew in a bag....I don't have a ton of money and I want to start brewing all grain so this seemed like a great place to start. I haven't looked around the site too much yet, but I hope to do my first brew in the bag in two days!!

I have been brewing for between two and three years. My first year was only with kits then I moved on to extract and now I want to learn more about all grain!!

Presently I am a professional cook and I love talking food and drink. Seriously...don't get me started unless you have some extra time on your hands.

Hello all. My name is Rich and I live in Indiana, USA and am currently watching the US Men's National Soccer team play against Azerbaijan. I started brewing around six months ago after getting the Brooklyn BrewShop Beer Making Book. I have brewed five 1 gallon batches. I picked up the book Beer Craft and became interested in doing 1 gallon batches through the BIAB method. I am looking forward to converting a BBS recipe to the BIAB method.
Thanks,
Rich

Hi,
Here is my first post.

Living in Sydney NSW

I've been been brewing for 18 months start on coopers tins and moved to biab all grain on the stove top and am now doing the bucket of death with two kettle element.

Looking forward to improving my skills

Andrew

gday all,
well i live in melbourne, australia. Do a bit of brewing, sometimes BIAB, sometimes kits. I am mainly here to extend my knowledge. It is a fun hobby and i only wish i had a little more time to spend doing it sometimes.