G'day guys and welcome to the forum. I've only got a handful of BIAB brews under my belt but I've found BIABacus really worthwhile, from brew one I was making really nice beers. I haven't jumped into the world of creating my own recipes yet, but I plan to with a series of mini-biab stovetop brews which will be a lot of fun.

Recipes I absolutely recommend (that are in the recipes thread, but I haven't uploaded into the proven recipes section yet).

Nelson Sauvin Summer Ale - really nice bitterness, not everyone likes Nelson but I really do. Single hop brew. I kegged this and it evaporated very quickly, I started drinking it from day two from memory and just kept going, it kept getting better and lasted maybe six weeks?

Sticks and Stones (Stone and Wood Pacific Ale clone) - wow, not overly bitter, plenty of aroma and flavour, a household favourite. So easy drinking, have got a lot of compliments from this brew. Single hop too. I've brewed this a couple of times now.

Zombie Dust clone - wow, really bitter, huge aroma and taste.. I didn't want to give any of this away but ended up swapping some in a case swap. My wife and I just sat there in silence while a schooner quickly evaporated, then grabbed another immediately.. it's a close call but this is my favourite brew so far. So good I'm brewing it again ASAP.

Great to have you on board Shaun,

You'll definitely achieve consistent beers brewing BIAB with the information plus the BIABacus spreadsheet contained within on this great site. For the homebrewer, BIAB is the best way to brew all grain recipes.

Cheers

topendbrewer

Welcome dropbear!

I know what you mean with having kids and all of your time suddenly disappearing somewhere! I can only say that it seems to get a little better after the first ten years ! Maybe try no-chilling your wort as a time saver if you haven't already tried it? And do get to know BIABicus; it's a great little spreadsheet once you get the hang of it.

Anyways nice to have you here! See you around.

Welcome Mick,

Great to hear your thinking about getting back into brewing. I've done the same, had a break for a couple of years but i'm so glad I got back into it.

BIAB is the way to go. The information provided on this site will surely steer you towards brewing quality beers. There is also a great brewing spreadsheet called BIABacus available to download. All I can suggest is to read, read and read, then read some more. Some books I would recommend to read (I refer back to them all the time) is "How to Brew" by John Palmer, "Yeast" by Chris White and Jamil Zainasheff, and "Brewing Classic Styles" by Jamil Zainasheff and John Palmer.

Cheers topendbrewer