Post #576 made 15 years ago
I am also new to this BIAB process. I have done 2 BIAB brews so far. What is the best way to clean the bag after a brew so it can be reused?
Post #577 made 15 years ago
welcome guys
Hoppy: I rinse my bag inside out and throw it in the washing machine..job done
Hoppy: I rinse my bag inside out and throw it in the washing machine..job done
Why is everyone talking about "Cheese"
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Post #578 made 15 years ago
Just had a bit of time to read through the last few pages of this thread. A really enjoyable read as always. Thanks, welcome and good on you .
I'll probably get to have a beer with mcgregc, Mr Boring and dognosebrewery a bit before you other brewers as they live close by so cheers to you guys
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And a special welcome to...
I was wondering where you were??? Great to see you finally made it here 
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TB has answered a heap of questions on other forums on BIAB. They are always detailed, well-written answers of high quality - unless he is drunk or disagrees with me.
Cheers Thirsty and welcome aboard
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.I'll probably get to have a beer with mcgregc, Mr Boring and dognosebrewery a bit before you other brewers as they live close by so cheers to you guys
.And a special welcome to...
thirsty boy wrote:Well Hi,
I thought i was a member already - since fairly early on actually, but it seems I wasn't.
Haven't visited here too much - after all I am only a sporadic BIAB brewer and I waste enough time on forums as it is. But thought I'd better pop in, say hello to you all, support me old mate PP by actually turning up every now and again... and I want to nick a late copy of the calculator.
So hi everyone - I'll pop in from time to time to make sure you rebellious lot aren't fermenting (pun intended) too much trouble and to tell PistolPatch he's wrong about something just for fun.
cheers
TB
I was wondering where you were??? Great to see you finally made it here .TB has answered a heap of questions on other forums on BIAB. They are always detailed, well-written answers of high quality - unless he is drunk or disagrees with me
.Cheers Thirsty and welcome aboard
Welcome Hoppy. I do the same as Yeasty. There is no need to sanitise etc. The washing machine does a great jobYeasty wrote: Hoppy: I rinse my bag inside out and throw it in the washing machine..job done
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Post #579 made 15 years ago
Hi everyone,
Just got started brewing my own brew, looking really forward to getting more experienced in this beautiful hobby
Just got started brewing my own brew, looking really forward to getting more experienced in this beautiful hobby
Post #581 made 15 years ago
Hi, I'm Tadd from Auckland, New Zealand. I came across the BIAB site via a link on the website of a local brew supply shop (Brewers Coop, www.brewerscoop.co.nz). The BIAB site looks like a helpful resource. I've been brewing for at least 10 years now, following the traditional path of kit -> extract -> specialty grain and hop brewing. I'm keen on experimenting with all grain brewing but will need a larger vessel and some other equipment.
Post #582 made 15 years ago
Hello. I'm Rob from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I just recently started brewing with extract and steeped specialty grains. I'm looking to move to all-grain and I'm impressed by the simplicity of the BIAB method. I'm planning on combining it with the no-chill method for an overall minimalist approach to brewing.
Post #583 made 15 years ago
Hi. My name is Mike and I live in the heart of Kent in the Uk. I am a real ale enthusiast , CAMRA member and fairly novice home-brewer. So far I have made about 10 batches of 23 litres from various extract kits , all have been good but I know that I could do better. I would love to brew all grain but just don't have the space at home so BIAB looks to be the answer. I'm looking forward to learning a great deal
Post #585 made 15 years ago
Hi fellow brewers.
My name is Neil and I live in Melbourne, Victoria. This is my first BIAB venture but I have been brewing from kits for several years. I have most of my gear now and I am looking forward to my first AG brew.
Cheers.
My name is Neil and I live in Melbourne, Victoria. This is my first BIAB venture but I have been brewing from kits for several years. I have most of my gear now and I am looking forward to my first AG brew.
Cheers.
Post #586 made 15 years ago
Hello All
My name is Clinton I'm in Maryland, USA
First I would like to thank everyone here for all of the great information. I will be sewing tonight to prepare for making my first BIAB. I have been brewing for about 8 years. Started off with brew kits, then began tweaking kits then to all grain. All the beer I make now, are random whims of my imagination.
I'm looking forward to trying yet another way to brew.
What a great hobby.
Clinton
My name is Clinton I'm in Maryland, USA
First I would like to thank everyone here for all of the great information. I will be sewing tonight to prepare for making my first BIAB. I have been brewing for about 8 years. Started off with brew kits, then began tweaking kits then to all grain. All the beer I make now, are random whims of my imagination.
I'm looking forward to trying yet another way to brew.
What a great hobby.
Clinton
Post #587 made 15 years ago
Howdy everyone,
Mike here from Tennessee, USA. I did my first homebrew and BIAB 2 weeks ago--screw the kits and extract brewing, go big or go home as they say here. First beer was an ESB, currently in the fermenter. Color is a little dark, but the yeast lived and it tastes good so far.
I bought my father home brew equipment several years ago and created a monster (perfect gift, he loves it and my mother hates it). He turned me onto to the BIAB method as I finally stopped traveling across the country/world so much for work and wanted to get into it myself. I am a chemical engineer by trade, so home brewing resonates with my training in an enjoyable way.
This site has been a treasure trove of helpful information so far. Looking forward to contributing to the community.
Mike here from Tennessee, USA. I did my first homebrew and BIAB 2 weeks ago--screw the kits and extract brewing, go big or go home as they say here. First beer was an ESB, currently in the fermenter. Color is a little dark, but the yeast lived and it tastes good so far.
I bought my father home brew equipment several years ago and created a monster (perfect gift, he loves it and my mother hates it). He turned me onto to the BIAB method as I finally stopped traveling across the country/world so much for work and wanted to get into it myself. I am a chemical engineer by trade, so home brewing resonates with my training in an enjoyable way.
This site has been a treasure trove of helpful information so far. Looking forward to contributing to the community.
Post #588 made 15 years ago
Nice to find a site dedicated to this procedure. I am a new to brewing beer, but have been making mead and cider for several years now. I am from San Antonio TX. I found the site via a Google search. I have been very impressed with the amount of information available and hope to get my first batch done next weekend when my equipment arrives
Looking forward to brewing some really good beer with knowledge gained here.
Jack
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Looking forward to brewing some really good beer with knowledge gained here.
Jack
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Post #589 made 15 years ago
just joined up and making the 1st post....
been brewing on and off for years mostly just tins of goo :( and have just started BIAB
got the 19L big W pot and a the usual bits and pieces of voile
couple of "mash-in's" under the belt already and cant wait to boil more wort
kicking off with no-chill and doing 12L odd batches to try some different mashes
Cheers
Maheel
been brewing on and off for years mostly just tins of goo :( and have just started BIAB
got the 19L big W pot and a the usual bits and pieces of voile
couple of "mash-in's" under the belt already and cant wait to boil more wort
kicking off with no-chill and doing 12L odd batches to try some different mashes
Cheers
Maheel
Post #590 made 15 years ago
Hello all! I am from Bellingham, WA USA. I started with extract then went to all grain and then I found BIAB a couple of years ago. I have not brewed in over a year due to illness but I am getting ready for another BIAB session soon (FINALLY)
Post #591 made 15 years ago
Hi all, Rich from Oregon, USA. Came across this site by following a link from another brew site.
I just finished making my keggle out of a 15.5 gallon keg and was reading up on converting an insulated cooler into a mash tunn when I found this site on mashing in 1 vessel. This would make it so much easier and sounds like I don't lose anything. I'll be making a trip to the fabric store tomorrow! I also didn't know that you could re-use your bags. I've only been doing extract brews and steeping around 1 lb of specialy grains in nylon stockings so this won't be anything different other than the amount of grains used. I still have more reading to do but I think I'll still try to rinse the grains to try and get as much sugar as possible.
Cheers
Rich
I just finished making my keggle out of a 15.5 gallon keg and was reading up on converting an insulated cooler into a mash tunn when I found this site on mashing in 1 vessel. This would make it so much easier and sounds like I don't lose anything. I'll be making a trip to the fabric store tomorrow! I also didn't know that you could re-use your bags. I've only been doing extract brews and steeping around 1 lb of specialy grains in nylon stockings so this won't be anything different other than the amount of grains used. I still have more reading to do but I think I'll still try to rinse the grains to try and get as much sugar as possible.
Cheers
Rich
Post #592 made 15 years ago
Responding to this thread is like opening up a can of worms . Nearly all the posts made here deserve some sort of reply or welcome but there are too many of them to keep up with and, when an existing member does reply, new posters are unsure if they should respond here!
All I can do is say thanks to those who have introduced themselves here so well
and suggest you do a second post with any questions here. New posts or threads started there will always get a good answer.
The last post here alone requires an essay!
But! Your kettle is large enough to do a single vessell, full-volume brew. You can do a pure BIAB! There is no need to rinse the grain further as you are mashing and sparging (rinsing) simultaneously. Sparging (rinsing) the grain is a question of balance. For example, if you want an expresso coffee, you force hot water through the coffee grains at a certain temperature and pressure. If you get it right, you get great coffee as you have rinsed all the great stuff out of the bean and nothing more. Unfortunately, coffee beans comprise of mostly nasty flavours. In other words, there is a lot more garbage that can be drained from a coffee bean than good stuff. Fortunately for us, the good stuff comes out first.
It's the same with grain (malt) but the difference is not as great as a coffee bean/grain... But, like coffee, barley also only has a certain peercentage of 'good stuff.' Striving to 'suck the guts' out of grain is not a good idea.
I think you'll find BIAB as being the easiest way to extract all the goodness from grain without getting any garbage. Pure BIAB (single vessell, full-volume mashing/sparging) gets very high efficiencies anyway so I would avoid rinsing the grain in your situation as it will require a second hard vessel which negates the beauty of BIAB at the expense of a very dubious reward.
Just find a good recipe, BIAB it and relax. One of the best things about being a craft-brewer is that there is no need to suck too much from the grain. BIAB sucks more than batch-sparging but it sucks it in an 'even' way. Fly-sparging sucks a bit more than BIAB but is not an 'even' process, it is an 'average' process.
Hope this makes some sense to you and welcome again,
PP
. Nearly all the posts made here deserve some sort of reply or welcome but there are too many of them to keep up with and, when an existing member does reply, new posters are unsure if they should respond here!All I can do is say thanks to those who have introduced themselves here so well
and suggest you do a second post with any questions here. New posts or threads started there will always get a good answer.The last post here alone requires an essay!
Welcome Rich and thank you for the read above. Very interesting post and I think, after you have more of a read here, you are going to be very satisfied with your decision to BIAB.dstarider wrote:Hi all, Rich from Oregon, USA. Came across this site by following a link from another brew site.
I just finished making my keggle out of a 15.5 gallon keg and was reading up on converting an insulated cooler into a mash tunn when I found this site on mashing in 1 vessel. This would make it so much easier and sounds like I don't lose anything. I'll be making a trip to the fabric store tomorrow! I also didn't know that you could re-use your bags. I've only been doing extract brews and steeping around 1 lb of specialy grains in nylon stockings so this won't be anything different other than the amount of grains used. I still have more reading to do but I think I'll still try to rinse the grains to try and get as much sugar as possible.
Cheers
Rich
But! Your kettle is large enough to do a single vessell, full-volume brew. You can do a pure BIAB! There is no need to rinse the grain further as you are mashing and sparging (rinsing) simultaneously. Sparging (rinsing) the grain is a question of balance. For example, if you want an expresso coffee, you force hot water through the coffee grains at a certain temperature and pressure. If you get it right, you get great coffee as you have rinsed all the great stuff out of the bean and nothing more. Unfortunately, coffee beans comprise of mostly nasty flavours. In other words, there is a lot more garbage that can be drained from a coffee bean than good stuff. Fortunately for us, the good stuff comes out first.
It's the same with grain (malt) but the difference is not as great as a coffee bean/grain... But, like coffee, barley also only has a certain peercentage of 'good stuff.' Striving to 'suck the guts' out of grain is not a good idea.
I think you'll find BIAB as being the easiest way to extract all the goodness from grain without getting any garbage. Pure BIAB (single vessell, full-volume mashing/sparging) gets very high efficiencies anyway so I would avoid rinsing the grain in your situation as it will require a second hard vessel which negates the beauty of BIAB at the expense of a very dubious reward.
Just find a good recipe, BIAB it and relax. One of the best things about being a craft-brewer is that there is no need to suck too much from the grain. BIAB sucks more than batch-sparging but it sucks it in an 'even' way. Fly-sparging sucks a bit more than BIAB but is not an 'even' process, it is an 'average' process.
Hope this makes some sense to you and welcome again,
PP
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Post #593 made 15 years ago
Hi. I've been brewing for about 12 years - didn't really write down a date when I started, so can't give you anything specific. Did the usual progression from extract kits to all grain. These days, I barely even make a formal recipe anymore having had some experience in knowing how much and what I need at a particular point in the process. My most recent experiment is a ginger IPA. It's still in the secondary at a friends house, so I'm not sure of the outcome on that one just yet.
I'm a systems administrator at a large university in the USA. I would like to point out that the registration process is a bit confusing and convoluted. I understand why it is the way it is, though. It would be better, I think, to outline the process to new registering users before they get to a point of even entering any information for their registration. User interaction is something that's very hard to get right, so there's always room for improvement.
So - the reason I'm here is I'm brewing in a 20 gallon boilermaker. Where in the US would one find a bag large enough to fit a vessel that large? I'm not a tailor and I don't know of any commercial sources that would have anything that big.
I'm a systems administrator at a large university in the USA. I would like to point out that the registration process is a bit confusing and convoluted. I understand why it is the way it is, though. It would be better, I think, to outline the process to new registering users before they get to a point of even entering any information for their registration. User interaction is something that's very hard to get right, so there's always room for improvement.
So - the reason I'm here is I'm brewing in a 20 gallon boilermaker. Where in the US would one find a bag large enough to fit a vessel that large? I'm not a tailor and I don't know of any commercial sources that would have anything that big.
Post #594 made 15 years ago
I'm ren from San Diego California.
found this site through beersmith podcast.
site looks great and has a fair amount of resources.
haven't brewed yet, but this looks like the most effective way for me to start and go all grain as well.
yes I do work, I have to fund this beer hobby somehow.
found this site through beersmith podcast.
site looks great and has a fair amount of resources.
haven't brewed yet, but this looks like the most effective way for me to start and go all grain as well.
yes I do work, I have to fund this beer hobby somehow.
Post #595 made 15 years ago
Hello my name is Matt I'm from Elmira N.Y.! I have been brewing extract beer for awhile now and I'm getting ready to make the jump to all grain. BIAB just seems like the next step for me! I was browsing homebrewtalk and alot of members there seem to look down on BIAB brewers. I really don't see why. If your producing good quality brews using this method then great! I have recently made a Keggle from a keg that i purchased from my local beer distributor so I'm really amped on starting my first BIAB batch!
Post #596 made 15 years ago
1. Where are you from? Rockford (near grand rapids) Michigan. Local bar is Founders Brewing
2. How did you stumble across the site? Recommended from home brew talk.
3. What you think of it so far? A bit confusing but I'll catch on.
4. Have you brewed at all before. If so, for how long and what method are you currently using? I've been brewing for about a year but have only done extract brews. I'm planning my first all grain BIAB next weekend.
5. Do you work? Are you retired or maybe you run a household? I'm a graphic designer.
2. How did you stumble across the site? Recommended from home brew talk.
3. What you think of it so far? A bit confusing but I'll catch on.
4. Have you brewed at all before. If so, for how long and what method are you currently using? I've been brewing for about a year but have only done extract brews. I'm planning my first all grain BIAB next weekend.
5. Do you work? Are you retired or maybe you run a household? I'm a graphic designer.
Post #597 made 15 years ago
Hi guys! Ben_sa here (same username on AHB/Brewadelaide) and funnily enough, Im from South Australia :-D
I came across this site after listening to Pats podcast about BIAB, and am curretly in the process of moving from extract, to BIAB brewing. About time to take the step after a few years of kit and bits, then moving to extract about 18 months ago.
Im very impressed with the site, A lot of very useful information. I was about as green as you can get in regards to BIAB/AG brewing, until now >:)
Im 25, work at Adelaide airport, shift worker though so plenty of time to get a batch down before heading of for my afternoon shifts
Cheers
Ben
I came across this site after listening to Pats podcast about BIAB, and am curretly in the process of moving from extract, to BIAB brewing. About time to take the step after a few years of kit and bits, then moving to extract about 18 months ago.
Im very impressed with the site, A lot of very useful information. I was about as green as you can get in regards to BIAB/AG brewing, until now >:)
Im 25, work at Adelaide airport, shift worker though so plenty of time to get a batch down before heading of for my afternoon shifts
Cheers
Ben
Post #598 made 15 years ago
Hi there.
I'm from the SE suburbs of Melbourne, went to my first home brew club meeting there last week and am very excited about finally moving to AG, BIAB seems like the best way to go for me. I've been doing K&K brewing for years now, but need to take it to the next level.
Like Ben_sa, I found this site from Pat's BeerSmith interview. It looks great so far, can't wait to read everything. I've got a 30L urn already, so that's probably the way I'll look at starting out.
Cheers,
Flewy
I'm from the SE suburbs of Melbourne, went to my first home brew club meeting there last week and am very excited about finally moving to AG, BIAB seems like the best way to go for me. I've been doing K&K brewing for years now, but need to take it to the next level.
Like Ben_sa, I found this site from Pat's BeerSmith interview. It looks great so far, can't wait to read everything. I've got a 30L urn already, so that's probably the way I'll look at starting out.
Cheers,
Flewy
Post #599 made 15 years ago
Hi guys,
I'm new to home brewing (tried it 15 years ago with no luck), and have done a couple of K&K's, but yearn for something better, without that "Home Brew Taste".
Am looking to attempt my first BIAB in a week or two, once I have the basics set out in my head.
Look forward to MANY return visits to this site.
Thanks,
Steve Coughlan
I'm new to home brewing (tried it 15 years ago with no luck), and have done a couple of K&K's, but yearn for something better, without that "Home Brew Taste".
Am looking to attempt my first BIAB in a week or two, once I have the basics set out in my head.
Look forward to MANY return visits to this site.
Thanks,
Steve Coughlan
Post #600 made 15 years ago
Heard about BIAB on BBR and recently listened to the BeerSmith podcast, starting BIAB from extract, 2 batches in and have many questions from Arizona.
