A pictorial of my brew day (5 gal eBIAB)

I am brewing a cream ale (BierMuncher's Cream of 3 Crops recipe) for some BMCfriends, so I thought I’d take some pics to document my eBIAB all grain brewday.

Everything setup and in place for a brew session:



Ingridients:



Adding filtered water with calibrated stirring spoon to 7.25gallons:



Heating water to Strike Temp of 155: I am running through the PID, and one straight in the wall for faster heating.



Basket and voile bag ready to go in:



Dough-In:



Can't forget the Minute Rice:





PID set to Mash Temp of 152 and on cruise control for 90minutes:



Circulating the water every 10-15minutes to maintain temp:

After a 90 minute mash, I turn up the heat to 170 and mash out for 10 minutes.



Once it hits 170, I unplug and remove the PID from the picture since I don't need it to boil.
I setup my basket rig while I am waiting



After 10 minutes, time to remove the basket and grain. I let it sit for 5-10 minutes, then give the grains a squeeze with my grill gloves





Now I have 7.25 gallons of liquor ready to boil.



Hot break scared me this time:



Rolling boil



I forgot to take a pic of the hop addition at 60 minutes, but here is the irish moss and yeast nutrient with 15 to go



And IC chiller is in

I use a small pond pump on my IC. I use tap water for the first 5 gallons and save that ~140 degree water to Oxy Clean everything when I am finished.



First 5 gallons out of chiller





I then add a bag of ice to the sink and recirculate until ~74 or so


In the meantime I am sanitizing everything (already did IC) and re-hydrating my yeast






Once to pitching temp, I drain into bucket and then pour from one bucket to another to aerate





Pitching yeast



And in the closet until fermentation starts, then to the ferm fridge



My GSD rescue helps me wash stuff outside



And finally, taking a OG. Hit 1.040, which is exactly what this recipe calls for.

Awesome setup!

I would love to replicate your setup one day.

It looks to be a very pleasant brewing experience. Cheers!

wow.... wow! i would love to do an eBIAB, looks way to simple!
looks like you had a great brew day

Nice rig. Which PiD and elements do you use?

I use two 2000w camco elements connected to a simple pair of switches. Works great though I think it would be a fun project to add a PID.

Here's my rig which I used last night.

this. is. awesome.

thanks for sharing! (and making us jealous of your pretty sweet setup)

Thanks guys! It is really nice to have the space for my setup.

seatbelt123 said:

Nice rig. Which PiD and elements do you use?

I use two 2000w camco elements connected to a simple pair of switches. Works great though I think it would be a fun project to add a PID.

Here's my rig which I used last night.

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I use (2) 1,650 elements. For the PID I used an Auber SYL-2362, 25 Amp SSR (since I am only controlling one element) , heatsink and K-Type thermocouple.

I believe I have right under $100 in the controller. It was money well spent.

looks like a good setup! nice work and thanks for sharing.

so youre able boil 7.5 gallons with just two 1650 elements? hhmmmmm... and you just run them 100% for an hour? i like what i see.

I sure can. The main reason I stayed with 1,650's instead of 2,000's is because I have other stuff on those 2 circuits already, and didn't want to run 2 new 20A circuits for 2,000 watt elements.

At 3,300 watts I boil off exactly 1 gallon an hour wide open.
This was a 90 minute boil and my liquor volume was 7.25 gals, so I ended up right at 5.75 where I wanted to be. (1/2 of BierMunchers 11.5 gallon recipe)

This is the element I am using: http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/EMERSON-APPLIANCE-SOLUTIONS-Electric-Replacement-2E754?Pid=search

And I am using a 14" Diameter, 17-1/2" tall 44qt kettle.

What's that filter you're using? And where can you get one.

IanPC said:

What's that filter you're using? And where can you get one.

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It is a G.E. GXWH04F water filter with a FXWTC.2 cartridge. I am on well water and need to filter sediment instead of chlorine. There are a few different cartridges that will fit your water filtration needs. Home Depot and Lowes sell them and the necessary PVC to hook it up to a hose.

this is awesome

This is awesome stuff. With this I can do a full boil and mash in my apartment instead of spending 5 hours at my parents every time I want to brew.

I love the simpleness. Looks to be s relaxing brew day. What size is your pot?

IrregularPulse said:

I love the simpleness. Looks to be s relaxing brew day. What size is your pot?

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Here is his build thread

Awesome thread. I think I will be following this next weekend when I brew.

Bump. Great thread. Tons of great ideas.

A Love Controls tcs-4010 is what i use for temp monitoring/control and up til now i've been using a 10 gal kettle for biab with two 1500 watt elements and
they give me a nice rolling boil.They replaced a 4500 watt unit that was a little violent in the 10 gal pot.But I'm building a 13 gal MLT and a 16 gal Kettle
and will use the 10 gal kettle for a HLT.I need to do bigger batches for my pipeline.I was addicted to carboy viewing.Wish me luck.

Awesome thread! I have a quick question. When you put your IC in, do you just let it rest on top of the elements or is it held above them by something? I would love to have a setup like this but I worry that my 50' SS IC would damage the elements if it was just sitting on top of them during the boil.

Thanks!

eonsend said:

Awesome thread! I have a quick question. When you put your IC in, do you just let it rest on top of the elements or is it held above them by something? I would love to have a setup like this but I worry that my 50' SS IC would damage the elements if it was just sitting on top of them during the boil.

Thanks!

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It sits right on the elements. Haven't had a single issue yet.


I've finally had the time to "finish" my system. I've installed and plumbed my March pump. All I need now is a plate chiller.

How didyou build the backboard with bottle caps?

DIXIEBOY1 said:

How didyou build the backboard with bottle caps?

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I just troweled thinset with a 1/4" square notch trowel onto 1/4" Durock and set the caps in like they were tile.