It really doesn't get any easier than BIAB. I've medaled with just as many of my BIAB beers as I have my traditional beers and I get the same efficiency across all my methods.
At the end of the day, you have to decide if your sanity is worth efficiency. You said you've been brewing for 8 years...
I've been having an issue with some over carbing so I spoke with some of the local professionals. They say when your beer is fermented out, you can assume that already has a certain volume of CO2 dissolved in solution. What that means to use when we bottle condition is that if you calculate your...
Hey folks, I started a little GoFundMe campaign to help with purchasing materials for me and my friends to upgrade our system. The biggest thing is building a tiered system so that when my "assistants" aren't around, gravity can do the lifting for me.
We love to brew, we love to share and the...
This beer has been on the shelf since I brewed it in December. I think it's finally coming to a place where I can drink it. It was harsh at first but now it's awesome. I'm gonna have to throw a couple more in the fridge before bed so I have some to look forward to.
I've brewed this 3 times all with some moderate changes. Grain bill stayed the same with the exception of adding some flaked oats for mouth feel and some carapils to help with head retention.
I used hops that are more traditional for the style (fuggles and goldings) and I've been fermenting...
I just sent this beer with a couple of slight modifications to a local competition. I really don't care how it does, I want judges notes to see what they have to say and to see if my thoughts on other modifications are on the right track.
That being said, I've got the malt to do this again...
I bottled this around two weeks ago. It's starting to get really good. In fact, it's so good that I'm going to make only two slight adjustments to help balance a little bit of the malty sweetness (which I know is appropriate but I want a tiny bit more hops) and make it a little bit more...
I'm planning to do a RIS soon and the grain bill is 20 pounds for five gallons and expected pre-boil gravity is supposed to be quite high.
I'm thinking of something a little more quaffable with the second brew like a porter or a stout. I'm really not that concerned about it since it's really...
I was reading about this method earlier today with traditional brewing. Have any of you ever done this with BIAB? Would be a pretty sweet way to get a little extra wort out of a big batch of grain.
I just bottled a beer that I used this in. I love it. It's an angry fermenting monster though. It created so much krausen that after it settled, I was concerned there was an infection.
My beer started at 1055 and ended around 1002.