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Do you have a friend that homebrews? Is there a homebrew club in your area? I recommend brewing with another brewer and observe their brewing techniques, even if they are brewing all grain. Post an ad on craigslist if you need to, there are a lot of us who are willing to help out a fellow brewer.

Try renaming the file to recipe.bsm and then import again. Let me know if that works

How about a subscription to BYO or another homebrew magazine? Gift certificates are always nice. What kind of beer does he like? Maybe you can find him a kit for around $35. Decorative growler

I use a 60 quart kettle for brew in a bag (BIAB), with total volume up to about 8-8.5 gallons. It's a little overkill for 5.5 gallon batches, but I don't really have to worry about boil overs. Plus, I have the capacity (at least for smaller grain bills) to do 11 gallon batches.

I find that when I use a grain bill over 9 or 10 pounds for a five gallon batch, my efficiency goes down and I need to mash out, but that may be just me.

When I get my wort to a boil, I turn it almost all the way down and it still keeps it to a boil. I get about five batches per tank.

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Awesome! I also brewed the Common Room ESB today using BIAB. Can't wait to drink it. My OG was at 1.054, not nearly as efficient as you, so Congrats!

+1. You can buy them in 4 oz increments. Just bought some today.

I used to transfer to a secondary because that's how I was taught. Now I just leave it in the primary for 3-4 weeks unless I am dry hopping. I do have urges to want to transfer to the secondary because I enjoy the hobby so much that I want to do something. Instead I do another batch to fulfill...

My third BIAB was a Founder's Porter clone, which was something like a 13 pound grain bill. As long as it fits in your bag and pot, you should be fine. You can download a trial of beersmith if you want to play around with the software first.

I recommend waiting three weeks. Saying that, the first batch I made I couldn't wait and bottled after two weeks and it ended up tasting just fine. The hardest part to learn for me was to be patient. Have fun experimenting and let us know how it turns out!

I'm currently enjoying this after only a week since bottling. I copied the recipe as is and all I can say is fantastic! I can't wait to enjoy another in a couple of weeks after longer conditioning in the bottle.

Yes. You can also use the tap with a 3 liter bottle, typically found at some dollar stores. Although I use 3 liter bottles, I find that they tend to slowly leak with the tap installed, even with a lot of teflon tape, so I try to drink it within a week. I'm talking about the brown bottles with...

I did five on my last tank, which was actually a 15# from the home depot exchange

I'm a new BIABer. I've brewed five batches so far and my brewhouse efficiency's at 76%. What's really helped me with identifying the amount of water I need (among other things) is Beersmith (see: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f41/beersmith-2-0-21-95-blowout-258118/). Once I got my equipment...

A second fermentor is nice if you want to have two batches fermenting at a time. If you do that you might want a bottling bucket. Get some Star San and a bottle capper. And welcome!

I just stopped by my HD, no sale here.

2086 + 5 = 2091

I do not enjoy Leine's year round and seasonal beers. They may have good limited release beers, but I have not tried them, nor have I seen them in stores. I've noticed their quality has decreased in the last 10 years, while their prices are on par with other microbrews in the area. This is just...