Who's first brew was BIAB?

[DonH]

Just curious as to who's first brewday was BIAB:rockin:

After so much lurking and reading and searching I successfully brewed my first beer via BIAB method! who else out there has done this?

-Don

 

[crispbrew]

My first was BIAB also, 1 gallon all grain kit from Midwest.

 

[electrolight]

To me, brewing with extract is like buying a house... and all grain like building a house... One is more rewarding than the other and i have the option of going organic. My first brewing experience was BIAS and i haven't looked back.

Congrats on your first brew! I hope it went well for the most part. Biggest advice I can give you. Keep your fermentation temps low.

Happy brewing!

 

[DonH]

To me, brewing with extract is like buying a house... and all grain like building a house... One is more rewarding than the other and i have the option of going organic. My first brewing experience was BIAS and i haven't looked back.

Congrats on your first brew! I hope it went well for the most part. Biggest advice I can give you. Keep your fermentation temps low.

Happy brewing!

Thank you for the tip! I did actually, I brewed a German Witbier as my first BIAB with the aid of brewersfriend.com! what an awesome tool! It came out so darn tasty!
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[TimFarAway]

Got my first 1 gallon kit for Christmas from Austin HBS. Drank the first bottle a week early during the super bowl. Tasty, Got an apricot ale bottled yesterday, and waiting on an Irish red 2.5 gallon recipe I made up myself. I need to get my fermentation temps under control, and stabilize my mash temps, but so far so good. I'm thinking a Saison next. May even do a no-chill method to make it even easier. Still collecting equipment so I can have more than one fermenting at a time.

 

[Croyzen]

My first all grain was not BIAB but after several batches of all grain with a mash tun and doing a few partial mash brews I decided to do BIAB just to do it. Choose the centennial blonde as the brew. Sitting in the carboy done now so we'll see. I'm sure it would be good. What I didn't like was losing so much temperature during the 60 minute mash even with the kettle wrapped up in blankets. I lost a good 8 degrees. It was also harder nailing my mash temp but I'm sure that can be improved upon with more experience using BIAB.

I do a lot of scaled down recipes using Beersmith and pre-boiling about 4.50 gallons right on the stove. BIAB didn't save any time for me and I'm probably going to lose more beer to trub in the end. I also got much lower efficiency that I was counting on. It was fun trying but I will stick with a mash tun of some kind. Less hassle.

 

[DonH]

awesome guys! Im very excited as I just got my chugger pump, camlocks and fittings from brewhardware, and my kettle from concord! now the decision to go with a CFC of plate chiller.... hmmmm what do yall think?

 

[fraubrauen]

My first was BIAB - a 5-gallon pale ale based on a recipe someone posted to this forum, in fact.

I haven't had a problem with temp drops during the mash - in fact, I originally was counting on some temp drops, and had to adjust my strike water temps to account for the fact that my mash doesn't really drop in temp. I live in a fairly temperate place, though, and everbody's equipment acts differently.

 

[smyrnaquince]

Two extract brews, then BIAB for 4 or 5. Now I'm trying a MLT. Gotta keep experimenting!