My BIAB brewday with lots of pictures

[tknice]

Hey all, US brewer here. I'm new to the forum and saw this thread.

Here's my typical brewday:
http://www.brewgeeks.com/a-biab-brewday-tknice.html

Oh, on a side note, my 10 yr old boy is in a soccer camp and a few of his coaches came over from England. They needed a place to stay so my wife offered to have them stay with us for the week. They should be here any minute.

Let's hope they like to enjoy a few pints!

Cheers!

-TK

 

[dogchillibilly]

Looks like you have well sorted process. Very nice.
How do you lift the full grsin bag out - muscle v1.0 or do you have something to help?




Also envious of the Blichmann gear :mrgreen:

 

[evanvine]

A good brewday report.
You would need less grain if you sparged the bag!

 

[rich27500]

Great pics and you've got some nice kit. You'd have to get very unlucky for the English lads not to like an ale or two. Just remember home brew in the UK used to be nasty stuff, so they might need persuading, after that I hope you're well stocked.

 

[PD]

Good morning to you and welcome to the forum. Great picture story of a brew happening. Very informative.
Had a look around your site and was impressed, especially with the DIY projects and kit builds. Bookmarked the site thanks again

 

[Wendy1971]

hi and welcome to the forum :thumb: looks a nice set up

 

[puravida]

Great set up!
One question - how are you straining the wort before it goes into your carboys??

Cheers!

 

[tknice]

Thanks guys. Good news--gave em a few samples of homebrew, then we had a pint of some american lager from a brewery around here called Flying Dog which was not very good (won't be buying that again) and they went right back to the homebrew pale ale. Had fun hanging out for a few hours before they turned in. One was from Newcastle and I can't remember the city where the other one lives. Apparently they had just met yesterday and next week each will be paired up with someone else in a different city/town over here to teach soccer.

Back to the beer. I've tried lots of different variations of BIAB (started on the stovetop) and finally settled on the "no-sparge" version. My efficiency is somewhere around 75% with a good crush on the grain which is good enough for me. The grain from my amber and pale ale are easy enough to lift just to muscle it--my wife usually stands by with the tray and throws it in. The largest grain bills can be a PIA to lift.. I did a 36lb (16.3k) barlywine last month and what I do there is put an A-frame style ladder over it and lift from above--mash paddle goes through the handles of the bag.

Oh, about straining the wort, I don't... All I do is whirlpool the hops and break material into the center of the kettle and slowly open the value. I'm sure I get some hop material and hot/cold break in the carboys but it all settles out perfectly. That's also a benefit of doing 38L batches because I don't feel like I have to get every last drop and the beer is clear after 3-4 weeks with no finings.

Cheers!

 

[artyb]

great site ... :party:
a real inspiration.. :thumb:

 

[Swift Pint]

Awesome setup!! Welcome to the forum!

I used to live in Newcastle a few years back, its a great city with loads of great pubs.

I've had loads of Flying Dog before, they were one of the first US craft breweries to become available in the UK. I've not had their lager but used to enjoy some of their other beers. I remember themn being quite good.

 

[tknice]

Awesome setup!! Welcome to the forum!

I used to live in Newcastle a few years back, its a great city with loads of great pubs.


I've had loads of Flying Dog before, they were one of the first US craft breweries to become available in the UK. I've not had their lager but used to enjoy some of their other beers. I remember themn being quite good.

yeah, I was suprised too. The brewery is only about 20 minutes from my house in Frederick, MD and I do like many of their other beers. I think this one is new. It's called Atlantic Lager and is a basic 4.7% but has a wierd aftertase for a lager. Maybe I got a bad batch. :wha:

Thanks for checking out the site fellas.. It' been fun writing up stuff for it.
btw, if anyone has any DIY projects that you don't see up there, please send me a PM because I'd love to check them out.

Are most UK brewers on 3 tiered systems or bag brewing or both?

-TK

 

[rich27500]

More 3v brewers but lots of us BIAB too

 

[Vossy1]

Great BIAB post and pics tk :clap:

 

[TRXnMe]

Are most UK brewers on 3 tiered systems or bag brewing or both?

-TK

There a lot of UK brewers still just using kits, but 'the darkside' is always calling :)

 

[Vossy1]

I'd say most are 3 tier in the U.K, it's the cheapest easiest option. Personally I'm single tier, click my blog below for picture

 

[tknice]

Are most UK brewers on 3 tiered systems or bag brewing or both?

-TK

There a lot of UK brewers still just using kits, but 'the darkside' is always calling :)

Gotcha.. ya I didn't mean to exclude kit brewers--sorry about that. I brewed on kits for a looooooong time.

 

[tknice]

I'd say most are 3 tier in the U.K, it's the cheapest easiest option. Personally I'm single tier, click my blog below for picture

Checked it out, thx.

Great Blog btw. Love your conicals.

 

[Steamedbeech]

Excellent, tomorrow I'm gonna drill a second hole in my bottling fv

 

[TRXnMe]

Are most UK brewers on 3 tiered systems or bag brewing or both?

-TK

There a lot of UK brewers still just using kits, but 'the darkside' is always calling :)

Gotcha.. ya I didn't mean to exclude kit brewers--sorry about that. I brewed on kits for a looooooong time.

No worries mate, I just didn't want you to think we were all 'brewing gods', we have a few of them on here, but most of us do kits, some throw in the odd turbo cider, or WOW type wine thrown in to keep te dark side at bay

BTW, a belated welcome to the forum from me.

 

[EskiBrew]

Nice brew blog :thumb:
I like the hop bag hanger.
What's the blue thing on the floor connected to the chiller coil pipes :wha: