biab inquiery

[lee1]

hi all dont have the space or time for allgrain but was looking at boilers today am i on the right channel if you know what i mean for biab ?
i have started playing about with hops and kits with nice results is this the next step or am i out of my depth [cheers lee]

[Twistedfinger]

Biab is AG, you just add all your water at the beginning ( unless you are Maxi-Biabing which is a variant to get more beer out of your kettle than a full volume would give you)

You will need a boiler of some discription, size depends upon how much you want to brew but the rule of thumb is the bigger the better. I full volume biab and my pot is 52L.

If your looking at the burco type boiler which is probably around 19L you are on the right track as loads of biabers use those.

I'm assuming you have been reading the Brew in a Bag section on here. Another good resource is Here

[jaberry]

+1

It does get on my wotsits when some people class BIAB as a lower form of brewing, ie not AG. Have to bite tongue at times.

[Belter]

We use a 40L Buffalo for BIAB.

[john_drummer]

I use a 32L Brupaks pan & a mashing & sparging bag from Ritchies. I use standard AG recipes, feed them into BrewMate & it tells me how much water I need. simples

[sbond10]

search biab forum on google for a more dedicated following to biab and seems a friendly lot too

[Wooderson]

Hi Lee, i've done a couple of BIAB in a 40 litre boiler and they came out excellent using ready made kits from Worcester hop shop.I'm now selling up if you are interested in my boiler, i'm in Leeds too.