How to brew your first BIAB Beer! Intro guide to Brew in a Bag

[@poweredbynick3994]

Omg, dude you re helping me out a lot rn because, I’m just starting out and want to move to all grain. But it’s hard to find really detailed information in simple language! I really appreciate you!

[@soundvisionrecording]

Great video. Very concise and to the point. Cheers from New Zealand 🍺

[@TheBruSho]

Excellent tutorial! Its crazy how easy BIAB can be and how amazing the results are, a great beginner way to brew. And shoutout received! 🍺💰

[@DointheMost]

BIAB+SMaSH is a dream for a first go. Thanks for tuning in!

[@taylorstanden]

The Bru Sho and Doing the Most is the collab we all need!

[@TheMrpiggyboy]

Great presentation, just that simple. Been home brewing for 35 years did a lot of different recipies. Simpler is best . I may go crazy and add a bit of crystal malt. Got my brew bag and winch 2 years ago I do sparge my grains . Grow my own hops Hallartual and cascade mixed.

[@tooidiotsbrewingcompany8137]

I have been doing BIAB for a couple of years now, but always learning. Thanks for sharing the tip on adding the hop spider after the hot break.

[@DointheMost]

You are so welcome! I had been wondering why I was having to use a fine brush so frequently on my spider, then saw that post on Reddit and was like, welp, that makes perfect sense.

[@TroubleBrewing]

Great walkthrough! Cheers!

[@DointheMost]

Thank you! Happy brewing! 👍

[@moreasdam]

Dude, thanks bunches for sharing your knowledge! Really appreciated.

[@saltyballze7032]

im not one who likes a lot of vids.. but you sir got at sub and a like! thank you! i can finally put my extract brewing to rest!

[@aaronwolfenbarger2122]

Great job BC. Easy, simple, and 3xplains the basic of BIAB.

[@DointheMost]

Thanks! We tried to be thoughtful of just the points that a new BIAB brewer would need - and not go be on the basics.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Great Video!

[@declary]

Thanks tons for putting this together, super great video!

[@jasonduggan2987]

Nice video. Good job explaining the positives of making a one malt, one hop beer and showing that it is not a very hard thing to do.

[@DointheMost]

Thanks! I wanted to show that it can be super accessible.

[@PatrickSandy78]

Biab is a game changer. Great video as usual.

[@DointheMost]

It definitely has its place in my brewing repertoire!

[@NikitaVorontsov]

That’s pretty cool, I’ve been tempted by BIAB after seeing BruSho doing it and now yourself. It looks really easy and low maintenance/cleaning!

[@Cerevisi]

Great stuff; I've been homebrewing for over 18 years and tried almost every method there is, biab is definitely the way to go for those new to all grain. Also, SMaSH beers are fantastic tool for familiarizing yourself with new base malts, hop varieties, and yeast strains... maybe changing just one thing at a time though so you get to spot to subtleties in the change. Even after all this time I make several SMaSH beers a year, my last being Golden Promise/El Dorado hops/Lutra Kveik yeast and it made a delicious beer.

[@anthonylauderdale1250]

Thank you. Looking for something simple for the first time trying this. Love the Wampus cats hoodie. I’m from Duncan, a lil ways West of ya.

[@ElementaryBrewingCo]

Nice job explaining the process!

[@DointheMost]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@timothyrichards5823]

Nice job BC! Can’t wait to see “mash in a bag”!

[@DointheMost]

I’ll push it to Halloween and make it a Monster Mash in a bag!

[@stevencoffey5010]

Enjoyed the video 👍

[@Nestlethehobgoblin]

Great video man. I've been transitioning into biab after just doing partial mashes this is a great explanation of what this process is and why one might want to start biab.

[@DointheMost]

Glad it was helpful! We worked to really try and simplify everywhere we could.

[@TheGoodCrusader]

I've got 5 gallons of Belgian whit beer bottled and conditioning. With coriander and ok orange zest from our tree.

[@drbell26]

I just took up brewing beers/ciders/meads. While I like the expensive porters/stouts I have a lot of friends and family that enjoy Bud/Blue Moon taste. I think I'll crank out a few cases for them. Thanks.

[@Unsub-Me-Now]

I wish I would have started out with BIAB. Instead I went 3 vessel and sank a ton of money. . . .Now I am on an Anvil Foundry and couldn't be happier.

[@DointheMost]

Idk man, I think I still prefer the old school 3-vessel setup. It feels like I have better control. But, I'm still doing a lot of learning myself.

[@honeybrewer9455]

@@DointheMost BIAB is good if you don't have the space/money for better equipment. But if you already mastered the three vessels then the BIAB becomes pointless

[@melpomenean]

I may have mentioned before, but Maris Otter and Pacific Jade make an extraordinary SMaSH. Also fun fact, Pilsner Urquell (like the greatest Czech pilsner for those who don't know) is *technically* a SMaSH because it's just Pilsner and Saaz (but the mash gets triple decocted)

[@DointheMost]

You’re naming some of my favorite things there. I may have to try a maris otter pacific jade combo.

[@riukrobu]

I loved everything!

[@DointheMost]

👉😎👉

[@friedoompa-loompa2876]

At 5.5 abv it’s still considered as a strong beer. So definitely bigger and bolder than commercial beers

[@babonzo9684]

is it possible to add the sugar directly in each bottle, bypassing the carboy phase? if possible, how much do you suggest? thanks for the amazing video!

[@taylorstanden]

@DointheMost Sorry to necro an older video (~2 years), but could you drop a link to the outdoor cooking stand you are using here? It looks perfect for my keggle!

[@MichaelAnderson-df2hj]

Hey you brew beer once in a while. I have a question..... Bet you never heard that before. 🤣 Anyway recently my youngest grand daughter gave me a 3lb 4oz can of Muntons Amber lme. I found out that a single can can make 2 and a half gallons of beer. Now my question is..... I am going to change the flavor profile a little by adding a half gallon of apple juice in with the water. Plus 8 single serve packets of oatmeal n brown sugar. The question I have is do I add the mesh bag of oatmeal at the start or should I wait until fermentation begins. And how long should I leave the bag in. Please dont laugh this is only an experiment as I have only brewed wines in the past.

[@davidsimpson4000]

With a single grain ,what is head retention like, or are you better to use another grain as well for head retention

[@nelathan]

I did BIAB twice, but skimped on the wort chiller. Was delicious but very unpredictable how much bitterness extracts while cooling over night.

[@superty6666]

ive been wanting to try this with my rye malt

[@DointheMost]

Maybe a rye-PA!

[@superty6666]

@@DointheMost that was my plan with Amarillo

[@jmsnystrom]

The clogged hopspider tip is good, need to test it. This is a issue I'm constantly battle 😅

[@DointheMost]

In my experience, it seems to hold true!

[@vance7354]

You should try the same beer with Fawcett Oat Malt, like drinking liquid silk.

[@DointheMost]

I’ll add it to the ever-growing list!

[@TheMrTbo]

Love this. This is how I have been brewing beer for years. Just one thing! The *most* interesting thing imho is not varying malt or hops, but keeping malt and hops the same, and varying yeast! Is it about time for a yeast shootout? ;)

[@DointheMost]

Agree! Yeast is one of THE most important ingredients in any beer.

[@HughRogers609]

I just started doing BIAB using a large pot on the stove. A lot simpler set up, no wort chiller so I use a bag of ice, as my boil volume is only 14L. Ice chills and add most of the extra required water to 23L. While this is a good vid, it requires or assumes a lot of extra gear, like a keg and wort chiller. Also a thumbs down for me is all this work and no temperature control on the fermenting stage? That is are really important part of the process IMO. Fine if your temp is stable in a basement etc, but if it's too high or low or variable, then the beer may not ferment fully.

[@SS-pi2yi]

What material is your bag made of in your video? Cotton? Nylon? Other? Great video - thanks!

[@Javaman92]

How big of an opening do you have on that? Someone on another video said that the opening needed to be over 12 inches for BIAB to fit. That doesn't quite make sense to me, but I've never done it. I just happen to have a keg out back that I could make into one of these.

[@D3M0320]

Question, it looked like you used ALOT of sanitizer in the bottling carbouy and the bottles themselves…is it possible to use too much? I feel like my last brew I used too much and I could taste it in the final beer.

[@lsh3rd]

To simplify this even further, I use a 30 QT stock pot (search 2616 on Amazon) that's kind of squat and it fits my gas range very well even with a microwave on top. It's great for doing 3 gallon batches - and because the batches are smaller, I use a plastic tub the pot fits into filled with ice instead of a wort chiller. One less thing to buy. I think a beginner could get started for around $200. I think 2.5-3 gallon batches are the way to go for a noob - there are tools online to help scale down from a 5 gallon recipe.

[@DointheMost]

I’ve done quite a few stovetop batches. If you’ve got the clearance, and a gas cooktop, it can work pretty well!

[@honeybrewer9455]

I started with a BIAB and got decent results but my advice is to use only for simple and not strong beers since the extraction capacity of the BIAB is inferior to the three vessel method

[@DointheMost]

I definitely think the process has its merits, but I honestly think a mashtun/lauter is easier and more fun, hah.

[@honeybrewer9455]

@@DointheMost with a mashtun i can do everything and i can get the remaining sugars with sparging water. Usually the BIAB doesn't use any kind of sparging but i have seen videos of people using it and get really good results.

[@alfonso45901]

I’m guessing i can easily do this out of a big pot over the stove.

[@DointheMost]

You can, with smaller batches. On the stove, bringing 6 gallons of liquid to a boil is pretty difficult. But, if you're doing a 3-gallon batch, you can probably get 3.5 gallons boiling in a big stock pot.

[@alfonso45901]

@@DointheMost so if planning on doing 3 gallons you suggest to use 3.5 gallons of water to start?

[@DointheMost]

Well, your boil volume would be about 3.5 gallons, generally. Your mash volume would be higher than that. This is actually dependent on a lot of factors, like your amount of grain and how much liquid it absorbs, how vigorous your boil is and how much evaporation that creates, etc. It's specific to your recipe and setup.

[@alfonso45901]

@@DointheMost I’m going with 4.6 gallons. I would assume since the batch is a little over half the size it’s going to absorb about half of the mash water that a 5 gallon batch would absorb. (You said you lose about a gallon to the grains)

[@alfonso45901]

Ty

[@lynkpaul2171]

If I had to buy all that crap just to brew my own beer, I would go broke, plus none of that is available where I live. It will be cheaper to just buy beer in the grocery. You are all so privileged in the US.

[@JohnArrowhead-y1u]

When your surviving you eat I'm Redskins

[@joeluxford3587]

How much boiling water did you use for the sugar!! Cracking video, keep rockin

[@Javaman92]

This was good. My first ever brew is fermenting right now. That brew kettle you have, that's a keg that you have converted right? I'm going to see if you have a video on how you did that. :-D

[@LagerThanLife]

I love simple grain bills and centennial.

[@gutwrench3147]

Nice vid!

[@DointheMost]

Thanks!

[@larryreaux1970]

First.

[@DointheMost]

Second!

[@larryreaux1970]

@@DointheMost this really is a good video. Probably what I should have stuck to when I started beer, but I can’t do anything simple, lol.