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I'm heating up the strike water for the second batch of the weekend on day two of freedom. It's early - I want to be finished before SWMBO gets home!

As it happens, yes! One of the best jobs in the world! The bike in the pictures is co-incidental, I had it before I became a Postie.

The wort is in the cubes. I think I'll have another beer and then clean the vessel, and refill it with water for tomorrows brew. I had a little issue with scalding on my belly from hot wort fallout when I let the silicone hose pop out of the cube and splash me, but otherwise, all went well. I...

I've not had a problem like you describe. Perhaps a different make of cube? Mine are OM Plastics brand (on the bottom). They have deformed slightly underneath, presumably from the heat.

The bag is in the washing machine getting ready for re-use tomorrow, the first hop addition went in half an hour ago, next on is in ten minutes time. I'm enjoying an Australian Pale Ale from my last batch. It's a fine day, not much wind, and all I can smell (and the neighbours, probably) is...

Of course. And I'll take your advice on that beer. :icon_cheers:

Good question, TB. I heated 10 litres of water on the stove inside in a 12 litre stock pot. After squeezing as much wort out of the bag as possible, I pour the contents of the pot onto the top of the grain in the bag as much as possible. Then I squeeze the bag as completely as possible again...

Pollux, I must have gotten in just before you. :lol: The boil is underway, and smells goooood and I haven't done the first hop addition yet! My natural gas Mongolian burner in action. The hose plugs into a bayonet fitting in the cupboard which is usually used for the barbeque. I shouldn't...

Bag's out, squeezed, rinsed then squeezed again. Pre-boil volume 78 litres @ 78 degrees, and 1.036. Just bringing it up to the boil now. Some pictures of my skyhook and block and tackle setup in use: Lifting the bag: A close-up of the roller-skyhook gantry thing I made: Dumping the bag for...

No adjustments at all.

Just a few minutes to go and I'll start heating to mash-out. I'll heat the mash up to 78 degrees while stirring, then leave it for 10 minutes before lifting the bag. I'm also heating 10 litres of water separately to pour through the bag and rinse the grains a bit more. I've gotten 75% efficiency...

Halfway through the mash now, and the mash temp has dropped 1 degree to 65. I'll give the burner a burst during the next stir to bring it back up to 66. Here's a picture of my mash paddle (as recommended by BribieG): It's not stainless, but zinc plated. I might get Wayne from Beerbelly to...

68. I only lose two degrees when the grist is added. Before adding the bag, I put a large stainless sifter into the vessel to protect the bag from the heat of the burner during mash-out. This can be seen in the image below (so can the pickup tube, now fitted!): Stirring in the grist: All...

I've filled my vessel with 73.5 litres of water, and am now heating it to 68 deg. strike temperature, which will give me 66 deg. once mashed in. I've already made my first mistake - I forgot to fit the pickup tube inside the kettle, so I had to clean my arm and a spanner and reach into the water...

I'm posting a pictorial log of my BIAB brew day weekend as it happens to this thread: While the wife's away.... Steve.

That'd do it! I wonder if I'd be so lucky?

I'm pretty happy with my lot at the moment... A little help? And a few more cubes or fermenters...? Yes... :) I did promise a pictorial log! Here's the starter at the start, containing the yeast from those six stubbies: Stand by for news as it happens.

Yesterday afternoon, SWMBO decided that she'd take my Junior Brewer to visit her grandparents in the country for the weekend. I already had a brew planned, so I thought it would be a great opportunity to brew on my schedule. :) This morning, SWMBO suggested that since she'd be away for the...

I agree. I fence off the area with plastic bunting for my junior brewer's safety. It keeps out the unusual adjunct additions, too!

First Wort Pirate?