my element at the time was a low density (not ultra low) 4500W 240v. I think what happened was my bag had gotten caught on the element as I was stirring. I will see if i can dig up a pic of the element cover I created. I have since moved away fro0m biab. not because it did not work but because...
I did a few brews like this. The first Brew I melted a small hole in the bag. After that I used a piece of 1 1/4" copper pipe with holes drilled in it as a guard. I sized the length so that it fit across the full length if my kettle and sort-of wedged into place so that it lined up with the hole...
Why reinvent the wheel? Brewtarget is an opensource brewing app why not take a look at the source and see if you can make it better. The Author is on HBT as well
You have to call in you order. they have an online catalog and you can email them to get a quote. They seem perfectly willing to sell to Joe public however they don't go out of their way to make it easy....
I would second the 2x the size of the batch if you are doing no sparge. When I did my first BIAB in my 15 gallon keggle the mash was only a few cm from over flowing. I made a bit of a mess :o
Which kit were you thinking of? I have found that the festabrew kits make good beer and they are a easy way to get started. As for the canned extract kits... I have only made a couple of them (both coopers) and they turned out decent(I used LME instead of sugar). I don't think that Lyons carries...
I would be willing to help out if there is something you need to order. Or let me know what you are looking for and I may have it for you to borrow. I'm always willing to help out a fellow homebrewer.
If you drop the word that the spell check into google, You can find out if your spelling it like other ppl are spelling it..
I also have my doubts that maida7 wat talking about you spelling of idophor(I could be wrong) It is more likely things like sed, gud, itd.;)
None of the local shops seemed to even know what starsan was when I went looking for it.....:(
The other thing I found was any thing they could order in for me it was cheaper to order it for myself fro one of the online shops. This is one of the things the MoB is great for they do bulk buys...