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>>Also, with a Thin Mash, I need to stir/recirculate often, to keep the grains from settling into Sludge, I found a good stir/recirculate can increase the Gravity by a few points. When I did stovetop BIAB I frequently mixed. Now that I have a 57L lettle, I did not stir. Maybe that contributed? Maybe...

Thanks PP and Yeasty. 1. When I talk about Efficiency, I always mean 'Efficiency into Fermentor'. My recipe expected 1.055 and I had 1.051. Not a disaster, just a bit off. Had I sparged it would have been spot on 70%. maybe it was the crush, who knows. I did not mash out either, I lifted the bag at ...

kartoffel, I think you are making a mistake! 1. Do NOT add baking soda unless you know what you are doing and are sure you need it. If you are using well water, that is acidic, along with lots of roasted (acidic) malts, then ok. Otherwise, you may end up having too high a Ph. >>or should I skip the ...

I find Water Chemistry complex. Distilled water is fine, but you do need to add salts. >.135ppm Ca 388 SO4 19 Mg 183 K and 165 Cl Go ahead and try it. But let me offer you an alternative suggestion. >>>Rather than buying a huge ammount of different minerals and salts<<< I bought a "huge" amount of s...

>>BIAB "is"" the new tradition Ok, what is the term for non-BIAB mashing? I don't want to disparage the pour souls who have not seen the wisdom of BIAB :-) >>Interested to see what your bag is made of though . I just got a voile bag. Previously I had been using a cotton laundry bag. It worked ok, bu...

Bob, If BIAB produces cloudier wort into the fermentor, that implies some extra protein or grain particles. It's not that the beer wont be clear, there will just be less of it, since instead of 19 liters of beer, we will get 18, as there is extra trub. Should one add a liter to the kettle (and that ...

Excessive TRUB from BIAB

Some BIAB brewers said they get up to a gallon (almost 4 liters) of Trub for a 5 gallon (20 liter) batch. That seems like a lot.

How much Trub do you get when using BIAB compared to traditional mashing?

Is it because we can crush finer? Maybe the mag weave is too coarse?

>>My brews average 83% end of boil efficiency as opposed to 72% ish when I started. So I find that a good process and good temperature control offer greater efficiency than stirring. However stirring does help while you are coming to grips with the process. Hashie, What process improvements have you...

Stirring after dough in

When I add the grains, I stir them in well. Then close up the pot for an hour. How much does stirring every so often, say every 15 minutes, affect efficiency compared to no stirring for the full hour? (No stir doesnt mean dump the grains in and dont stir, they have to be stirred in. Instead it means...

Ok, thank you for saving me from an unpleasant experience! it sounds like First Mash Hopping doesn't work so well, perhaps because the oils stick to the grains. I will add the hops bag after raising the mash bag. Do you leave the FWH hops bag in until the boil, then raise it? Or for the time it take...

After trying several different ways teh one that works best for me is to place the bag on an oven rack, over the pot, after it's drained for a few minutes, and squeeze it (with gloves) and press it down on the over rack. I seem to get a lot of wort out that way. These are the gloves, they work great...

Why do you have to mash for 90 minutes? I do 60 and got good efficiency (80%+) Tight Crush, and occasionally stir. So what if you lose a degree? If you lose several, heat it up a bit (stirring some more) I dont see what the cooler offers you. Place the bag in the kettle. Heat your water. Pour in the...

First Wort Hopping

How would I First Wort Hop using BIAB? I use a hop bag filled with pellets, I dont just dump the pellets in the wort and filter them later. Would I place the Hop bag in the bag (along with the grain) and perform a regular mash, then transfer the hop bag to the brew kettle for the normal boil? Someon...

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Admins - If this is not the appropriate forum I apologize, please move it, and let me know where I should place this type of post.

I went to Bed Bath Beyond and got 2 of the laundry bags (they were $5.99 not $2.99). (I couldn't tell what the material was, Nylon or polyester? It was some synthetic. They also had cotton which I didn't get) I tested the bag out in a pot of water and unfortunately it held the water and didn't let i...

What I have been wondering is does letting the wet bag sit in a colander not accomplish as much as letting it hang? Is it worth raising the bag, holding it for a minute, then squeezing the crap out of it? Someone suggested pressing it with a plastic pitcher instead of squeezing it. Another person su...

I found the registration process frustrating because I was looking for specific information and didn't come across the folder where you need to post in order to be able to register/post to other forums. Thus I wasted over a month. Not the end of the world, but not at all obvious to me since most web...

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