Great follow-up answer. Think I got it now. I think what confused me was the statement that what's important is "how much water 'touches' the grain rather than when it actually touches the grain". Interpreted this as an encouragement to sparge versus only top-up with water in a MaxiBIAB setting, as ...

Wow. Thanks for the comprehensive and detailed answers! Will have to re-read it a couple of times and do some background reading to fully comprehend it all. A quick summary as far as how I currently understand it: If full-volume biab, then mash with full volume and no sparge. If maxi-biab, mash with...

The BIABacus looks really nice and seems to be a great brewing tool. However, I've got some questions regarding how to do a Maxi-BIAB with BIABacus. With the old Maxi-BIAB calculator, the spreadsheet would calculate the pre-boil, boil and fermenter additions based on kettle diameters (in my case, 34...

Hello group. Brewer from Norway. Been on brewing hiatus for a couple of years after a series (well, 3 at least) brews went down the drain due to either infections or inadequate equipment producing less than drinkable beer. Anywho, the simplified brewing process and limited equipment required by Biab...