I did my third BIAB today and really thought that I had everything sussed out. Started the mash at 67 deg and finished at 66. Great. Then the shit hit the fan. Somehow I got the bag snagged on the "don't boil dry sensor" in my urn. Must have knocked the cover off somehow. Anyway I tore a hole in the bag and some grain escaped. SG's all over the place. On the positive side I ended up with the volume that I was aiming for. Used my other willow cube and it buckled just like the first one. Will be using square cubes from now on. Still thinking of anything positive, I did manage to get the silicon hose onto the urn tap yesterday.
Well, back to Spotlight and hopefully my daughter will make me another bag. I aint giving up!
Post #2 made 15 years ago
Don't let it get the better of you Bob 
My first batch I managed to poke a hole in my bag with my mash paddle
, all turned out well in the end. 
I just stitched up the hole and moved onto my next batch.
Cheers
My first batch I managed to poke a hole in my bag with my mash paddle
, all turned out well in the end. I just stitched up the hole and moved onto my next batch.
Cheers
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Post #3 made 15 years ago
After reading your posts Bob and wiz, I thought I better post something to make you smile. Have a read here. I think you'll like it 
Nothing worse than a torn bag though I haven't got one yet - fingers crossed
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I did once pour 6 kg of uncracked grain into my kettle. LloydieP and myself were brewing way too many batches in one day. Lloyd crushed and put the crushed grain into a grain bag. I managed to pick up the wrong bag and poured it straight in
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I'm sure that us first three posters here won't be the last with war stories.
PP
Nothing worse than a torn bag though I haven't got one yet - fingers crossed
.I did once pour 6 kg of uncracked grain into my kettle. LloydieP and myself were brewing way too many batches in one day. Lloyd crushed and put the crushed grain into a grain bag. I managed to pick up the wrong bag and poured it straight in
.I'm sure that us first three posters here won't be the last with war stories.
PP
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Post #4 made 15 years ago
I burnt a hole in my bag on my second brew. It happens to all of us at some stage.
Hang in there Bob, things can only get better.
Hang in there Bob, things can only get better.
"It's beer Jim, but not as we know it."
Post #5 made 15 years ago
Loved that story PP, it's made me feel a lot better. I said to a bloke at golf today - "shit happens, I just wish it would happen to somebody else". Thanks to you other two blokes who are trying to keep a grin on my face. My last lamented bag was made out of something other than swiss voile.. My daughter was told that they didn't have any and this would do. She went out again today and searched the curtain material section and found some, not ivory but latte?? I can live with that and will be back in business by the weekend. I am hoping that this will be a great beer.PistolPatch wrote:After reading your posts Bob and wiz, I thought I better post something to make you smile. Have a read here. I think you'll like it
Nothing worse than a torn bag though I haven't got one yet - fingers crossed
I did once pour 6 kg of uncracked grain into my kettle. LloydieP and myself were brewing way too many batches in one day. Lloyd crushed and put the crushed grain into a grain bag. I managed to pick up the wrong bag and poured it straight in
I'm sure that us first three posters here won't be the last with war stories.
PP
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Post #6 made 15 years ago
on my last brew i was so happy to have the water at the right mashin temp so quickly, that i proceeded in adding the grain to the kettle...without the bag.
i had to drain the whole kettle in to a fermenter bucket, clean out the kettle and than pour it all back in with the bag.
only than did i realize i had lost 10 dig C from just transferring the liquid back and forth.
However, the beer turned out great. it's a Jamil's Evil Twin recipe. 150gr of hops added at 20 min, 5 min and dry hop. (i shifted the hop additions to compensate for no chill).
i had to drain the whole kettle in to a fermenter bucket, clean out the kettle and than pour it all back in with the bag.
only than did i realize i had lost 10 dig C from just transferring the liquid back and forth.
However, the beer turned out great. it's a Jamil's Evil Twin recipe. 150gr of hops added at 20 min, 5 min and dry hop. (i shifted the hop additions to compensate for no chill).
Cube:
fermenter: Sourdough Spelt Ale, Classic Lambic, Oud Brune, Barrel Aged Belgian Dubbel
Kegs: Bob's Black IPA, Blanc Blond, Soda...
to be brewed:
fermenter: Sourdough Spelt Ale, Classic Lambic, Oud Brune, Barrel Aged Belgian Dubbel
Kegs: Bob's Black IPA, Blanc Blond, Soda...
to be brewed:
Post #7 made 15 years ago
LOL BobBobtheBrewer wrote:I said to a bloke at golf today - "shit happens, I just wish it would happen to somebody else".
BTW, with your latte bag, I would boil it for a while before using it to get rid of any dyes etc. Maybe even change the water a couple of times depending on how much you boil it in. I'd be a bit scared to use it, "raw."
That's a great story shibshibolet wrote:on my last brew i was so happy to have the water at the right mashin temp so quickly, that i proceeded in adding the grain to the kettle...without the bag.
i had to drain the whole kettle in to a fermenter bucket, clean out the kettle and than pour it all back in with the bag.
. Great to hear the beer turned out tops. A happy ending!
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Post #8 made 15 years ago
BTW, with your latte bag, I would boil it for a while before using it to get rid of any dyes etc. Maybe even change the water a couple of times depending on how much you boil it in. I'd be a bit scared to use it, "raw."
Yeah mate, my thoughts exactly. I've also found a round stainless steel plate with heaps of holes in it, 26cm radius (who knows what it was originally for, obviously something to do with cooking) which I might put in the bottom of my urn to avoid any more snags. I doubt that the amount of water between the bottom of the bag and the bottom of the urn would be a problem.
Yeah mate, my thoughts exactly. I've also found a round stainless steel plate with heaps of holes in it, 26cm radius (who knows what it was originally for, obviously something to do with cooking) which I might put in the bottom of my urn to avoid any more snags. I doubt that the amount of water between the bottom of the bag and the bottom of the urn would be a problem.
