Everything is coming together nicely for my first BIAB this Sunday. I went today and picked up my grains, hops and yeast. tomorrow my wonderful wife will be sewing my bag for me (she can sew anything and make it last forever). I'll also be marking my mash paddle with increments for liquid levels starting at 5 gallons tomorrow. since the temps on brew day are predicted to have a high of 47F (8.3C) I'll be doing a no-chill. buckets, carboys, airlocks are all cleaned and ready to be sanitized. here's my scheduled brew day for my honey red ale.. let me know of I'm missing anything..
clean and sanitize everything
add 7.5 gallons water to kettle and heat to 160F
dough in with 10.5 lbs of grain
stir and check temp adjust if needed to reach temp of 152F
cover and mash for 90 minutes checking temps and adjusting as needed every 15 minutes
at end of mash raise temp to 170F to mash out holding for 10 minutes.
pull grain bag. (FWH at this point) twist and squeeze to get as much wort out as possible. (should be close to 7 gallons)
place grain bag into cleaned bucket to finish draining
heat to boiling adding any extra wort from bucket
boil for 90 minutes following hop schedule (ending with 5.25 gallons - 5.50 gallons)
transfer to cube/bucket and seal lid to start no-chill.
cleanup
next day transfer to carboy check OG and pitch yeast.
Post #2 made 15 years ago
Sounds ok to me, although I'm certainly no expert in honey red ales 
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My only suggestion is to make sure you give your new bag a good wash before you use it, to wash off anything that may be on it from the manufacturing process. I soak mine in an unsented Napisan. I'm not sure if this is available in the US, or what it's equivelent is, but it's active ingredient is oxy-percarbonate and its used to soak nappies (diapers).
Good luck with your first biab and let us know how you go
.My only suggestion is to make sure you give your new bag a good wash before you use it, to wash off anything that may be on it from the manufacturing process. I soak mine in an unsented Napisan. I'm not sure if this is available in the US, or what it's equivelent is, but it's active ingredient is oxy-percarbonate and its used to soak nappies (diapers).
Good luck with your first biab and let us know how you go
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Post #3 made 15 years ago
I'll make sure to soak it in Oxyclean and rinse it thoroughly.. thanks for that tip..
Post #4 made 15 years ago
Sounds like you are well organised MM, I hope it is a successful day for you.
"It's beer Jim, but not as we know it."
Post #5 made 15 years ago
organized?? not really.. just want my first BIAB to go smoothly.. that and I'm a bit OCD
Post #6 made 15 years ago
Mysticmead,
Good luck with your first BIAB! My first time I was so excited I dumped my first hops into the grain bag! luckily I had extra. I also was too high on my temperatures. I was despondent because I thought I ruined my first BIAB brew. The beer turned out great and I have never looked back! Have your better half double the seams and sew round corners so the grain has no place to hide! good luck and welcome!
Good luck with your first BIAB! My first time I was so excited I dumped my first hops into the grain bag! luckily I had extra. I also was too high on my temperatures. I was despondent because I thought I ruined my first BIAB brew. The beer turned out great and I have never looked back! Have your better half double the seams and sew round corners so the grain has no place to hide! good luck and welcome!
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Post #7 made 15 years ago
thanks for the tip on rounded corners.. I'll see if she'll include that as well.. she was already planning on a double row of stitching since she knows it has to hold the weight of the grains when wet.. maybe even a triple row of stitching (remember I'm a bit OCD and I like to overkill everything)
Post #8 made 15 years ago
My wife doubled the Swiss voil too. So I have two layers of voil and the rounded corners. The places were the ends overlapped she double stitched. I know it sounds like the bag is heavy duty but yet it is light and drains well. I have had the same bag for 3 or 4 years. I know I must retire it someday but it is like a drinking buddy and I hate to say goodbye.
P.S. I did scorch the bottom once when I first started. The "Boss" just resewed above the scorch and all is well.
P.S. I did scorch the bottom once when I first started. The "Boss" just resewed above the scorch and all is well.
tap 1 Raspberry wine
tap 2 Bourbon Barrel Porter
tap 3 Czech Pilsner
tap 4 Triple IPA 11% ABV
Pipeline: Mulled Cider 10% ABV
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tap 2 Bourbon Barrel Porter
tap 3 Czech Pilsner
tap 4 Triple IPA 11% ABV
Pipeline: Mulled Cider 10% ABV
http://cheesestradamus.com/ Brewers challenge!
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Post #9 made 15 years ago
ahhhh.. it's good to know that there are others here that like to go for maximum overkill.
Post #10 made 15 years ago
Always better to overkill than under-kill 
I quadruple stitched my bag, yet after 90+ brews the first line of stitching is still holding.
I quadruple stitched my bag, yet after 90+ brews the first line of stitching is still holding.
"It's beer Jim, but not as we know it."
Post #11 made 15 years ago
my brew day has started. current outside temp is 35F (1.6C) 7.5 gallons of water are in the brew kettle and heating. I already had one problem to start the day. my new burner (turkey fryer) that has only been used twice decided to not work. that was ok..I still had my old burner which works just fine. just pissed me off that the new one wouldn't allow any gas through.
Post #13 made 15 years ago
mash completed after 90 minutes. pre-boil gravity was 1.040.. I was expecting 1.039 so I figure that was pretty close.. I also had a pre-boil volume of 7 gallons. I wish I had known that BIAB was this easy.. I would have been doing it all along.
Post #14 made 15 years ago
Mysticmead,
Your on your way. Fast, Easy, And good Quality. Duh! Why doesn't everyone do it this way? Pride and lack of the ability to be man enough to say " I have been doing it the difficult way all along, I will change to BIAB". Sorry I am former traditional brewer and I saw the light. We tend to go off on a soapbox! welcome to the cult!
Your on your way. Fast, Easy, And good Quality. Duh! Why doesn't everyone do it this way? Pride and lack of the ability to be man enough to say " I have been doing it the difficult way all along, I will change to BIAB". Sorry I am former traditional brewer and I saw the light. We tend to go off on a soapbox! welcome to the cult!
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tap 2 Bourbon Barrel Porter
tap 3 Czech Pilsner
tap 4 Triple IPA 11% ABV
Pipeline: Mulled Cider 10% ABV
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tap 2 Bourbon Barrel Porter
tap 3 Czech Pilsner
tap 4 Triple IPA 11% ABV
Pipeline: Mulled Cider 10% ABV
http://cheesestradamus.com/ Brewers challenge!
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Post #15 made 15 years ago
I tell ya.. if this is a cult then I'm jumping in with both feet. even with the winter temps I was able to hold my mash temp within 5 degrees Fahrenheit over a 90 minute mash.. incredible.. no cooler needed.. no direct fired MLT... while it was mashing I was posting here... updating my blog (http://mysticmead.com)playing fetch with my puppy...explaining everything I was doing to my daughter over and over again and even did a virus scan and cleaned my youngest sons computer...
my wife is currently baking some whole grain bread using the spent grains and will be making dog treats too.. I even took some grains out to feed the deer... this was the most productive and relaxing brew day ever...
my wife is currently baking some whole grain bread using the spent grains and will be making dog treats too.. I even took some grains out to feed the deer... this was the most productive and relaxing brew day ever...
Post #16 made 15 years ago
Well done MM, it really is easy and at the end of the day you have some great beer.
Well done
Well done
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Post #17 made 15 years ago
Just took a SG reading... 1.059... which comes out to 77% overall efficiency
Post #18 made 15 years ago
Top stuff, let us know how it ends up tasting.
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Post #19 made 15 years ago
well... it took 2 weeks to ferment. but finally it's done. OG 1.059 FG 1.013= 6% alcohol. I need to cold crash it to get it to drop clear before bottling. The sample tasted GREAT. not over hoppy (which is what I was shooting for) color is nice and red. malt aroma comes through nicely as well as the flavor. I can't wait til it's bottle conditioned.
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Post #20 made 15 years ago
That's some great colour you have in that beer, well done.
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Post #21 made 15 years ago
Dunno how I missed your thread until now MM but thanks for the great read 
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Congratulations to you! And, I can't believe you guys who manage to brew in such cold climes!
Top job MM,
PP
.Congratulations to you! And, I can't believe you guys who manage to brew in such cold climes!
Top job MM,
PP
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Post #22 made 15 years ago
no worries PP. Better late than never. I got this batch bottled last night. As far as cold temps. A day brewing is better than a day working for the wife. I'll be doing my second BIAB this coming weekend. Again temps are forecast to be around 35F
