Two If By Sea Brewing's BIAB Rig

Two If By Sea Brewing's BIAB Rig

Post #1 made 15 years ago

by Two If By Sea

My bag material, Voile curtain material that I sewed up myself. $10 got me enough material for 2 bags.

My bag in the kettle. Office binder clips hold the bag in place and allows me to put the lid on still.

The canning rack in the bottom to hold the bag off the kettle.

The whole rig

My rig during the mash, Patriotic, no?

My "pulley" system. They told me in the other forums that 11# of wet grain would be too much...nope. I've done 23# in my bag just using my back and arms. I won't say it was a cake walk, but entirely do-able.

The bag draining over a colander in a bucket. I use a pan lid to squeeze the bag against the colander while the kettle is brought to a boil. I've since switched to using the turkey pot that came with my burner. I can dunk sparge in that then use it to squeeze the bag.

I have the rack attached to stainless chain so I can pull it out after mashing.

The finished product, Willam's Strong Blonde.

Last edited by Two If By Sea on 16 Oct 2010, 08:46, edited 5 times in total.

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Post #2 made 15 years ago

by wizard78

Nice pics there 2xc and a good close up photo of the viole.

[center]"All right, brain. You don't like me and I don't like you, but let's just do this and I can get back to killing you with beer."
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Post #3 made 15 years ago

by hashie

Nice series of Pictures 2xc, your voile material looks the same as what I am using. We might have to call you Arnold if you keep lifting those bags with 1 arm

"It's beer Jim, but not as we know it."

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Post #4 made 15 years ago

by Two If By Sea

Thanks guys. I should have pointed out that that is an Engineer's Scale and I am in the US so those divisions are 1/10 of an inch and that is a US dime for reference.

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Post #5 made 15 years ago

by Two If By Sea

A strong oatmeal stout is mashing right now. Label coming soon. I'll post up my other labels here if that is ok?

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Post #6 made 15 years ago

by Two If By Sea

Last edited by Two If By Sea on 25 Oct 2010, 02:35, edited 5 times in total.

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Post #7 made 15 years ago

by Two If By Sea

Kept track of numbers this time.

8.65 gallons into the mash with 13 pounds of grain.
I pulled the bag after 90 minutes and twisted it slightly tight and held it over the kettle until it was a drip and not a steady pour. Then I put it in another kettle with a colander upside down. I let that sit for 5 minutes or so and used a pot cover to squeeze it down over the colander. I pulled the bag and twisted it again and squoze it again. Dumped that wort. And twisted and squeezed again. All less than 10 minutes. I did a lot more effort than I usually do, and I can see the difference. I normally get 0.05 gallons per pound absorption. Oatmeal may throw things off a bit too.

Presqueeze:
7.5 gallons, 12.4 brix, 1.048, 77% efficiency, 1.15 gallons absorbed, .09 gallons per pound of grain absorbed
8.4 gallons, 12 brix, 1.047, 85% efficiency, 0.25 gallons absorbed, .02 gallons per pound of grain absorbed

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Post #8 made 15 years ago

by hashie

What a great range of beers you make 2X, I like the zombie deer beer label the best

I've never measured the way you did above, that is a big jump forward in efficiency. At the same time, interesting that the SG went down. I would have thought that it would at least stay the same.

"It's beer Jim, but not as we know it."

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Post #9 made 15 years ago

by Two If By Sea

I do, but I don't print them out or anything. They help me keep track of my beers and explain them to my homebrew club when we get together. And I think it is kind of fun coming up with them. I'm going to sour this mash from the Strong Oatmeal Stout. I'm thinking the Quaker man may have gone zombie

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Post #10 made 15 years ago

by Two If By Sea

Pretty much what I had in mind.

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Post #11 made 15 years ago

by Two If By Sea

Partigyle, sour mash, and top cropping all in one beer!

The beer that keeps on giving

Last edited by Two If By Sea on 30 Oct 2010, 21:06, edited 5 times in total.

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Post #12 made 15 years ago

by Two If By Sea

Yes.
Yes, I wash it good. I figure it takes the bacteria too long to be able to do any harm in a normal mash, then it get boiled so no issues with souring regular beers.

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Post #13 made 15 years ago

by Two If By Sea

The secret to my mash success.

Last edited by Two If By Sea on 14 Nov 2010, 06:00, edited 5 times in total.

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Post #14 made 15 years ago

by outbreak

I love the Zombie Deer Beer label!

The colour of the wort in the mash looks good! What grains have you got in there?

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Post #15 made 15 years ago

by Two If By Sea

Thanks.
That's my huge Russian Imperial Stout:
19.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) Bel
1.50 lb Roasted Barley
1.00 lb Special B Malt
0.50 lb Caramunich Malt
0.50 lb Chocolate Malt
0.50 lb Chocolate Malt
50,000 tonnes Tardis

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Post #16 made 15 years ago

by Two If By Sea

Last edited by Two If By Sea on 23 Nov 2010, 09:42, edited 5 times in total.

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Post #17 made 15 years ago

by Two If By Sea

Last edited by Two If By Sea on 21 Dec 2010, 06:02, edited 5 times in total.

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Post #18 made 15 years ago

by Two If By Sea

Well, wifey had the first Cacao Caliente. It was a ton less hot than I expected having tasted the beer prior to bottling...good! It was a bit too much coffee for her liking (she doesn't like coffee) but the heat was nice. Not something to drink a sixer of, but one in a sitting is nice.

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Post #19 made 15 years ago

by Two If By Sea

Last edited by Two If By Sea on 22 Jan 2011, 07:47, edited 5 times in total.

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Post #20 made 15 years ago

by Ralph

That last "Don't Bring Me Down" label cracks me up 2XC, in fact they've all entertained and new ones are eagerly anticipated!

[center]Give me a beer and I will move the world. Archimedes[/center]

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Post #21 made 15 years ago

by outbreak

Another great label! Love the afro on the spruce tip.

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Post #22 made 15 years ago

by Two If By Sea

Don't bring me dooowwwn, Spruuuuce. Song totally stuck in me noggin. Thanks guys, I enjoy coming up with these labels. If only I had a real brewery to use these labels for. A mate had a great idea to print out one of each of these labels and affix them to bomber bottles filled with water and capped. Then I can put them on display.

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Post #23 made 15 years ago

by Yeasty

Just plain water in Beer bottles...isn't that against the Law

Why is everyone talking about "Cheese"

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Post #24 made 15 years ago

by Two If By Sea

Well, most of the beers behind the labels are long gone. *burp*

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