Well I've been brewing all grain for a while (10 years!) with a 3 tier system and I have just been fascinated with this BIAB technique. I am a firm believer in "simpler is better" and couldn't wait to try it.
I seem to have read so much on BIAB that I didn't retain a bit of it and just decided to plow through it with my own experimentation! So yesterday I decided to establish a baseline of how well this will work. My recipe for an english bitter:
5 lbs 2 Row Malt
1 lbs 40 Crystal
8 oz corn sugar
1 oz EKG pellet (5% AAU)
.5 oz Fuggle pellet
Expected gravity: 1038
Measured gravity: 1030
Mashed in at 155 F for 90 minutes. Hop additions at 60 minutes and 30 minute boil.
Fermenting happily away at 68 F with Nottingham yeast. Color is EXCELLENT.
Comments: Ok I knew better and should have used more grain. I do this all the time with my 3 tier system anyway, but I wanted to strictly by the recipe and see where I'd land. I'm very pleased with the gravity and think it will be a fine tasting beer.
Next step: investigating no-chill!
Cheers
Robert
My 1st BIAB!
Post #1 made 15 years ago
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As you've noted it is a very simple process and as hashie relates, this lack of complexity does not mean the end results shouldn't impress. Rusted- on 3Vers may care to take note!
