wilserbrewer

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I have found that a thorough crush, and a large bag of fine polyester voile material are key to BIAB.

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JimTheHick

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I'm with you on the fine crush, but have you compared sacks side by side?

I'm making darn tasty beer with my small, coarse sack.

GinSlinger

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Yeah, I guess I deserve that . . . .

So, it sounds like there's no gains to doing the process in two pots? For some reason that sounds "wrong" to me. I think I'm assuming that the sparge water should have a lower density of sugars to be more effective.

Also, my stove takes a while to bring 4 or more gallons to boil. Would there be any problem mashing a little thicker, then topping off with pre-heated water (calculated to come close to 168) for the sparge?

The other concern I'll have is maintaining mash temperature, as I used a pre-heated oven last time and the BK won't fit. But, it looks like many have success simply insulating it.

For those of you that heat with the bag in, are you using something to keep the bag off the bottom? I'm thinking an inverted steamer basket will work but I assume it should be removed before boil (I suppose tongs will work).

Thanks everyone, sorry to have come off needy.

Rifester

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I have a wire stand for a steamer basket that I use in the bottom of my kettle. I have never burned my bag. As soon as I pull the bag out (after reaching sparge temps) I pull the stand out with tongs. It may sound "wrong" to you, but the BIAB process, as it was created and refined, is a single vessel, all grain brewing method. Nothing wrong with using two vessels, but you can achieve the same results in one. If you want to do extra clean up that is your choice!

ThatOneGuy

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Gin, I used water heater insulation to wrap around my kettle. However, the stuff I got was fiberglass on one side so I doubled it up and aluminum taped the ends so it was foil on both sides. Worked well considering it was 40 degree in my garage.