We're in business! I went with the bucket-in-a-bucket design with one small mod.
Left bucket has the bottom cut out along with the center of another lid that acts like a skirt to support it on top of the right bucket. Crush and just lift off the top bucket and you are left with a bucket...
Just to check myself, I ran the output through a strainer. In the first pic, you can see the separation of what was passed through the strainer on the right vs. what remained in the strainer on the left.
The second pic shows a cloesup on what remained in the strainer which should contain the...
I picked through the entire crush and didn't find any hulls intact. My main concern is (and always has been) the notion that shredded husks add astringency to the final product. I know that this is a Hillary vs. Trump kinda topic and has been poo-poo'd by most of the Corona Mill advocates so I...
Is this too fine of a crush for "BIAB in a Cooler"? I see lots of mangled husks but I also ran the drill full out. Does that become less of a factor at slower speeds?
EDIT: Hey my American friends....see the post #? :D
So, I was getting ready to bottle my latest batch. I boiled the water and corn sugar mixture and was letting it cool when...BAM...I tweaked my lower back. :(
It is OK to put the mixture into a sanitized canning jar for a few days when I am ready to bottle?
John
This is the 15 gallon pot that I got: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f16/update-international-60-qt-induction-ready-stainless-steel-stock-pot-w-cover-149-a-471100/
This thing is incredibly heavy and very well made!
Free shipping to store and you can find a $15 off $150 coupon. I used the $4.87...
Has anyone actually tried to do a hybrid BIAB + batch sparge? I am thinking of trying this with my next brew...
- Mash in my bag with half of my total water (~5 gallons).
- Vorlauf.
- Drain kettle into a bucket dedicated to hot wort transfer.
- Batch sparge for 10 minutes with 2.5...
Looks great!
My thought is that since you go to the trouble to remove the bazooka anyway to clean it, it may be worth it to have a mesh one just to make your runnings that much clearer.
Of course it is an extra cost but problably only $10 or so if memory serves.
John
Do you find that you do not need to crush your grains as fine since you really are mashing in a more traditional fashion?
I have been contemplating moving from no sparge to pour sparge to avoid having to crush my grains so fine in the hopes that I would avoid so much trub.
Also, check this...
I am intrigued also (being a BIAB brewer).
One suggestion...
For the mash I would opt ot use a SS mesh water supply line casing (much like you see in traditional cooler mash tuns). I can't see the bazooka tube doing a very good job at filtering the fine grain particulates.
Prior to...