I did my first BIAB today and the pre-boil gravity was pretty low. It was supposed to be 1.044 and it was more like 1.032. That's going to make for a pretty thin brew. It was supposed to be an American Lager, so it wasn't going to be a big beer in any case.
I ran some of the wort back through the grains in the bag a couple of times and that helped some, but at this point my plan is to boil longer to get the gravity up. I had originally expected a 5.5 gallon batch, but an extra half hour of boil should get me to 5.25 or even lower, and raise the gravity. I'm about 45 minutes into the boil at this point.
Does this sound like a good plan?
I ran some of the wort back through the grains in the bag a couple of times and that helped some, but at this point my plan is to boil longer to get the gravity up. I had originally expected a 5.5 gallon batch, but an extra half hour of boil should get me to 5.25 or even lower, and raise the gravity. I'm about 45 minutes into the boil at this point.
Does this sound like a good plan?