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One thing I have found that I can not get consistent is the amount of Boil off (amount of water boiled away during the boil). Is there a way to determine this during the boil? My thinking: 1) check liquid levels during boil. (How) 2) temperature of the boil (does it vary) 3) amount of...

So lately in my brewing I have either gotten lazy or just don't care any more about measuring anything. What I means is that I no longer take hydrometer readings, pH readings and fermenting temperatures Example last batch from GWs book, Camerons Strongarm Ale. I did weight the grain and...

Today I made a 80 /- using the full Aussie. Brew in a bag and No chill. How will the beer turn out? check back in a month. But my does it shorten the brew day, 3 hours from gear out to gear away. Would have been shorter but I went out with SWMBO during the mash. Cheers P.S. I...

So I have done at least a dozen BIAB so far and decided to try an experiment. One thing with BIAB is the cloudy wort so I though a filter bag would do a better job. So I bought a 1 micron filter bag from an environmental firm I know for $20. Bag size 24" wide by 30" long. So I made my...

Brew in a Bag, also known as BIAB As simple as I can make it Equipment List 1 Pot , with lid, at least 10 gallons, 40 litres in volume (I use a keggle) 2 Bag, swiss voile (mine is 1.5' wide by 2.5' high) 3 Mash Paddle 4 Heat source 5 Thermometer 6 Insulation (old comforter...

I just got my first infection after three years of brewing. The culprit was the rubber gasket in the lid of the fermenting bucket. I have super sanitized everything and have thrown away the rubber gasket and have no intention of buying a new one. The question is except to form an air...

All righty then. As an adjunct to Brew in a Bag (BIAB) I now offer Ferment in a Bag (FIAB). This is not my idea I saw in a U brew place many years ago, so on a kit stout I tried it, worked fantastic with zero, and I mean zero clean up. Equipment 1) A ~30L food grade LDPE plastic bag, I...

Okay I did a search but could not find an answer. I add my brewing salts (CaSo4 and MgSO4) to my grain so that it gets dissolved when I do my mash. Is this wrong?, Should I add the salts to my water as I heat it up for the mash. Or is this a six of one half dozen of the other. Cheers!

I just had to post this just tapped the keg yesterday and it is was fantastic. 5 gal batch 3.26 kg pale malt 275g crystal 40L 14g chocolate 142g weetabix Hard water with 2.5ml HCL acid treatment with 5g Gypsum and 1g Epsom added B.I.A.B. Mash with 27.3L at 68c, 90 min mash out...

After hanging the bag to drain in BIAB do you squeeze the bag? I do as every drop is more wort, but am I wrong?