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I took a quick video of the winch in action but didn't have time to find a way to link it directly. Did post it to my site though: http://www.brewgeeks.com/blog/biab-winch Here are links: 600lb Trailer Winch w/ Steel Cable = $24.98 (shipped) 2 x Pulley = $15.94

I can post a link to the winch and pulley I got off amazon. It's cheap, strong and works great.

Yep, you can certainly use separate bags. I guess the challenge there is stirring well inside each bag and dealing with the tops of the bags so they can still be grabbed easily and/or don't mess with the seal of the lid for holding temperature.

hmm, I've always been scared to try this for fear of killing efficiency. Gonna give it a try next time and see how it goes! :mug:

Yep, Two. I was concerned that the layers would somehow reduce efficiency but it worked out fine.

Forgot to mention you can use a credit card to set the gap. That will get you to a .9mm gap which should be perfect for a single pass crush.

Thanks for posting your notes pretzelb, enjoyed reading through them..

Hey pretz.. Sorry I'm late to give you any advice. I've done a barley wine with around 40lbs of grain, double-bagged in a 15 gallon pot, and it was a struggle. This was before I had a pulley in the garage which would have made it a piece of cake. As it was, I had to put an A-frame ladder over...

Yeah you want to "dough in" by pouring the grain slowly and moving the water back and forth using the mash paddle in your other hand. It's rare to see a dough ball doing it this way.

I zip a jacket up around my 15 gal pot if I don't feel like firing the burner.

I had a very similar process filthy, when I brewed on the stovetop. Now that I think about it, I always did a dunk sparge with a second pot just like you described. I guess it changed moving to 10 gallon batches with larger volumes of water.

I'm more the slow method Doug--you can see my process in the walkthrough in my sig, but basically, there's a utility tub sitting on top of my kettle where the bag sits while I rinse and add water. I've moved my setup in the garage since taking those pics a few years ago just to add a winch to...

Nice.. yeah, it's easy to worry about a yeast you've never used before. :) In general, I find dry yeast to show activity pretty fast because of the high cell count.

Yeah, I agree the mash is much thinner to begin with--which is one of the things I love about BIAB. Seem like after the rise in temperature it's even moreso, that's all I'm saying. It doesn't make sense to me how it could be more viscous at a higher temp. :mug:

I find it very easy to add water through the bag which is essentially rinsing the grain like a traditional fly-sparge method. You have to add water anyway, why not rinse the grain at the same time once you have the bag pulled? I guess the question is what increased efficiency is gained by...

I always felt like mashing out makes the wort a little less viscous (thinner) before running water through the bag. I've done it both ways countless times and really doubt there is any increase in efficiency--at least in my setup. Skip it, especially if you don't have time.

Sure thing! It makes sense that filtering would slow it down a good bit. :) To answer some of the other guys posts, I don't use this method to limit light exposure--I'm not worried about that during such a short time. It does limit the beer's contact with oxygen and it's nice because the...

Nice looking beer Super! I'm the guy who wrote that blog post about racking through the post. Yeah, as joelrapp said, I just pull up the pin on the release valve and turn it sideways to keep the flow open. As long as you don't have any problems with the post/poppit of a particular keg (or...

Yeah, the brewbit model T looks like it will be a great controller. I would definitely get one if I hadn't already made my chambers w/temp control.

I don't find the oils fall out with the hot break. On the contrary, most of the aromatic oils being insoluable, will usually evaporate during the boil. Steeping these hops early gives them more time to oxidize and you end up with more during the boil. I like to use low alphas for FWH and find...