Is this a good recipe for a brew in bag?
http://www.midwestsupplies.com/review/product/list/id/1291/category/62/
http://www.midwestsupplies.com/review/product/list/id/1291/category/62/
just in case there's any confusion here, there's nothing about BIAB that would limit it from any AG or PM recipes.
Isn't it harder to achieve your Target OG on big brews?
I think we're misleading the OP here by saying he can do any recipe BIAB style. It's one thing to do it...it's another to do it well.
its no harder to hit the OG on a big beer with the BIAB method than it is with a traditional 3 vessel setup. so yes, ANY AG beer can be done BIAB.
It is harder to hit really high OG recipes with BIAB, but there are ways around it. I don't think there are people making 1.090 barley wines with BIAB without doing some magic. With Batch sparging, your first runnings may be 1.06+ or 1.07+ and second runnings will be 1.03+ or something. So you can make a really big beer by boiling down the first runnings or the combination of the two. With BIAB they are combined, and so it is harder to get that high initial gravity.
You can do it and just boil it down until the gravity is where you want it.
You can do the recipe you want and with grain and then add liquid or dry malt extract to make up the gravity points you need. So if your wort is 1.55 and you want 1.070 at boil time, you can add x pounds of extract to get where you want.
So, yes, you can make any beer you want, but you may need to modify a recipy to do a really big beer.
Other great things about BIAB: No stuck mashes. Cheaper to get into. Less stuff. Shorter brew day.
I have no experience with this, but how would one do a decoction mash (step mash) via BIAB? Seems like it would just be more than annoying without a separate vessel for heating. I'm genuinely interested as I only recently learned of the technique. Sorry for off topic.
It is harder to hit really high OG recipes with BIAB, but there are ways around it. I don't think there are people making 1.090 barley wines with BIAB without doing some magic.
call me a wizard then cuz I've done that several times already :fro:
20+lb BIAB does suck tho
timbudtwo said:I have no experience with this, but how would one do a decoction mash (step mash) via BIAB? Seems like it would just be more than annoying without a separate vessel for heating. I'm genuinely interested as I only recently learned of the technique. Sorry for off topic.
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