Well, let's chalk this up to inexperience and not doing the right research. I used BIAB for a 5 gallon Vienna Lager I'm brewing today. All the kits I've previously brewed were 1 gallon all-grain kits. I sparged with the grains in a colander; when I was introduced to BIAB on a couple 1-gallon kits, I was able to still use the colander.
I did not anticipate the grain bag being too big/my colander being too small to work together and it was obvious right away there was no way I'd be able to pour the sparge water over it evenly without it becoming blocked quickly and pouring off the sides.
A quick google search revealed that you're supposed to be able to bypass sparging, effectively, via the BIAB process, and that what I had been doing previously by pouring the hot water over the bag, was not standard practice.
In short, I'm batch sparging with the bag sitting in the mash tun. What kind of trouble am I going to run into here? I'm actively in the process of doing the batch sparging, so please join me in live, panicked updates. Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
I did not anticipate the grain bag being too big/my colander being too small to work together and it was obvious right away there was no way I'd be able to pour the sparge water over it evenly without it becoming blocked quickly and pouring off the sides.
A quick google search revealed that you're supposed to be able to bypass sparging, effectively, via the BIAB process, and that what I had been doing previously by pouring the hot water over the bag, was not standard practice.
In short, I'm batch sparging with the bag sitting in the mash tun. What kind of trouble am I going to run into here? I'm actively in the process of doing the batch sparging, so please join me in live, panicked updates. Any feedback is greatly appreciated.