Hi Guys
I am an AG brewer, use a cooler for a mash tun and an 8 gallon boil kettle which gives be a 71% efficiency as I batch sparge, and yields 60 beers.
That said - that makes for a long brew day - 5 hours 45 minutes.
Was thinking about brewing smaller batches more often to experiment with ingredients, and thought BIAB would be a good option for that as I lose the mash tun.
My questions are:
1)With an 8 gallon kettle, what batch size would I be targeting to brew (BIAB) so that I can scale down my recipes
2) do you have to sparge when you BIAB or just let it drain (& squeeze) in the pot. If so what is a good methos to do that?
I am an AG brewer, use a cooler for a mash tun and an 8 gallon boil kettle which gives be a 71% efficiency as I batch sparge, and yields 60 beers.
That said - that makes for a long brew day - 5 hours 45 minutes.
Was thinking about brewing smaller batches more often to experiment with ingredients, and thought BIAB would be a good option for that as I lose the mash tun.
My questions are:
1)With an 8 gallon kettle, what batch size would I be targeting to brew (BIAB) so that I can scale down my recipes
2) do you have to sparge when you BIAB or just let it drain (& squeeze) in the pot. If so what is a good methos to do that?