Parkinson1963
Well-Known Member
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 got mine from a bulk food place.
2) a bucket to hold the bag, any pail or bucket will do as long as it s big enough.
Methodology
1) place bag in pail, open up bag
2) use you favourite sanitizer, I used idophor
3) rinse bag in pail.
4) empty bag of rinse water.
5) fill with cooled wort add yeast, etc
6) twist top of bag closed and keep closed with a loose elastic (I used just two wraps of the elastic)
Results
As the fermentation occurs the bag expands and excess CO2 leaks out through the elastic closure.
After transfer of beer to keg or bottles, throw bag away.
Clean up done! No gross yeast cake to clean from the fermenter.
So I see a mini revolution BIAB and FIAB hand in hand.
In the words of my Uncle Dennis "Making beer is dead easy"
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 got mine from a bulk food place.
2) a bucket to hold the bag, any pail or bucket will do as long as it s big enough.
Methodology
1) place bag in pail, open up bag
2) use you favourite sanitizer, I used idophor
3) rinse bag in pail.
4) empty bag of rinse water.
5) fill with cooled wort add yeast, etc
6) twist top of bag closed and keep closed with a loose elastic (I used just two wraps of the elastic)
Results
As the fermentation occurs the bag expands and excess CO2 leaks out through the elastic closure.
After transfer of beer to keg or bottles, throw bag away.
Clean up done! No gross yeast cake to clean from the fermenter.
So I see a mini revolution BIAB and FIAB hand in hand.
In the words of my Uncle Dennis "Making beer is dead easy"