I've been at this long enough (and drank the last bottle of my first brew last night... I think I understand "extract twang" now!) to want to take the plunge into all grain brewing.
Complicating matters is my budget (still in grad school, so not much cash to splash around) and looming move to another state in May (I'd rather not add two or three new vessels to the already-large list of things to go). I've been reading up in BIAB, and I think I might be able to make it work with my current equipment, but only if I modify the process somewhat.
As I understand it, BIAB developed a means to get into all grain brewing with only a single vessel. Great for those with space or budget constraints and all that, but ire requires a large boil kettle, the single vessel needs to be able to hold grains, water for mashing and water for sparging. The problem I have is that I only have a eight gallon kettle, and aim for about seven gallons pre-boil to account for loss and all that.
That said, is there any reason that I couldn't mash in a my kettle and then remove the grains to a bucket for rinsing, which could then be added to the kettle? It seems like it would work, but I'm not completely certain about all the science behind all grain brewing.
Thanks all, and cheers!
Complicating matters is my budget (still in grad school, so not much cash to splash around) and looming move to another state in May (I'd rather not add two or three new vessels to the already-large list of things to go). I've been reading up in BIAB, and I think I might be able to make it work with my current equipment, but only if I modify the process somewhat.
As I understand it, BIAB developed a means to get into all grain brewing with only a single vessel. Great for those with space or budget constraints and all that, but ire requires a large boil kettle, the single vessel needs to be able to hold grains, water for mashing and water for sparging. The problem I have is that I only have a eight gallon kettle, and aim for about seven gallons pre-boil to account for loss and all that.
That said, is there any reason that I couldn't mash in a my kettle and then remove the grains to a bucket for rinsing, which could then be added to the kettle? It seems like it would work, but I'm not completely certain about all the science behind all grain brewing.
Thanks all, and cheers!