Recent content by mad99789

Monday we brewed/ racked into the fermenter.

Ok thanks for the tip, will try to do this next time.

When it comes to hop bags/ baskets, don't you want some of the hops in the trub to give the wort flavor and aroma during the fermentation process and then wouldn't a brew bag or basket not allow that? Or is it once the hops have been put in the wort at a high temp then cooled they are just...

When you use a fine mesh bag, can I just use the bag that I mashed my grains in as a hop bag or should I get a different one?

Would investing in a hop basket help as well or is that really not needed.

I don't know what type of bag it was, I just asked the guy at the brew store that I wanted to do a BIAB beer and he gave me whatever type of bag he had. I did not use whirfloc/ I don't really know what it is so that could be a problem. I had about 6 to 7in of trub. It's now all mixed up because...

So I just brewed my second batch of beer/ my first all-grain BIAB beer. I tried to filter out as much sediment from the kettle as possible but my carboy has an insane amount of trub at the bottom. I used a racking cane/siphon to transfer the wort from my kettle to my glass carboy after letting...