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This. For recirculation with a basket, if the sides are open, the path of the recirculated wort can short-circuit out the sides. You can recirculate BIAB without that issue because the bag rests against the side of the kettle effectively blocking off that path. So I got the cheap basket, but I...

I won't suffer through bad beer. I've had two beers that had diacetyl issues that I dumped. No way I'd drink bad beer.

snag some treehouse for me, will ya?

Wow, interesting thread and quite surprising to me. I just got a basket (very cheap) from brew boss and was planning to line it with SS to create a malt pipe, but maybe I'll go with a more COFI like solution instead.

Doug, not sure I agree with your second paragraph. With a malt pipe (solid sides), if you recirculate and return back into the pipe, drawing off the bottom will pull from both the sides and the pipe. I would not expect the liquid on the sides of the pipe (between the pipe and the kettle wall) to...

For systems that have a "malt pipe" where the basket has solid sides, it's a pretty good equivalent of a vorlauf with the recirculation. You're still getting the filtering of the grain bed and lifting the basket out is really not any different from draining the liquid out. All the wort has been...

I want to do a BA stout (I"ve done pseudo BA with charred oak chunks, but never a real barrel). My plan is to brew the beer and rack to a keg after primary ferm. Then I'll go look for a barrel and rack from the keg when I get it. That way I can use the barrel absolutely fresh.

Doug's post says it all. I would, however, add one more thing. Depending on the grain bill, you should be able to do a full volume mash with a 10G kettle for most beers under 5-6.5% abv. I have not had good results doing a pour over sparge with my bag, but I'd imagine that, if necessary, a dunk...

When I used a bag in my rectangular cooler MLT, I just pulled it up out of the cooler to drain the wort. I did not do full volume mashes. I did a batch sparge, so my process was this: Put bag in cooler Add strike water for mash (not full volume) Mash for desired time Hoist bag and drain the...

Nice view. After years of hauling my gear up from storage to the garage to brew, I finally have my own dedicated brewing area. I have zero interest in hauling my gear to different places to brew. That being said, I still have my Bayou Classic SAB4 burner and propane tanks if I needed to for some...

I started brewing in the 90's because craft beer was not easy to find and imports were expensive. Then I got out of it because I had kids and it was a huge pain to brew while dealing with them. then I got back into it because NEIPAs were hard to find and expensive. They're everywhere now of...

Wow...you can tell who lives in a region with perpetually nice weather. All the comments about brewing outside. I brewed a batch in my garage (propane) during the Polar Vortex. It was -30F outside and, due to the propane and CO risk, I was forced to keep the garage door partially open. That was...

I don't necessarily think that's true. I was using a 200,000 BTU Bayou Classic SAB4 ( a very high output burner) and switched to a 240 induction burner. I heat up faster to strike and from mash temp to boil with the induction burner.

Me too. I pitched hornindal at 3pm and at 10 pm it was cookin' pretty good. The next morning my garage smelled like a fruit farm.

My last two NEIPAs have been with hornindal. I've been very happy with both. Despite having a nice diacetyl rest, I've had intermittent problems with diacetyl using 1318 (my old go-to for NEIPAs). I probably won't brew with it again given how well the hornindal has worked out.

I don't really take style into account when putting together recipes (as a general rule). Most beers I brew are based on a style, but with twists and tweaks to make them different. I brew a lot of NEIPAs, but I prefer them to be more bitter than the style calls for, so they're more bitter. Much...

A true 2 vessel system is also called Kettle RIMS or K-RIMS. The idea is that, instead of a RIMS tube, you use your kettle and its heating system as your heating element during the mash. You mash in a MLT with a false bottom, filter basket or filter bag. You heat your mash water in the kettle...

I brew a variety, but mostly IPAs. If it's just me and my wife (she loves my IPAs) it takes about 7-8weeks to get through a keg. Very little degradation in that time frame.

I have two. One for my cooler mash tun and one for my kettle. Both are from brewinabag.com. The kettle bag is a little courser weave that works great for recirculating eBIAB, which is my primary method. The one for the mash tun is finer. It drains slower and, I suspect, might be a little...

As a guitar player I didn't want to risk messing with glass. I've had an assortment of hand injuries over the years and I can say this: playing a 4 hour gig with a cut on your finger sucks royally and people look at you weird when there's blood dripping off your guitar neck. I quickly learned to...