Hello fellow brewers. I don't post much but lurk alot. I have been brewing since 2007. I like to tinker like the rest of you and continually change and come up with the next bigger, better thing. Eventually I have come to a simple, easy way to brew. I do all grain BIAB. I use the no chill method in the winter time and a wort chiller this time of year. I don't get super crazy about salts and water profiles, mash temps. Just laid back brewing. I use a 30 gallon spike kettle with 1 port, wilserbrewer bags, SS Brewtech 1/2 bbl conical, and will keg in commercial sanke. Anyhow for those wishing to simplify or are interested in BIAB you may like this.
The day started with 23 gallons of well water from the tap. Doughed in at a strike temp of 154 dropped to 152, ended at 150 over a 90 min mash. When I dough in I cut the heat, put a lid on and wrap the kettle in reflectix. After the mash I use a game hoist to raise the bag slightly above the wort level (the bag in the pic has 39lbs of grain) and allow it to gravity drip in. I fed the spent grain to our piggies. Boil, hops. All that stuff you know, chill, transfer, pitch done. I aerate by letting the cooled wort simply splash into a brew bucket from the kettle spigot and then again dumping from bucket to conical. 8 hour day start to finish. I get a steady 75% efficiency out of this setup. My no chill beers turn out just as clear as my chilled do.
If you look really close you will also notice one of my most bad ass pieces of home brewing gear..........a hello kitty radio
The day started with 23 gallons of well water from the tap. Doughed in at a strike temp of 154 dropped to 152, ended at 150 over a 90 min mash. When I dough in I cut the heat, put a lid on and wrap the kettle in reflectix. After the mash I use a game hoist to raise the bag slightly above the wort level (the bag in the pic has 39lbs of grain) and allow it to gravity drip in. I fed the spent grain to our piggies. Boil, hops. All that stuff you know, chill, transfer, pitch done. I aerate by letting the cooled wort simply splash into a brew bucket from the kettle spigot and then again dumping from bucket to conical. 8 hour day start to finish. I get a steady 75% efficiency out of this setup. My no chill beers turn out just as clear as my chilled do.
If you look really close you will also notice one of my most bad ass pieces of home brewing gear..........a hello kitty radio
