BIAB with three pots

[maplemontbrew]

I have a 10 gal. Hot Liquor Tun, 10 gal. Mash tun and 10 gal boil pot. I was thinking about putting my grain in a bag while mashing to speed cleanup. Not the normal BIAG but is there any reason why I shouldn't do this?

 

[RM-MN]

No reason at all. Think of the bag as just a huge braid, one with so much area for filtering that it will never completely clog and one that you can force the wort out if you want to. Forcing out more wort than will come out with just gravity alone will likely get you more wort so your efficiency will go up. Be prepared for a higher than expected OG if you choose to squeeze or press down on the bag.

 

[Gavin C]

In another thread Yooper reported doing exactly this.

 

[1977Brewer]

This is pretty much exactly my plan for my next batch. Don't want to kill a cooler building a tun if I don't have to.

 

[Ski12568]

I use a BIAB in my mash tun, I already had it on hand.

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