Just-a-sip
Well-Known Member
so im about to switch over to BIAB and have read a few threads of people messing with a sort of sparging or vorlaufing, but cant seem to find anyone doing as im about to describe or if there are any advantages/disadvantages to it.
basically i what to use a 15G kettle with a basket lined with a BIAB Bag. the basket is held off the bottom about 2 inches (sort of a false bottom). i want to hold off about 1/4 of the full mash volume for a passive sparge. i want to recirculate during the mash for the full 60 min. then hoist the bucket lined bag out of the liquid for drining i then want to continue to recirculate for a vorlauf affect. from here i will take the remaining water and sparge/rinse the grain. finally remove grain bucket and go to the boil.
does anyone see any benefit or drawbacks to this method? do you feel that without the active "sucking" of the wort through the grain bed the vorlauf wont reach the desired affect.
or is this whole thing just complicating a simple method?
basically i what to use a 15G kettle with a basket lined with a BIAB Bag. the basket is held off the bottom about 2 inches (sort of a false bottom). i want to hold off about 1/4 of the full mash volume for a passive sparge. i want to recirculate during the mash for the full 60 min. then hoist the bucket lined bag out of the liquid for drining i then want to continue to recirculate for a vorlauf affect. from here i will take the remaining water and sparge/rinse the grain. finally remove grain bucket and go to the boil.
does anyone see any benefit or drawbacks to this method? do you feel that without the active "sucking" of the wort through the grain bed the vorlauf wont reach the desired affect.
or is this whole thing just complicating a simple method?