bradford0113
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I am about to attempt my first all grain BIAB. Due to equipment limitations, I am going with a 3 gallon batch. I have a 4 gallon stockpot for my boil kettle and will be mashing with a 5 gallon nylon paint strainer bag in a 5 gallon igloo water cooler. First recipe will be using 7.3 lb of grain with a mash thickness of 1.25 qt/lb.
Planned process...
01) Pre-heat the 5 gallon igloo cooler
02) Add 7.3 lb grain to bag and combine with 2.5 gallons of 168F strike water in cooler - mash at 154F for 60 minutes
03) Heat 2 more gallons of water to 177F and dunk sparge grains in bag for approx 10min - remove bag and squeeze
04) Combine mash and sparge water - I should have about 3.5 gallons of wort at this point, but I'm not sure I can boil all that in my 4 gallon pot so I plan to add as much sparge water as possible to the mash water and then continue to add more sparge water to the boil as evaporation occurs
05) Boil 60 min, cool, and transfer to fermentor
If I end up with less than 3 gallons in the fermentor after boil off, I will top off to the 3 gallon mark (shouldn't take much if needed).
I've really thought this out and think it will work well, just looking for any tips or advice others may have for this process.
Thanks - Brad
Planned process...
01) Pre-heat the 5 gallon igloo cooler
02) Add 7.3 lb grain to bag and combine with 2.5 gallons of 168F strike water in cooler - mash at 154F for 60 minutes
03) Heat 2 more gallons of water to 177F and dunk sparge grains in bag for approx 10min - remove bag and squeeze
04) Combine mash and sparge water - I should have about 3.5 gallons of wort at this point, but I'm not sure I can boil all that in my 4 gallon pot so I plan to add as much sparge water as possible to the mash water and then continue to add more sparge water to the boil as evaporation occurs
05) Boil 60 min, cool, and transfer to fermentor
If I end up with less than 3 gallons in the fermentor after boil off, I will top off to the 3 gallon mark (shouldn't take much if needed).
I've really thought this out and think it will work well, just looking for any tips or advice others may have for this process.
Thanks - Brad