First biab sucess, so far!

[jekeane]

I normally 3 vessel 10 gallon batches but wanted to try biab 3 gallon batches for some midweek time saving brews and extra variety on tap. best i can tell using biabacus I got 90% efficiency to boil 95% to ambient wort and 90% to fermenter. Much like most of the calculator I have no clue what that means lol, but it seems to good!

What I do know is i made 3.5 gallons of a vienna lager in 3.5 hours including ckean up which means I now love biab for small batches!

Running it through some other online calculators I get similar numbers.

 

[brewprint]

There you go! I love BIAB although I never did 3 vessel...just extract before. It's about the same amount of time and the brew is all grain and tastes better.

Lots of 3 vesselers that may get upset if you tell them your efficiency

 

[pricelessbrewing]

Lots of 3 vesselers that may get upset if you tell them your efficiency

No, they'll just ignore it and keep telling people that BIAB gets lower effeciency and they have to go to 3V setups!

 

[jekeane]

Lots of 3 vesselers that may get upset if you tell them your efficiency

Heh yeah! I don't get those numbers on my 3v system. Biab for 1.050 beer at 3 gallons or 5g for that matter seems great. Keeping the pot in the oven I didn't lose any temp over the mash. And the 3 minutes it takes to rinse and hang your "mash tun" simply can't be beat.

I got a wilserbag and pulley and they worked great. I'm not certain I would be keen on hoisting and handling a 10g batch solo, without some logistical planning and placement of a pulley system.

 

[brewprint]

Heh yeah! I don't get those numbers on my 3v system. Biab for 1.050 beer at 3 gallons or 5g for that matter seems great. Keeping the pot in the oven I didn't lose any temp over the mash. And the 3 minutes it takes to rinse and hang your "mash tun" simply can't be beat.

I got a wilserbag and pulley and they worked great. I'm not certain I would be keen on hoisting and handling a 10g batch solo, without some logistical planning and placement of a pulley system.

I routinely get 70-80% and do mostly just 5 gallon batches and a few 3 gallon.

Also I just use a ladder above my pot and hoist up. It works perfect.

No mash out, no sparge, just simplicity and great beer.

 

[jekeane]

Also I just use a ladder above my pot and hoist up. It works perfect.

No mash out, no sparge, just simplicity and great beer.

Pretty much what I did except I did do a mash out for a few minutes and I squeezed the bag a bit. I picked up a blichmann floor burner off craigslist and it only took a couple minutes to get from 153 to 170 so my mashout wasn't long.

 

[dobes]

Went from using a 3 vessel to doing BIAB. My initial reason for changing was to be able to brew inside during the winter and while the wife isn't home and I have the kids. Works great. I would still use my 3 vessel at times but I just got some Wilser bags which I love. One is for my keg so now I can do 10 gallon batches. Personally it will be tuff for me to go back to using my 3 vessel system.

 

[chisena]

Went from using a 3 vessel to doing BIAB. My initial reason for changing was to be able to brew inside during the winter and while the wife isn't home and I have the kids. Works great. I would still use my 3 vessel at times but I just got some Wilser bags which I love. One is for my keg so now I can do 10 gallon batches. Personally it will be tuff for me to go back to using my 3 vessel system.

I made the same switch several months ago. After several batches in my eBIAB System, I started selling 3-Vessel equipment. I'm sold and absolutely love it. I'm running a 15.5G kettle with a 240V 4750W BoilCoil and using a single pump to continuously recirculate over the mash. Controller keeps it with a degree. Cut my brew session time in half. Beers have been outstanding. No problems with efficiency.

 

[brewprint]

Pretty much what I did except I did do a mash out for a few minutes and I squeezed the bag a bit. I picked up a blichmann floor burner off craigslist and it only took a couple minutes to get from 153 to 170 so my mashout wasn't long.

It may take a little longer with a larger batch.