Using AG recipes for BIAB

[cochised]

Say I see a recipe for a particular brew using a mash and sparge method, if I wanted to do a no sparge BIAB of that recipe is it as simple as adding the initial mash water and sparge amounts to get the strike water amount for a no sparge BIAB?

 

[RPh_Guy]

BIAB IS all grain. It's just a method of lautering.

When using a recipe, you first need to adjust the grain amount to hit the target OG with the brewhouse efficiency of your equipment. Secondly, you calculate your water requirement as usual, based on the amount of grain and your system losses.

Hope this makes sense.

 

[cochised]

Thanks for answer.

Have done 2 BIABS so far but guess I'm just looking for an easy way of finding my next recipe without doing many calculations myself as I see so many recipes for a style I might like to try but it might be for a batch sparge method etc

 

[LittleRiver]

...no sparge BIAB of that recipe is it as simple as adding the initial mash water and sparge amounts to get the strike water amount for a no sparge BIAB?

Try the free (and excellent) Priceless BIAB calculator for determining your water volumes. It will give you a lot more info than you really need, but it's easy to pick out what you do need.

 

[RPh_Guy]

Brewer's Friend does all the math for me.
I change the amount of base malt to get the right OG based on my efficiency and it calculates the water requirement based on my equipment profile.

There are plenty of different calculators you can use.

 

[cochised]

Cheers guys

 

[Gravelscratcher]

This is a good resource, to help out w/ strike water calculations, for no sparge.View attachment How-To-Brew-in-a-Bag(1).pdf

 

[SteveH aka shetc]

Try the BIABacus!

https://www.biabrewer.info/index.php

 

[wilserbrewer]

This is a good resource, to help out w/ strike water ]

That article does contain this fallacy...

“The ideal BIAB bag will be able to fit around the circumference of the boil kettle while not resting on the bottom to prevent scorching”

This is poor advice, making a bag short enough so as to not touch the bottom of the pot doesn’t work, a bag will sag in the middle of the pot and will only be partially in the strike water.

I get this request occasionally, and also get feedback that “my bag is too large, it touches the bottom of the kettle”

This should read “the ideal BIAB bag should fully line the inside of your kettle to allow the full volume of strike water to be inside the bag”

Ok rant off lol

 

[Gravelscratcher]

That article does contain this fallacy...

“The ideal BIAB bag will be able to fit around the circumference of the boil kettle while not resting on the bottom to prevent scorching”

This is poor advice, making a bag short enough so as to not touch the bottom of the pot doesn’t work, a bag will sag in the middle of the pot and will only be partially in the strike water.

I get this request occasionally, and also get feedback that “my bag is too large, it touches the bottom of the kettle”

This should read “the ideal BIAB bag should fully line the inside of your kettle to allow the full volume of strike water to be inside the bag”

Ok rant off lol

I've actually never read the whole thing.
I just used it as a guide for strike water volume.
I'm a Wilser Bagger anyways...not a short bagger.

 

[doug293cz]

That article does contain this fallacy...

“The ideal BIAB bag will be able to fit around the circumference of the boil kettle while not resting on the bottom to prevent scorching”

This is poor advice, making a bag short enough so as to not touch the bottom of the pot doesn’t work, a bag will sag in the middle of the pot and will only be partially in the strike water.

I get this request occasionally, and also get feedback that “my bag is too large, it touches the bottom of the kettle”

This should read “the ideal BIAB bag should fully line the inside of your kettle to allow the full volume of strike water to be inside the bag”

Ok rant off lol

I always tell people that the bag should be just big enough for the kettle to fit inside.

Brew on