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Brew in a bag
On another site, The brewing Network, in their forums there is a post about brew i na bag. It's an all grain method that makes it a lot simpler for beginners switching over to all. It's been used often in austrailia and there are a 11 pages of responses and it answers most everyones concerns about the method vs conventional all grain brewing. I will be using the brew in a bag method when I switch over. Check it out and keep an open mind until you've read it through. It looks pretty good.
here's a link to the site. just click on forums, then click o nthe all grain thread:
http://www.thebrewingnetwork.com/
DC
i have done that and its a step up from just steeping. You can get a variety of flavors, however the efficiency isnt very good so dont expect anything with a high gravity.
Is the same thing they used to sell at Sears...The Brew-in-a-Bag...just add water, and you get drinkable beer in 3 weeks?? I hope not, because my borther tried that once, and it was complete liquid ass......
I used the "beer-in-a-bag" in college. It tasted like crap and was barely drinkable. That says a lot, because I lived on Pabst Blue Ribbon then.
It's not the same thing they sell at sears. It's a steeping bag made of nylon or polyester that fits inside of brew kettle. All the water needed in an all grain batch even accounting for soaking up by grain is added, temp is brough up to mash temp, grains are added, grains are steeped at mash temp for 30 minutes or more, then bag is removed, held over brew kettle until draining is complete and wort is brewed as normal. Site says efficiency is very good, beer quality is very good, and it is all done in one kettle, no mash tun.
I'll be doing it when I switch to all grain.
DC
lol never heard of the "brew in a bag" from sears. i suggest running some 170F sparge water through the grain bag to get the most out of it, and keep some DME on hand just in case your gravity isnt what you expected. I used this method before i made a zap tap lauter tun.
I really can only see one avantage to this. Your spent grain is already in a trash bag. Besides that everything else is the same. Mashing is really not that difficult. A little time consuming, and you have to dump the grain, besides that it really isn't too hard. The other thing that is great about AG is all the work is done preboil so sanatation is not a factor. Sure keeping your equpt clean is a good idea, but to anyone who just begins finds out quickly there is a lot of cleaning to do in a brewday. That is why we get to call our little area an actual brewery, because we get to do actual brewday tasks. That preparation for the bag and extraction looks like a huge PITA and could be dangerous too. just my $.02
The Brewing Network...saving your life...one beer at a time!
I made a great raspberry ale using BIAB. They are 5.5%, a little cloudy but very drinkable.
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