![]() Most new brewers use the 32 litre Peco boilers.įor a 19 litre batch I’d say she would be maxed out with around 6.5kg of grain. ![]() Pre-boil volume = final volume + 5 l = 23 + 5 = 28 litres Most boilers lose 5 l/hr through evaporation More info here.īoiler size required = Pre-boil volume + Grain absorption + grain volume You can make one yourself if you can work a sewing machine. I prefer a bag with handles myself, they are much easier to hang & twist. Not bad!Ī lot of brewers just use a square of voile curtain material. Pitch the yeast and stick on the air-lock. This is a good time to sanitise the FV.Īfter 15-20 minutes the wort is down to 20☌ so I transfer it into the FV. Once the 60 minute boil is up, turn on the chiller. I also add my finings and re-hydrate the yeast. Just dump the grain, clean out the bag and put it back in the boiler.Īs the wort is heating to the boil I get my hops and finings ready.Ħ0 minute hops go in when you have a nice rolling boil.Īt 15 minutes to go, I put in the chiller to sanitise it. My boiler doesn’t have a hop strainer so I use the bag for this too. Turn the heat back on, you need to get it up to the boil now. Queeze the bag with a hydraulic press it want. Don’t listen to them, it’s a common brewing myth. Some brewers will tell you that squeezing the bag will produce unwanted tannins. I also twist the bag to squeeze that extra bit of juice out of it. But you can just put the bag over a clean empty bucket to collect the run-off. If you have any way of hanging the bag over the kettle it’s really handy. When that’s done, it’s time to pull out the bag and collect the run-off. It will make the mash less viscous which will give you more run-off. The rest only adds about 15 minutes to the brew. You need to heat the water up to a boil anyway. Some say it’s not necessary when BIABing, but I like to do it. This step is whatĪG brewers call a mash-out. Put the lid back on and let it rest for another 10 minutes. Then I turn on the heat and bring it up to 76☌. 60 minutes would probably be fine but I had another batch to bottle.Īfter the 90 minute rest, I take off the blankets and lid. I then cover the boiler with blankets and let it alone for 90 minutes. It was close enough so I didn’t make any adjustments. I’m going for a malty beer so was aiming for a high mash temp (69☌ ). The high water to grain ratio in BIAB makes dough balls less of a problem. Just scoop in the grain slowly and stir gently to make sure there’s no dough balls. This will stop the element scorching the grain. I put a colander into the base of the boiler first to keep the bag off the element. I put the bag into the boiler when the temperature is up to 73☌. While the “strike” water is heating I measure out my grains and run them through the mill. I add 32 litres of water to my boiler and bring the temperature up to 73☌. You can also just purchase a pre made mash kit from most of the Homebrew shops.Ĭaramel/Crystal Malt – 20L (39.4 EBC) Grain Some brewers will say it produces inferior beer to traditional all grain methods, but they’re just jealous. You need very little equipment and the results are great. ![]() ![]() ![]() Brew In A Bag ( BIAB) is a great way to start all grain brewing. ![]()
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