I use a craftbrewer BIAB bag which I have done about 15 brews with. The last four brews have been particularly troublesome to drain, with many litres of wort pooling above the grain and taking ages to drain :angry: ...with a bit of twisting and squeezing I can make a lot of mess but get it drained within 5 minutes. If I justs let it hang Im sure it would take an hour or longer just to drain the free liquid.
One onlooker watched my method and raised concerns of hot-side aeration with all my forcing of liquid through the mesh, or the alternative of prolonged slow draining...I dont even know what hot-side aeration is, should I be worried about it? :huh:
I havent experienced this in my first 10 or so brews, its just a recent thing...To my disappointment I have found that the presence or absence of wheat or the finenes of crush makes no noticeable difference as yesterdays brew with no wheat and a coarse mill still failed to drain like it used to...prior to this I had thoroughly cleaned the bag and even put it through the hot cycle in an effort to get any possible clogging out of the material. Its giving me the sh!ts cos it used to drain so well and nothing has changed (that Im aware of).
Any suggestions or similar experiences?
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One onlooker watched my method and raised concerns of hot-side aeration with all my forcing of liquid through the mesh, or the alternative of prolonged slow draining...I dont even know what hot-side aeration is, should I be worried about it? :huh:
I havent experienced this in my first 10 or so brews, its just a recent thing...To my disappointment I have found that the presence or absence of wheat or the finenes of crush makes no noticeable difference as yesterdays brew with no wheat and a coarse mill still failed to drain like it used to...prior to this I had thoroughly cleaned the bag and even put it through the hot cycle in an effort to get any possible clogging out of the material. Its giving me the sh!ts cos it used to drain so well and nothing has changed (that Im aware of).
Any suggestions or similar experiences?
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