Do you squeeze the grain bag after mash?

[dent]

The squeeze tannin thing is just ******** that refuses to die. Funny how someone can claim something once and it just hangs around forever like the autism vaccine thing.

 

[earle]

I squeeze the bag.

I also squeeze lumps of coal and turn them into diamonds.

No tannins in either case.

 

[Bridges]

 

[carniebrew]

I use one of the fridge racks out of my brew fridge sitting on top of the kettle, perch the bag on top of that, then use another fridge rack to squeeze down on the bag. Get a ton* of good stuff out.



* no, not literally a ton

 

[lukiferj]

I squeeze the bejeebus out of it. And I don't even believe in jeebus. Gotta get as much of the good stuff as I can. Doesn't seem to leave any nasties that I can taste.

Slightly OT - Carniebrew - Are you still brewing extract with grains or AG now? Not having a go, just curious.

Edit: Too many IPAs to spell

 

[Crumpet]

I squeeze then pour enough warm water through the grain to get me to my boil volume, then squeeze again.

 

[soundawake]

I squeeze the hell out of the bag using a saucepan lid in each hand.

 

[thedragon]

One in each hand and squeeze the bejesus out of it.

 

[timmi9191]

I prefer gently caressing the bag from top to bottom.. Do it several times in a rhythmic fashion.. If done right, guaranteed to drain the bag of all productive juices..

 

[carniebrew]

I squeeze the bejeebus out of it. And I don't even believe in jeebus. Gotta get as much of the good stuff as I can. Doesn't seem to leave any nasties that I can taste.

Slightly OT - Carniebrew - Are you still brewing extract with grains or AG now? Not having a go, just curious.

Edit: Too many IPAs to spell

Depends what I'm brewing mate, but yeah, have being doing full volume partial mash and small volume AG brews for my pale ale style beers for a little while now.

 

[bum]

I prefer gently caressing the bag from top to bottom.. Do it several times in a rhythmic fashion.. If done right, guaranteed to drain the bag of all productive juices..

And here I was lamenting people doing the same joke over and over.

Not getting any better than that, guys. Innuendo is OVAH.

 

[lukiferj]

Depends what I'm brewing mate, but yeah, have being doing full volume partial mash and small volume AG brews for my pale ale style beers for a little while now.

Nice one man!

 

[Not For Horses]

I squeeze the bag like I'm Liam Neeson and the bag knows where my daughter is.

 

[Bribie G]

I throttle the bag like I'm Gollum and it's got my precioussssss.

 

[brad81]

Just wondering how many squeeze the grain-bag after mashing and any info for or against squeezing.

I squeeze until "just before purple", then collect the drips and tip it into the boil.

 

[citizensnips]

Yeah I squeeze it good and proper or until my hands overheat

 

[Kak]

I choke it like the dockers

 

[Jaded and Bitter]

Coopers squeeze - well press actually. Seen it. Met the Engineer who designed it. Part of their design brief was not to change the taste - had to sample many many products to ensure this. Lifes tuff sometimes.

 

[Droughtmaster]

no squeeze or sparge

 

[technobabble66]

Sparge.
Then squeeze.
Squeeze it like a testicle by a jilted lover.
Most satisfying.

 

[Keppmiestet]

Yeah never had a problem squeezing the
Glorious liquid from the bag, if ph and temp is good you won't have a tannin issue. Got to get all them sugars

 

[Bribie G]

Each one of those "curtains" in the machine is like a big BIAB bag. When each has been filled with the initial mash, there's a sparging manifold at the top that sparges the lot in situ, then the mofo of all hydraulic plungers squeezes the row of bags from the side to extract the very last of the goodness. Then I understand that the baggies open at the bottom and the almost dry spent grain falls out.

Frightening.



That's just one version, others are squeezed by hydraulic fluids surrounding an array of bags in a sealed container.

 

[butisitart]

last time i squeezed the bag she slapped me.
but i been squeezing the bag in private, then got worried about tannins or something, then found this topic, and now i'm going to squeeze on, baby.
bit like milking a goat, really. heavy duty gloves are a must though, otherwise you burn your pinkies right off.
on the other hand, i was thinking something like a grape press. anybody gone down that kind of road??

 

[sp0rk]

I wear thick gloves and squeeze really hard
Gotta get all that tasty goodness out
Then I wrap it in some paper and put it in the bin
























Oh, and yeah I squeeze my BIAB bag too

 

[wombil]

I squeeze my old bag.
Tannins would be chemical and squeezing is mechanical so don't see my old bag tanning anything from a squeeze or two.

 

[Hippy]

Twist, twist,twist,then squeeze. Bag won't know what's hit it.

 

[Hippy]

Twist, twist,twist,then squeeze. Bag won't know what's hit it.
And repeat....

 

[fletcher]

having a few tonight i see hippy