Grain Bags

[Hazy]

As stated in a previous Post, am just about do do the fist all garain brew and was wondering f if I should use a grain bag or not. I have converted a 45 LTR eski with a braided hose as a mash tun. Should I place the garians straight in or plop them in the bag first. Cheers

 

[razz]

As long as the grain is nice and loose and able to move into all the recesses of the mashtun hazy you should be fine. Obviously you will need a big bag.

 

[Bretto77]

As stated in a previous Post, am just about do do the fist all garain brew and was wondering f if I should use a grain bag or not. I have converted a 45 LTR eski with a braided hose as a mash tun. Should I place the garians straight in or plop them in the bag first. Cheers

using a bag is great as it makes it easy to remove the grain from the mash tun and makes sparging easy. I have been using the BIAB technique but adding in a small sparge. Its a lot quicker and easy. Have just done my 2nd AG brew.

cheers
Bretto

 

[breadenhound]

I agree with Bretto!

I just did my second AG the other day and using a bag makes the entire process just so much easier :lol:

I bought some fine polyester curtain mesh fabric from Spotlight like the Brew In A Bag guys suggest and sewed the seam 3 times over to stop it tearing with the weight of the grain. Not sure how you would go with your mash tunn, but it wouldn't be that hard to make a humongous bag if you know someone that can sew and you got the muscles to lift it all!

I am lucky, the only thing I ever managed to sew on a sewing machine as a kid was draw-string bags for all my marbles - now all that time and effort and my mates calling me a woman has finally paid off :icon_cheers:

using a bag is great as it makes it easy to remove the grain from the mash tun and makes sparging easy. I have been using the BIAB technique but adding in a small sparge. Its a lot quicker and easy. Have just done my 2nd AG brew.

cheers
Bretto

 

[Snow]

you're still a woman

 

[Snow]

nah... just kidding.. I wish I could sew

 

[Paul H]

nah... just kidding.. I wish I could sew

No you don't :icon_cheers:

Cheers

Paul

 

[breadenhound]

I am sure there are lots of Mums out there who would be willing to help