I 'full volume' BIAB. Thirty litre kettle, stove-top with an over-the-side element when required. 3.2 to 3.6kg grain bill. No sparge, rubber gloved hand squeeze.
Prior to full volume I always batch sparged in a second kettle. Squeezed with great effort. They made a good difference to my OG and FG readings. But bugger all once I went full volume, so no more sparging and now only brief simple squeezing.
But was I 'missing' a lot of sugars? I tested:
1) brewed twice on the same day 2) pulled bag from batch #1, fitted bag into 2nd kettle & stirred into 10L @ 78C, OG 1010, dumped grain
3) pulled bag from batch #2, reheated the 10L to 78, fitted bag & stirred, OG 1018 * combination became the third batch for the day
Tastes like beer, low alcohol, neighbour that drinks Carlton light likes it, but I don't. I won't be doing again.
Result: With full volume BIAB I no longer sparge nor 'heavy' squeeze (4.8 to 5.4% is enough for me)
Cheers
Prior to full volume I always batch sparged in a second kettle. Squeezed with great effort. They made a good difference to my OG and FG readings. But bugger all once I went full volume, so no more sparging and now only brief simple squeezing.
But was I 'missing' a lot of sugars? I tested:
1) brewed twice on the same day 2) pulled bag from batch #1, fitted bag into 2nd kettle & stirred into 10L @ 78C, OG 1010, dumped grain
3) pulled bag from batch #2, reheated the 10L to 78, fitted bag & stirred, OG 1018 * combination became the third batch for the day
Tastes like beer, low alcohol, neighbour that drinks Carlton light likes it, but I don't. I won't be doing again.
Result: With full volume BIAB I no longer sparge nor 'heavy' squeeze (4.8 to 5.4% is enough for me)
Cheers
