I didn't notice on Saturday, but after your initial stir (with the giant egg beater) did you stir at all during your mash? And, when doing BIAB in your keggle, how often did you stir, if at all?Jimmy wrote:
Brewed using this method today at Learn2Brew and it worked pretty good.
Mash efficiency was 82%, I didn't squeeze the bag to get the .5L that I was short, but could have. I did a full volume mash, no sparge-no mashout BIAB style in a cooler. I didn't bother lifting the bag to drain the mash tun,I just opened the valve with the bag in it and let er rip. Once it was empty I lifted the bag over the kettle an gave it a twist - that's it (I don't know if I'll even continue to do that)
I'm thinking I'm going to like this method as it reduces the need to lift a heavy-ish bag of wet grain and should hold mash temps pretty good...it also doesn't increase cleanup time by much over the traditional BIAB.
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Jimmy. I think my cooler is the same as yours. Cooler ax extreme 72qt I believe.
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LeafMan66_67 wrote:I didn't notice on Saturday, but after your initial stir (with the giant egg beater) did you stir at all during your mash? And, when doing BIAB in your keggle, how often did you stir, if at all?Jimmy wrote:
Brewed using this method today at Learn2Brew and it worked pretty good.
Mash efficiency was 82%, I didn't squeeze the bag to get the .5L that I was short, but could have. I did a full volume mash, no sparge-no mashout BIAB style in a cooler. I didn't bother lifting the bag to drain the mash tun,I just opened the valve with the bag in it and let er rip. Once it was empty I lifted the bag over the kettle an gave it a twist - that's it (I don't know if I'll even continue to do that)
I'm thinking I'm going to like this method as it reduces the need to lift a heavy-ish bag of wet grain and should hold mash temps pretty good...it also doesn't increase cleanup time by much over the traditional BIAB.
I just stirred during the initial mash in. Normally with the keggle I only stirred if I had to apply heat.
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70qt maybe? That's what mine issleepyjamie wrote:Jimmy. I think my cooler is the same as yours. Cooler ax extreme 72qt I believe.
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Yeah thats it. i looked at the pics and its the same.
Put me in for a bag order. Just let me know the total cost and i'll EMT you the money friday.
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Bag sewing is in progress right now..it will be done for tomorrowsleepyjamie wrote:Yeah thats it. i looked at the pics and its the same.
Put me in for a bag order. Just let me know the total cost and i'll EMT you the money friday.
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Wicked.
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Get a chance to try it? I'm curious to know what kind of success you have with it.sleepyjamie wrote:Wicked.
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not yet. but im getting antsy to get this going. this week has been really busy with work and crap.Jimmy wrote:Get a chance to try it? I'm curious to know what kind of success you have with it.sleepyjamie wrote:Wicked.
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i hope to come home tomorrow at lunch and start the mash, then do a boil when i get home after work. ill do my measuring and see how she works out. gonna try and do a lager for the first attempt.
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Does the cooler mash allow for 10 gallon batches?
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i dont think you could do BIAB 10 gallons in this coolerbluenose wrote:Does the cooler mash allow for 10 gallon batches?
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I don't see why not. A 70 quart cooler = 17.5 gallons, while a keggle is ~15.5 gallons. By using the cooler as a second vessel, it gives you the ability to batch sparge, thus reducing the space required for a full volume mash BIAB style.bluenose wrote:Does the cooler mash allow for 10 gallon batches?
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keep in mind the grain is going to take up some of that space as well
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Yeah, I'm just thinking that 10g batches are doable in a keggle, so the extra room would make it even easier.sleepyjamie wrote:keep in mind the grain is going to take up some of that space as well
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Picked up some new material for custom hop sacks, it's more coarse than the BIAB material... Going to make one up for a trial and I'll test it out on my next batch.
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gyorke's custom bag to fit the Ontario Beer Kegs 15g pot. It's got 4 tabs made to insert a carabiner or "S" hook through for easy lifting with a pulley.
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You're doing fine work out there.
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No offense Jim, Becky if doing great work. Jim is a great salesman.
Thanks so much the bag is great. Now how to do 40l of 5% in a keg.
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Thanks so much the bag is great. Now how to do 40l of 5% in a keg.
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A salesman should make a commission shouldn't they?GAM wrote:No offense Jim, Becky if doing great work. Jim is a great salesman.
Thanks so much the bag is great. Now how to do 40l of 5% in a keg.
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I assume you do!Jimmy wrote:Salesman should make a commission shouldn't they?GAM wrote:No offense Jim, Becky if doing great work. Jim is a great salesman.
Thanks so much the bag is great. Now how to do 40l of 5% in a keg.
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Oh, and did you actually get a chance to try it out yet? If so, how was the brew day?GAM wrote:No offense Jim, Becky if doing great work. Jim is a great salesman.
Thanks so much the bag is great. Now how to do 40l of 5% in a keg.
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I way over shot everything. Also the first time using Beer Smith. It (BS) was right I was wrong. I took your advice mashed in, got groceries, reheated, made lunch, had visitors, mashed out and boiled.
No effort compared to a mash tun.
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No effort compared to a mash tun.
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Overshooting isn't necessarily a bad thingGAM wrote:I way over shot everything. Also the first time using Beer Smith. It (BS) was right I was wrong. I took your advice mashed in, got groceries, reheated, made lunch, had visitors, mashed out and boiled.
No effort compared to a mash tun.
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Any idea what sort of efficiency you would have had?
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I'll need to get to know BS better to figure that out or do the math.Jimmy wrote:Overshooting isn't necessarily a bad thingGAM wrote:I way over shot everything. Also the first time using Beer Smith. It (BS) was right I was wrong. I took your advice mashed in, got groceries, reheated, made lunch, had visitors, mashed out and boiled.
No effort compared to a mash tun.
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Any idea what sort of efficiency you would have had?
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