When I do BIAB I found it's best to use the large course nylon bags to maximize the surface area of the grains to water and thus reducing the dough ball effect. A few stirs over the mash process and the grains are all separated. I have recently seen videos where people skip the sparge and dunk...
I just started BIAB as I am also moving to all grain and have no problem reaching my efficiency (typically 75%). I purchased a restaurant grade collider, put the nylon bag into it then sparge into a large pot/cooler and transfer back into my brew pot.
I know this is a late response, but Guildenstern, how was the lambic beer for your wife? I live very close to AHB and my sister want me to brew her a lambic, but I'm still debating due to the time & cost of the batch relative to my IPA's.
Did your wife think it was close to a traditional...
deggenbe, thanks for your help. Basically I made this recipe as a standard IPA and wanted to bump it up to a DIPA. With that being said, my recipe was a total mind fart, i had some ideas, wrote them down and asked the professionals here. I have not yet brewed this, but will take your advise...