Stigy
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I am getting back into brewing after a long hiatus and want to make sure I have brushed up enough on my reading & memory to start again.
I bought a Brooklyn Brewshop kit and want to do it as a BIAB since I remember using the paint strainer back from Home Depot made the brewing process and cleanup much easier.
According to the BBS instructions (located here) it says use 2 quarts of water for the mash and then use 4 quarts of water for sparge.
If I were to use the BIAB method (without sparging), would I just do 6 quarts of water in the pot for an hour and then just drain the bag over the pot until all the wort was back in the pot? OR am I better off doing 2 quarts of water with the mash (and grains in a bag) then put the bag in a strainer and sparge the grains back into the pot. Is one method preferred over the other (for any particular reasons)?
Anything else I should be reminded of before I give this a shot tomorrow?
Thanks in advance!
I bought a Brooklyn Brewshop kit and want to do it as a BIAB since I remember using the paint strainer back from Home Depot made the brewing process and cleanup much easier.
According to the BBS instructions (located here) it says use 2 quarts of water for the mash and then use 4 quarts of water for sparge.
If I were to use the BIAB method (without sparging), would I just do 6 quarts of water in the pot for an hour and then just drain the bag over the pot until all the wort was back in the pot? OR am I better off doing 2 quarts of water with the mash (and grains in a bag) then put the bag in a strainer and sparge the grains back into the pot. Is one method preferred over the other (for any particular reasons)?
Anything else I should be reminded of before I give this a shot tomorrow?
Thanks in advance!