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BIAB / no sparge brewing

Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 9:13 am
by I_used_to_brew
For those who practice BIAB type brewing, have you developed any innovative methods for holding the grain? I'm not sold on the idea of a fabric bag holding 15Kg+ of wet malt.

Re: BIAB / no sparge brewing

Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 10:38 am
by vacant
I assumed the seams in a bag would be the the most likely point of failure so I used a single net curtain "voile" padded around the inside of the boiler and hanging over the rim. Secured around the rim with rope (others use bungee cords), when it is time to lift just gather up the overhang in one hand, spin the "bag" with the other then tie it shut.

Bag gets drained in a bucket with a cake tray in the base, in the aussie forum I learnt from, they drain over the boiler using a hook into a ceiling joist to hoist the bag.

I wonder if you could test by placing a cushion on the sheet to prevent concentrating pressure or snagging the voile, put a bucket with 15 litres of water in, gather up the sheet edges and lift?

Dunelm do voile for a fiver.

Re: BIAB / no sparge brewing

Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 11:03 am
by I_used_to_brew
Whilst I'm very competent with a sewing machine and understand fabric reinforcement well, I just don't like the idea of heaving a squidgy bag of hot grain around.

Possibly lining something like this, but in SS, would be a step in the right direction.
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Re: BIAB / no sparge brewing

Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 3:03 pm
by mrlard
give me a week lads - the filters i have coming will have 3v brewers converting to BIAB

Re: BIAB / no sparge brewing

Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 4:26 pm
by Jeltz69
sounds interesting

Re: BIAB / no sparge brewing

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 10:00 pm
by mrlard
oh it is :)

Re: BIAB / no sparge brewing

Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2015 11:29 pm
by Jeltz69
Update on Monday? Will it help me make a Braumeister or Grainfather type system?

Re: BIAB / no sparge brewing

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2015 12:55 pm
by Jeltz69
Come on Mark, the suspense is killing me.........

Re: BIAB / no sparge brewing

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2015 10:36 pm
by vacant
Jeltz69 wrote:Come on Mark, the suspense is killing me.........
Have a look

Re: BIAB / no sparge brewing

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2015 10:46 pm
by Jeltz69
Oooh that looks good, I await dimensions and a price eagerly.