BIAB Section?

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

I'm just throwing this thought out there, to see if anyone else agrees or disagrees.

Should there be a seperate BIAB Section to the forum?

[GrahamR]

Hoping to get into BIAB myself soon but its essentially AG in one pot isnt it?

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

Yes it is.
One major difference I've found is sparging or the lack of it in BIAB.  This simplifies the process and would probably help people step up from kits.

[GrahamR]

But you can sparge can you not? obviously it would be a bit awkard with the size of the grain bag, speaking of which I presume the bag is reusable

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

You can if you want but one the one big plus to BIAB is the use of only one vessel instead of three seperate vessels.

I recently did a RIS that involved nearly 11kg of grain - the only problem I had was the size of the vessel and not the bag.
I bought my bag from custombiab, who offer a discount throught this site.  I also got a hop boiling bag too from them to use during the boil.
Easy peasy ...

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

maybe other more experienced BIAB'ers might have more informed opinions?

[RichC]

But you can sparge can you not? obviously it would be a bit awkard with the size of the grain bag, speaking of which I presume the bag is reusable

No need to sparge unless your brewing high gravity which I don't really do. Highest I've done is about 1.07x and no efficiency problems. For normal gravities sparging is just unnecessarily complicating a simple process

[baphomite51]

what i do is mash for 90 minutes, then remove the the bag and place it on a grill which sits on top of a bowl and let the liquid drain into the bowl underneath, and squeeze the hell out of it for a few minutes, then ill get about a litre of water and pour it over the bag slowly and give it a good squeeze again, i got 84% mash efficiency doing this on friday, this is the best efficiency iv ever got and its mainly due to the long mash time i usually mash for around 60-75 minutes and get 70-75% efficiency, and all the fine crush stuff is garbage, it just causes a mess

[baphomite51]

and a BIAB section is a great idea as it seems to be gaining in popularity

[DCLavs]

I've just got all the gear for BIAB. Hopefully do my first one this week. Dedicated section would be nice

[auralabuse]

Yeah,  I second this idea.  Stepping up from kit to biab.  Would be nice to have a dedicated section

[LordEoin]

I don't think there's any need for a specific BIAB section as its already covered by the AG section

[armedcor]

All my AG brews so far have been biab but I really don't see the need for a new section. It's just extra clutter. Sure the mash is a bit different but from the boil on its all the same.

[Garry]

BIAB is all-grain brewing, so I don't think we need to put it in a separate area either.

There has been a lot of talk about BIAB here lately. What this place really needs is a step-by-step of someone doing a BIAB brew (with lots of pics). That would answer most peoples questions. I might take a few pics the next time I do BIAB, just don't hold your breath!

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

I'll do the same myself.
A few pictures will help explain to people.