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So you're starting to mash with a manageable volume for the boiler and top up to 22.4l only once you're done boiling and have already filled the wort into the fermenter? Basically diluting the wort with sparge water instead of rinsing the grain with it? Sounds like what I should be doing...

Thanks all - hugely appreciated! Using the calculator on the brewer's friend website (tweaking an existing London Bitter recipe on brewersfriend.com to fit the total 3.8kg of grain that my kit includes - I managed to figure that out in the meantime) I come up with a total volume of 33l for a...

That's a very good point. I hadn't really thought of that... As the only reason for wanting to split the grain is the fact that my boiler won't be large enough for a full volume BIAB, I guess an alternative approach would be to go for the full kit, but not use the full volume of water upfront...

Hi, I'm about to move up to AG brewing from kit brewing and wanted to give BIAB a try just for the simplicity of equipment (ultimately my dream kit would be a Grainfather, but I wanted to take one step at a time...) I got myself a 30l Cygnet boiler and wanted to try a Brupak London Bitter...