interestin AG brewing

[artyb]

boil in a bag brewing.... :clap:

its got to be a good intro into ag brewing.... :)
not to much stress or equipment to build..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk5goLlq8nw

 

[artyb]

having seen this ive been lookin at gas rings and s/steel stuff.... :hmm:

 

[Wez]

BIAB is quite "big down under"

viewtopic.php?f=21&t=3754&hilit=biab

 

[artyb]

some good info there wez.... :clap:

anyone thinking or doing this here in the uk.... :wha:

 

What is "FWH"??
Please enlighten my ignorance.

 

[Aleman]

What is "FWH"??

First Wort Hopping . . . It's an old German technique where you put 70% of the finishing hops in the copper before you start sparging . . . These hops stay in the wort until the end of the boil and the theory goes that the long steep at sub boiling temperatures allows the 'flavour' and 'aroma' compounds to be fixed and carry through into the beer. . . I've read some information recently that suggests that the aroma and flavour compounds need to be oxidised to provide a long lasting effect in the cask/bottle . . . and it suggests that the FWH gives time for this to happen . .. especially if you consider that the rate of a chemical reaction doubles for every 10C rise in temperature.

 

Once again, many thanks AM.
I wonder if it would enhance an English style bitter, is it worth giving it a go?

 

[highwayman]

Good question that ericstd...I didn't know that either. Cheers Aleman

 

[Baz Chaz]

.... I wonder if it would enhance an English style bitter, is it worth giving it a go?

I would think it's always worth giving something a go :!: sometimes it works rather well and others 'never again' you never know you may find it suits your tastes :thumb:

Must admit when I saw the BITB video I thought thats not much different in some respects to the 2 Brewers Choice kits I've done, I quite liked the BITB idea with them, this is just putting everything in a bag

 

[johnc86]

I'm real keen to try it. it would be my first attempt at al grain. What put me off all grain is how labour intensive it seems. I'm temporary living back with the folks so I couldnt expect them to put up with all the kit it needs :lol: . BIAB on the other hand wouldnt take up any space at all.

My only reservation is that because you begin the brew with the same amount of water you finish with, and your going to loose a lot of to the grain. this isnt a problem if your doing a 30+ litres, but I was hoping to use a 25L fv boiler for this. You could potentialy end up with a significant reduction in final product....or so is my vague understanding :hmm:.

One of my other motives to move to all grain is to to try and replicate some Czech and German lager beer styles. I don't know how well this sort of set up would work for this. According to some of the stuff Iv read so far though any recipe you can brew with a traditional set up can be done with this method.

I am optimistic :drink: