Brewing TV - Episode 54: Jake's Got a Brand New Bag

BTV goes deep undercover on some BIAB action! After reading so much about how easy and fun it can be, Jake Keeler decides to give the "Brew In A Bag" method a try. To put it bluntly - he's hooked! Brewing four batches in less than a month, BIAB has elevated Jake's love for homebrewing. Join us for a brew session and discussion about the pros and cons to see if brewing-in-a-bag is right for your homebrewery.

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Howto & Style

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• Northern Brewer
• Brewing TV
• Homebrewing
• Homebrew
• BTV 54
• Episode 54
• Jake's Got a Brand New Bag
• BIAB
• Brew In A Bag
• beer making
• how to brew
• Cascadian Dark Ale
• Black IPA
• all-grain brewing
• 3-gallon keg

[redsox59]

Noticed you pitched the dry yeast without a starter. I've always heard that starters are a good idea. Is pitching straight dry yeast adequate due to the 3 gallon batch size vs 5?

[mrfreeze19delta]

Oops... missed a number in my original gravity. Started at 1.120. Not 1.2.

[mrfreeze19delta]

I biab a pinking barley wine. Talk about heavy. 27 lbs of pumpkin on top if my grain bill for a 5 gallon batch. Had a original gravity of 1.2 so its a strong one. I did sparge my pumpkin and grain to maximize the sugars. Brewed it on november 14th. Ended with a gravity of 1.025. Bottled last week and now it sits till november.

[Code3Brewing]

Nice video, Whats been your average brew house efficiency? Think this would be great for folks with limited funds and limited space to still get an all grain beer.

[ops1951]

I mix BIAB with parti gyle brewing

last time I brewed a Mai bock and a North german Alt. the bock mashed in my cooler and the first runoff is boiled with some topp up vater. at the same time I have the Alt grist mashing in the other cetle BIAB style, I used the bock grains as a lauter filter and and with some sparging get a good vort. Then I mix the biab alt grains with the "bock" grains in the cooler and sparge for a smal beer and this I boil and mix with the strained trub from both my boils.

[djfriesen]

I BIAB 5 gallon batches. I lay an old fridge shelf (from my future fermentation fridge) over the pot, and pour sparge water over the post-mash grainbag. It takes a little more time, but only about 3 minutes. I heat the sparge water during the last 10 minutes of my mash, and then do the pouring straight into my BK while I'm bringing it to a boil. The time lost compared to just pulling and draining the bag is really minimal.

[itsthedrewshow]

i think you guys could say GOOSE IT a few more times :) love your videos!

[CochranBrewHouse]

Chip, your videology is great! Love your handy work and the other two guys are not that bad ether. Lol cheers!

[domes4]

Awesome! I've been doing BIAB for years. You don't have to limit yourself to 3 gallon batches either. I just finished put on tap a Baltic Porter with 15.88 pds of grain. I have a 15 gal. kettle, a large bag, and a small pulley attached to my basement ceiling to lift the bag. Simple. I had someone sew me the bag since I couldn't find a bag large enough. I grind the grain fine and run them through twice. I use about 2.5 qts. per gal. of water as my mash ratio. I get about 70% efficiency.

[patisseriemonky]

great video.