Hi,
I'm a new AG brewer having bought a 1G BBS kit. I quickly bought some extra carboys et all to up my batches to 2G -- I don't have the space/luxury for a big 5G+ cooler setup, but doing 1G batches is too little beer for too much work.
I've done 3 x 1G and 1 x 2G gallon brews so far.
My current setup given my limited space is to:
- Brew 2 Gallon batches into 2 x 1G Carboys for fermentation
- Use a 2G Igloo cooler with a bag liner (rather than a modified braid / spigot setup) as my mash tun -- this holds temperature really well.
- batch sparge (but in a somewhat weird way -- see below)
- icebath cooling.
- fermenting in 2 separate 1G carboys.
Setting up the equipment profile I've done reasonably well (I think), as all the measurements are ok, however, for my batch sparge set-up I do the following.
No mashout
At the end of the 60 minute mash, I draw off all the wort (I don't bother with a vorlauf as the bag keeps any grit out) and add it all to my boil kettle.
I then add as much sparge water into the top of my 2G cooler as I can fit, stir it up, let it sit for a minute, and then draw all this wort out also and add it to the kettle --- all the while the bag remains in place -- I add the water effectively into a OPEN bag at the top, rather than a BIAB closed-like bag (see pic) .
Then I throw in more, *fresh* sparge water into the mashtun and again draw it off into the kettle until I'm up to the boil volume I need.
My question is, how do I represent this process/equipment setup in beersmith?
Thanks
Brad
I'm a new AG brewer having bought a 1G BBS kit. I quickly bought some extra carboys et all to up my batches to 2G -- I don't have the space/luxury for a big 5G+ cooler setup, but doing 1G batches is too little beer for too much work.
I've done 3 x 1G and 1 x 2G gallon brews so far.
My current setup given my limited space is to:
- Brew 2 Gallon batches into 2 x 1G Carboys for fermentation
- Use a 2G Igloo cooler with a bag liner (rather than a modified braid / spigot setup) as my mash tun -- this holds temperature really well.
- batch sparge (but in a somewhat weird way -- see below)
- icebath cooling.
- fermenting in 2 separate 1G carboys.
Setting up the equipment profile I've done reasonably well (I think), as all the measurements are ok, however, for my batch sparge set-up I do the following.
No mashout
At the end of the 60 minute mash, I draw off all the wort (I don't bother with a vorlauf as the bag keeps any grit out) and add it all to my boil kettle.
I then add as much sparge water into the top of my 2G cooler as I can fit, stir it up, let it sit for a minute, and then draw all this wort out also and add it to the kettle --- all the while the bag remains in place -- I add the water effectively into a OPEN bag at the top, rather than a BIAB closed-like bag (see pic) .
Then I throw in more, *fresh* sparge water into the mashtun and again draw it off into the kettle until I'm up to the boil volume I need.
My question is, how do I represent this process/equipment setup in beersmith?
Thanks
Brad