GooberMcNutly wrote:
. . .Here in the colonies we call it mosquito netting . . .
No you dont.... maybe the super fine stuff you were talking about would do the job, but
deinately NOT normal mosquito netting. Not fine enough. You aren't making just a bag to hold the grain in, you are makng a
filter bag. Its got to be able to substitute reasonably effectively for the complex filter path that would be set up by your grain bed in a normal fly/batch sparge.
You are right about the rim around the kettles - it makes it harder to get the bag out. You can still do it OK as long as you dont have sharp edges to tear the bag. But the less "Rim" the better (yes Bub I know.... ) Stock pots work the best. The curtain material I am refering to also helps, it is tough and not very stretchy, so it pulls the grain into a relatively tight mass when you pull it out. Then with a bit of jiggling....
I generally leave the stand in there, but thats because my hop bag is a big one. I do smaller batches and I use a smaller kettle when I BIAB, so I leave the rack in there to keep the bag from touching the bottom and melting. Otherwise I'd probably hook it out. Dont see why i twould really matter either way though.
Bub Wrote:Goober... try a paint strainer bag from the local home improvement store...
People use the paint strainers as hop bags right?? If they are fine enough to contain Hop pellets without letting any hop dust etc through. Then they are fine enough. But how big a size do they come in?? It would have to be a hell of a lot of paint! You shouldn't have the bag hanging in the kettle. It has to
line the kettle. The rule of thumb should be that,
you should be able to just fit your kettle inside the bag and do up the drawstring. If the kettle wont go in, or at least very nearly go in, the bags not big enough.
A Haberdashery is kind of like a hardware store for people who sew things.... I struggled for a better word without resorting to something like "material shop" and that just wouldn't do now would it?
Thirsty
