I’ve been doing BIAB for about 2 years now. I’ve been using the nylon bags from LHBS, which claim they are food safe, and I believe they are… I’m just curious if there is anything out there that isn’t nylon, synthetic, and/or plastic… I’ve seen organic hop bags on organic brew sites, but they aren’t big enough for my grain nor am I sure they’d be the proper strength for a 15lb bag of wet grain.
Have any other BIABers out there tried looking into natural organic brew bags, or know of a site to find them? I’d be OK with making my own, I just don’t know where or what type of mesh fabric/material I’d need.
Know anyone who sews? Make your own out of voile. I have a voile bag that my mom made me that I used for the occasional brew in a bag and it works great.
Are pillow cases and voile porous enough to get the job done? This is something I’d like to look into…Like I mentioned I’ve only used the nylon bags, and there are obvious gaps in the mesh on those…
Voile is actually the material of choice for custom BIAB bags. The finer the mesh the better. You don’t want any husk material passing through. Getting a custom bag through www.bagbrewer.com was a big improvement over the nylon bags I was using.
Thanks, voile looks like the best option. One quick google resulted in a ton of organic cotton voile for sale by the yard. Now I need to learn to sew… Thanks guys