brew bag question

General Homebrew Discussion
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Hey all,

I received my brew bag to fit my coleman cooler. Stupid question I guess but my understanding is I do the all grain brew just same but instead of manifold at bottom of cooler I am going to use this bag for the mash and sparge?

Thx

Mike

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Yep, that’s it.

3

Thanks
Lastly, still important to not disturb bottom of grain bed when adding sparge?

thx

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I’m a batch sparger, so I actually stir the grain after adding all the sparge water at once.  But if you fly sparge, then yeah, I assume you don’t want to disturb the bed.

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If you’re using a round cooler, I recommend getting one of the perforated false bottom kits to go with the bag. If you have a rectangular cooler then never mind.

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yes, it is the rectangular. Thanks Denny and visor

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I have my own miller now. Since now using this very mesh net, any idea what I can mill down to? .030?

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You’re just gonna have to experiment.  What works for someone else may or may not work for you.  I have no idea what my mill is set to.  I only know that it works well, I don’t get stuck runoffs, and I get great efficiency.

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I lift the bag and let it drain completely by placing it on a colander straddled across the sides of the cooler. Because of this, I don’t think there’s any such thing as too fine a grind when using the bag.

Once completely drained, I place it back in the cooler and batch sparge. …then do it again.

Using the bag, I use less water and less grain due to my efficiency.