Re: I just want to get some things straight
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2015 4:47 pm
Hey, MrBandGuy, welcome to the Borg! And you can just call me Dave, or The Hat; those seem to be the preferred ways of addressing me around here. 
Interesting that you use the same technique, almost to the letter. I've found it works pretty well for the small-volume batches, and it cuts down the brew day time in a couple of ways. For anything larger, I break out the mash tun. As I mentioned upthread, I'm basically lazy, and will take the path of least resistance any time I can, so even though a mash tun is a little fussier, and takes more time, my desire to NOT have to lift a bag as heavy as that trumps everything else. Most of my 5-gallon AG batches take at least nine or ten pounds of dry grain. Heaven knows what it weighs after soaking up half the strike water.
Interesting that you use the same technique, almost to the letter. I've found it works pretty well for the small-volume batches, and it cuts down the brew day time in a couple of ways. For anything larger, I break out the mash tun. As I mentioned upthread, I'm basically lazy, and will take the path of least resistance any time I can, so even though a mash tun is a little fussier, and takes more time, my desire to NOT have to lift a bag as heavy as that trumps everything else. Most of my 5-gallon AG batches take at least nine or ten pounds of dry grain. Heaven knows what it weighs after soaking up half the strike water.