What type of Bag do you use?

[JohnSant]

Ok I've been using a Bags from my LHBS and I've used Paint Bags from hardware stores. I know that a lot of brewers use the Wilserbrewer Bags http://biabbags.webs.com/ just wondering what those that use them think.

[MrBandGuy]

I used paint bags for a couple years with my turkey pot. Once I upgraded to a 10 g pot, I (my wife) sewed me one out of toile. I picked it up from JoAnns for like $2 and followed the diagram at biabrewer.

[Inkleg]

I LOVE my Wilserbrewer bags. I have two different pot sizes and two different bags. Each bag has over 30 batches through them and are holding up well. I do straight BIAB and don't recirculate like your new system does, but I have read where others have used them that way with no problem.

[Beer-lord]

I also use the Wilserbrewer bags. They last me 3 years or more.

[JohnSant]

Do you get a lot of grain kernells through the bag or dose it hold most of it in?

[Crazy Climber]

Wilserbrewer http://biabbags.webs.com/ for me, too. Only had it about a year, and only used about 6-8 times, but it seems like it should last a good long time. And he customizes to your kettle dimensions. No kernels get through, at all. Recommended.

[Kealia]

I've been using paint strainer bags from my hardware store. IIRC they are $5.00 for 3 bags and they last multiple batches each.

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[John Sand]

I also use paint store bags. They pass some flour, (I grind in a blender) and I have to watch for strain. I've read good things about Wilser Bags. He has sales sometimes.

[D_Rabbit]

Great stuff here guys!! Anyone use the hops bag they have at Wilsbrewer? I use paint strainer bags for my hops with my hop spider but they don't sit as low as I would like them to. Any reviews for that?

[Beer-lord]

I very rarely use hop bags as I feel they reduce the effects but I've read his hop bags are good quality.

[BlackDuck]

I do not use hop bags for any of my hop additions. They all go commando, even the dry hops.

[D_Rabbit]

It may be my new brew tinker project. Right now my boil kettle has a false bottom hooked up to the spigot because of a process I used to use and just haven't modified. I need to fix the tubing on it to drain more from the side and I can just whirlpool. My biggest concern is my pump and plate chiller. I use the bag and the false bottom to prevent chunks from getting in the chiller. I haven't noticed any difference with using the hop spider and sack. Makes my clean up really easy.

[ScrewyBrewer]

These 2 ounce and 4 ounce nylon mesh hop sacks have been used and reused a lot over the past four years and they're still as good as new. They were ordered from Midwest Supply to replace the muslin sacks that were used previously.

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[JohnSant]

I started this thread so I guess I'll let you all know what I've done, I still have the paint strainer and LHBS bags, however I did order a set of bags from Wilserbrewer and got them in last Saturday. After looking at the mesh it seems that the Wilserbrewer bags have a much finer mesh than the others I have so I am looking forward to using these with the next brew day, I'll post after the brew is completed with the results, thanks for all the input.

[berryman]

I use the paint strainer bags from home depot and they seem to last awhile. I use muslin sacks on my hop spider and when just doing a steep and toss them when done. Good post JohnSant, I think a Wilserbrewer Bag should be one of the next things I purchase.