willyroyale
Active Member
hi All, long time lurker, i’d appreciate your advice
So i’ve had a break from home brew for a while. My last efforts were limited to extract brewing a couple of years ago. Ive decided to go BIAB which i thought was going to be pretty simple. However, it seems i need a bigger pot (current extract pot is 15L) and burner, gas or electric or a boiler. It seems I may as well spend a few more quid and go for a brew system, i already have a coil chiller and large grain bags so it seems the Klarstein Füllhorn fits the bill ( scuse the pun).
Just before i hit the buy button i just want to get things straight. this is my understanding of how it might work-
step 1 - mash grain in big bag within Klarstein.
step 2 - vorlauf a bit by drawing off a few jugs of wort and pouring back through mash.
step 3 - remove mash bag and hang it over my hitherto unused pot and sparge with a few jugs of hot water ( temp and volume of water as yet undetermined)
step 4 - combine sparge and wort back into Klarstein to boil and proceed with recipe.
ive read through lots of material, used Brewers friend to calculate the recipe ( basically a SMaSH with a little caramel malt) but aiming for reasonble strength of 6%, the grain bill is 5kg for a 20l FV batch.
My queries are -
1- is it ok to do the vorlauf and sparge as stated, as it’s pre boil the movement/transfer of the wort is irrelevant?
2 - do i understand the vorlauf and sparge terms correctly?
3 - is the Klarstein boiler going to serve my purposes?
reading this it seems i may have jumped from extract to all- grain and missed out the BIAB.
any advice most welcome. please point out my ignorance and mistakes.
ATB.
So i’ve had a break from home brew for a while. My last efforts were limited to extract brewing a couple of years ago. Ive decided to go BIAB which i thought was going to be pretty simple. However, it seems i need a bigger pot (current extract pot is 15L) and burner, gas or electric or a boiler. It seems I may as well spend a few more quid and go for a brew system, i already have a coil chiller and large grain bags so it seems the Klarstein Füllhorn fits the bill ( scuse the pun).
Just before i hit the buy button i just want to get things straight. this is my understanding of how it might work-
step 1 - mash grain in big bag within Klarstein.
step 2 - vorlauf a bit by drawing off a few jugs of wort and pouring back through mash.
step 3 - remove mash bag and hang it over my hitherto unused pot and sparge with a few jugs of hot water ( temp and volume of water as yet undetermined)
step 4 - combine sparge and wort back into Klarstein to boil and proceed with recipe.
ive read through lots of material, used Brewers friend to calculate the recipe ( basically a SMaSH with a little caramel malt) but aiming for reasonble strength of 6%, the grain bill is 5kg for a 20l FV batch.
My queries are -
1- is it ok to do the vorlauf and sparge as stated, as it’s pre boil the movement/transfer of the wort is irrelevant?
2 - do i understand the vorlauf and sparge terms correctly?
3 - is the Klarstein boiler going to serve my purposes?
reading this it seems i may have jumped from extract to all- grain and missed out the BIAB.
any advice most welcome. please point out my ignorance and mistakes.
ATB.